# Clinical Note Document

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## Extension: InformalCarer - JSON Profile

Active as of 2026-06-19

JSON representation of the informal-carer extension.

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    {
      "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
      "id" : "informal-carer",
      "text" : {
        "status" : "extensions",
        "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: StructureDefinition informal-carer</b></p><a name=\"informal-carer\"> </a><a name=\"hcinformal-carer\"> </a><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; font-size: 11px; font-family: verdana; vertical-align: top;\"><tr style=\"border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; font-size: 11px; font-family: verdana; vertical-align: top\"><th style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"The logical name of the element\">Name</a></th><th style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Information about the use of the element\">Flags</a></th><th style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Minimum and Maximum # of times the element can appear in the instance\">Card.</a></th><th style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; width: 100px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Reference to the type of the element\">Type</a></th><th style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Additional information about the element\">Description &amp; Constraints</a><span style=\"float: right\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Legend for this format\"><img src=\"data:image/png;base64, \" alt=\"doco\" style=\"background-color: inherit\"/></a></span></th></tr><tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck1.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_element.gif\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: white; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Element\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-informal-carer-definitions.html#Extension\" title=\"This extension can be used to represent information about an informal carer of a patient. An informal carer includes any person, such as a family member, friend or neighbour, who is giving regular, ongoing assistance to another person. This may provide healthcare providers with additional information on the patients support system and identified contact person. The definition for the patient’s informal carer existence indicator is the same described in the [definition section](https://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/787901) of the NMDS. Additionally, this extension allows for the representation of the carer information.\">Extension</a><a name=\"Extension\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a style=\"padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; border: 1px maroon solid; font-weight: bold; color: #301212; background-color: #fdf4f4;; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; border: 1px maroon solid; font-weight: bold; color: #301212; background-color: #fdf4f4;\" href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/conformance-rules.html#constraints\" title=\"This element has or is affected by constraints ( inv-01-carer-indicator-error, inv-02-carer-indicator-warning )\">C</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">0</span><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">..</span><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">*</span></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/extensibility.html#Extension\">Extension</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">Informal Carer<br class=\"constraint\"/><span title=\"null\" class=\"constraint\">Constraints: </span><span style=\"font-weight:bold\" title=\"If indicator is not 'Yes', then no carers SHALL be provided.\" class=\"constraint\">inv-01-carer-indicator-error</span><span title=\"null\" class=\"constraint\">, </span><span style=\"font-weight:bold\" title=\"If indicator is 'Yes', then at least one carer SHOULD be provided.\" class=\"constraint\">inv-02-carer-indicator-warning</span></td></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: #F7F7F7\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck10.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_extension_simple.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Simple Extension\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-informal-carer-definitions.html#Extension.extension\">extension</a><a name=\"Extension.extension\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">1..<span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">*</span></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a style=\"opacity: 0.5; opacity: 0.5\" href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/extensibility.html#Extension\">Extension</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">Extension</span></td></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck13.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_slice.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: white; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Slice Definition\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> Slices for extension<a name=\"Extension.extension.2\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">Content/Rules for all slices</td></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: #F7F7F7\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck135.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vline.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin_slicer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_slice_item.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Slice Item\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-informal-carer-definitions.html#Extension.extension:indicator\" title=\"Slice indicator\">extension:indicator</a><a name=\"Extension.extension:indicator\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; color: white; background-color: #D50000\" title=\"This element must be supported\">S</span></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">1..1</td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a style=\"opacity: 0.5; opacity: 0.5\" href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/extensibility.html#Extension\">Extension</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">Extension</span></td></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck1350.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vline.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vline_slicer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin_slice.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_extension_simple.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: white; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Simple Extension\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a style=\"text-decoration:line-through; text-decoration:line-through\" href=\"StructureDefinition-informal-carer-definitions.html#Extension.extension:indicator.extension\">extension</a><a name=\"Extension.extension:indicator.extension\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"text-decoration:line-through\"/><span style=\"text-decoration:line-through\">0</span><span style=\"text-decoration:line-through\">..</span><span style=\"text-decoration:line-through\">0</span></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Extension</span></td></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: #F7F7F7\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck1350.