Person (CDA Class) - Clinical Document Architecture v2.0.1-sd-202510-matchbox-patch

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Logical Model: Person (CDA Class)

Official URL:http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/Person	Version:2.0.1-sd-202510-matchbox-patch
Active as of 2025-10-29	Computable Name:Person

A human being. This class can be used to represent either a single individual, a group of individuals or a kind of individual based on the values of Entity.determinerCode and Entity.quantity.

Usages:

• Use this Logical Model: AssignedAuthor (CDA Class), AssignedEntity (CDA Class), AssociatedEntity (CDA Class), Guardian (CDA Class)...Show 3 more,IntendedRecipient (CDA Class),MaintainedEntity (CDA Class)andRelatedEntity (CDA Class)

You can also check for usages in the FHIR IG Statistics

Formal Views of Template Content

Description of Template, Differentials, Snapshots and how the different presentations work.

Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel

Resource Content

{
  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "Person",
  "extension" : [
    {
      "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/logical-target",
      "_valueBoolean" : {
        "extension" : [
          {
            "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/data-absent-reason",
            "valueCode" : "not-applicable"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/xml-namespace",
      "valueUri" : "urn:hl7-org:v3"
    },
    {
      "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/xml-name",
      "valueString" : "person"
    },
    {
      "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/logical-container",
      "valueUri" : "http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/ClinicalDocument"
    },
    {
      "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/type-profile-style",
      "valueCode" : "cda"
    }
  ],
  "url" : "http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/Person",
  "version" : "2.0.1-sd-202510-matchbox-patch",
  "name" : "Person",
  "title" : "Person (CDA Class)",
  "status" : "active",
  "experimental" : false,
  "date" : "2025-10-29T22:15:57+01:00",
  "publisher" : "Health Level 7",
  "contact" : [
    {
      "name" : "HL7 International - Structured Documents",
      "telecom" : [
        {
          "system" : "url",
          "value" : "http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/structure"
        },
        {
          "system" : "email",
          "value" : "structdog@lists.HL7.org"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "description" : "A human being.\n\nThis class can be used to represent either a single individual, a group of individuals or a kind of individual based on the values of Entity.determinerCode and Entity.quantity.",
  "fhirVersion" : "5.0.0",
  "mapping" : [
    {
      "identity" : "rim",
      "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
      "name" : "RIM Mapping"
    }
  ],
  "kind" : "logical",
  "abstract" : false,
  "type" : "http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/Person",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/InfrastructureRoot",
  "derivation" : "specialization",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [
      {
        "id" : "Person",
        "path" : "Person",
        "min" : 1,
        "max" : "1"
      },
      {
        "id" : "Person.classCode",
        "path" : "Person.classCode",
        "representation" : ["xmlAttr"],
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "1",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "code",
            "profile" : ["http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/cs-simple"]
          }
        ],
        "fixedCode" : "PSN",
        "binding" : {
          "strength" : "required",
          "valueSet" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/v3-EntityClassLivingSubject"
        }
      },
      {
        "id" : "Person.determinerCode",
        "path" : "Person.determinerCode",
        "representation" : ["xmlAttr"],
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "1",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "code",
            "profile" : ["http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/cs-simple"]
          }
        ],
        "fixedCode" : "INSTANCE",
        "binding" : {
          "strength" : "required",
          "valueSet" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/v3-EntityDeterminer"
        }
      },
      {
        "id" : "Person.name",
        "path" : "Person.name",
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "*",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/PN"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "Person.birthTime",
        "path" : "Person.birthTime",
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "1",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/TS"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "Person.sdtcDesc",
        "extension" : [
          {
            "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/xml-namespace",
            "valueUri" : "urn:hl7-org:sdtc"
          },
          {
            "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/xml-name",
            "valueString" : "desc"
          }
        ],
        "path" : "Person.sdtcDesc",
        "definition" : "The desc extension allows multimedia depictions of patients, healthcare providers, or other individuals to be included in a CDA document.",
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "1",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/ED"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "Person.sdtcAsPatientRelationship",
        "extension" : [
          {
            "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/xml-namespace",
            "valueUri" : "urn:hl7-org:sdtc"
          },
          {
            "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/xml-name",
            "valueString" : "asPatientRelationship"
          }
        ],
        "path" : "Person.sdtcAsPatientRelationship",
        "definition" : "Each participant role other than an informant/relatedEntity may have zero or more relationship roles with the patient. Each of these roles can be expressed with an asPatientRelationship element which further describes the type of role using a code element.",
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "*",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/InfrastructureRoot"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "Person.sdtcAsPatientRelationship.classCode",
        "path" : "Person.sdtcAsPatientRelationship.classCode",
        "representation" : ["xmlAttr"],
        "min" : 1,
        "max" : "1",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "code",
            "profile" : ["http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/cs-simple"]
          }
        ],
        "fixedCode" : "PRS"
      },
      {
        "id" : "Person.sdtcAsPatientRelationship.determinerCode",
        "path" : "Person.sdtcAsPatientRelationship.determinerCode",
        "representation" : ["xmlAttr"],
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "1",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "code",
            "profile" : ["http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/cs-simple"]
          }
        ],
        "fixedCode" : "INSTANCE"
      },
      {
        "id" : "Person.sdtcAsPatientRelationship.code",
        "extension" : [
          {
            "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/xml-namespace",
            "valueUri" : "urn:hl7-org:sdtc"
          }
        ],
        "path" : "Person.sdtcAsPatientRelationship.code",
        "min" : 1,
        "max" : "1",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/CE"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}