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vline.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vline_slicer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin_slice.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_element.gif\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Element\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-informal-carer-definitions.html#Extension.extension:indicator.url\">url</a><a name=\"Extension.extension:indicator.url\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">1</span><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">..</span><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">1</span></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a style=\"opacity: 0.5; opacity: 0.5\" href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/datatypes.html#uri\">uri</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"color: darkgreen\">&quot;indicator&quot;</span></td></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck1340.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vline.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vline_slicer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin_end_slice.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_datatype.gif\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: white; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Data Type\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-informal-carer-definitions.html#Extension.extension:indicator.value[x]\">value[x]</a><a name=\"Extension.extension:indicator.value_x_\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">1..<span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">1</span></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/datatypes.html#CodeableConcept\">CodeableConcept</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">Informal carer existence indicator<br class=\"binding\"/><span style=\"font-weight:bold\" title=\"null\" class=\"binding\">Binding: </span><a href=\"ValueSet-informal-carer-existence-indicator-vs.html\" title=\"http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/cnd/ValueSet/informal-carer-existence-indicator-vs\" class=\"binding\">Informal Carer Existence Indicator</a><span title=\"null\" class=\"binding\"> (</span><a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/terminologies.html#required\" title=\"To be conformant, the concept in this element SHALL be from the specified value set.\" class=\"binding\">required</a><span title=\"null\" class=\"binding\">)</span></td></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: #F7F7F7\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck125.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vline.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin_end_slicer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_slice_item.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Slice Item\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-informal-carer-definitions.html#Extension.extension:carer\" title=\"Slice carer\">extension:carer</a><a name=\"Extension.extension:carer\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; color: white; background-color: #D50000\" title=\"This element must be supported\">S</span></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">0..*</td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a style=\"opacity: 0.5; opacity: 0.5\" href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/extensibility.html#Extension\">Extension</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">Extension</span><br/></td></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck1250.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vline.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_blank.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin_slice.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_extension_simple.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: white; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Simple Extension\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a style=\"text-decoration:line-through; text-decoration:line-through\" href=\"StructureDefinition-informal-carer-definitions.html#Extension.extension:carer.extension\">extension</a><a name=\"Extension.extension:carer.extension\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"text-decoration:line-through\"/><span style=\"text-decoration:line-through\">0</span><span style=\"text-decoration:line-through\">..</span><span style=\"text-decoration:line-through\">0</span></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Extension</span></td></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: #F7F7F7\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck1250.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vline.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_blank.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin_slice.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_element.gif\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Element\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-informal-carer-definitions.html#Extension.extension:carer.url\">url</a><a name=\"Extension.extension:carer.url\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">1</span><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">..</span><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">1</span></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a style=\"opacity: 0.5; opacity: 0.5\" href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/datatypes.html#uri\">uri</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"color: darkgreen\">&quot;carer&quot;</span></td></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck1240.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vline.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_blank.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin_end_slice.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_reference.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: white; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Reference to another Resource\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-informal-carer-definitions.html#Extension.extension:carer.value[x]\">value[x]</a><a name=\"Extension.extension:carer.value_x_\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">1..<span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">1</span></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/references.html\">Reference</a>(<a href=\"http://hl7.org.au/fhir/6.0.0/StructureDefinition-au-relatedperson.html\">AU Base RelatedPerson</a>)</td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">Informal carer details</td></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: #F7F7F7\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck10.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_element.gif\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Element\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-informal-carer-definitions.html#Extension.url\">url</a><a name=\"Extension.url\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">1</span><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">..</span><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">1</span></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a style=\"opacity: 0.5; opacity: 0.5\" href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/datatypes.html#uri\">uri</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"color: darkgreen\">&quot;http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/cnd/StructureDefinition/informal-carer&quot;</span></td></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck00.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin_end.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_element.gif\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: white; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Element\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a style=\"text-decoration:line-through; text-decoration:line-through\" href=\"StructureDefinition-informal-carer-definitions.html#Extension.value[x]\">value[x]</a><a name=\"Extension.value_x_\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"text-decoration:line-through\"/><span style=\"text-decoration:line-through\">0</span><span style=\"text-decoration:line-through\">..</span><span style=\"text-decoration:line-through\">0</span></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Value of extension</span></td></tr>\r\n<tr><td colspan=\"5\" class=\"hierarchy\"><br/><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Legend for this format\"><img src=\"data:image/png;base64, \" alt=\"doco\" style=\"background-color: inherit\"/> Documentation for this format</a></td></tr></table></div>"
      },
      "url" : "http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/cnd/StructureDefinition/informal-carer",
      "version" : "26.0.0",
      "name" : "InformalCarer",
      "title" : "Informal Carer",
      "status" : "active",
      "experimental" : false,
      "date" : "2026-06-19T14:17:49+10:00",
      "publisher" : "Australian Digital Health Agency",
      "contact" : [
        {
          "name" : "Australian Digital Health Agency",
          "telecom" : [
            {
              "system" : "url",
              "value" : "https://www.digitalhealth.gov.au"
            },
            {
              "system" : "email",
              "value" : "help@digitalhealth.gov.au"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "name" : "Australian Digital Health Agency",
          "telecom" : [
            {
              "system" : "email",
              "value" : "help@digitalhealth.gov.au",
              "use" : "work"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "description" : "This extension can be used to represent information about an informal carer of a patient. An informal carer includes any person, such as a family member, friend or neighbour, who is giving regular, ongoing assistance to another person. This may provide healthcare providers with additional information on the patients support system and identified contact person. The definition for the patient’s informal carer existence indicator is the same described in the [definition section](https://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/787901) of the NMDS. Additionally, this extension allows for the representation of the carer information.",
      "jurisdiction" : [
        {
          "coding" : [
            {
              "system" : "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
              "code" : "AU",
              "display" : "Australia"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "purpose" : "This extension supports the capture of informal carer information for a patient in a Clinical Note Document context, enabling healthcare providers to record the existence and details of informal carers such as family members, friends, or neighbours who provide regular ongoing assistance, in alignment with the AIHW NMDS informal carer existence indicator definition.",
      "copyright" : "This content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)",
      "fhirVersion" : "4.0.1",
      "mapping" : [
        {
          "identity" : "rim",
          "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
          "name" : "RIM Mapping"
        }
      ],
      "kind" : "complex-type",
      "abstract" : false,
      "context" : [
        {
          "type" : "element",
          "expression" : "Patient"
        }
      ],
      "type" : "Extension",
      "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension",
      "derivation" : "constraint",
      "snapshot" : {
        "extension" : [
          {
            "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/snapshot-base-version",
            "valueString" : "4.0.1"
          }
        ],
        "element" : [
          {
            "id" : "Extension",
            "path" : "Extension",
            "short" : "Informal Carer",
            "definition" : "This extension can be used to represent information about an informal carer of a patient. An informal carer includes any person, such as a family member, friend or neighbour, who is giving regular, ongoing assistance to another person. This may provide healthcare providers with additional information on the patients support system and identified contact person. The definition for the patient’s informal carer existence indicator is the same described in the [definition section](https://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/787901) of the NMDS. Additionally, this extension allows for the representation of the carer information.",
            "min" : 0,
            "max" : "*",
            "base" : {
              "path" : "Extension",
              "min" : 0,
              "max" : "*"
            },
            "condition" : [
              "ele-1"
            ],
            "constraint" : [
              {
                "key" : "ele-1",
                "severity" : "error",
                "human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
                "expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
                "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div",
                "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
              },
              {
                "key" : "ext-1",
                "severity" : "error",
                "human" : "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both",
                "expression" : "extension.exists() != value.exists()",
                "xpath" : "exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), 'value')])",
                "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension"
              },
              {
                "key" : "inv-01-carer-indicator-error",
                "severity" : "error",
                "human" : "If indicator is not 'Yes', then no carers SHALL be provided.",
                "expression" : "extension.where(url = 'indicator').value.coding.where(system = 'http://snomed.info/sct' and code = '373066001').empty() implies extension.where(url = 'carer').empty()",
                "source" : "http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/cnd/StructureDefinition/informal-carer"
              },
              {
                "key" : "inv-02-carer-indicator-warning",
                "severity" : "warning",
                "human" : "If indicator is 'Yes', then at least one carer SHOULD be provided.",
                "expression" : "extension.where(url = 'indicator').value.coding.where(system = 'http://snomed.info/sct' and code = '373066001').exists() implies extension.where(url = 'carer').value.exists()",
                "source" : "http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/cnd/StructureDefinition/informal-carer"
              }
            ],
            "isModifier" : false
          },
          {
            "id" : "Extension.id",
            "path" : "Extension.id",
            "representation" : [
              "xmlAttr"
            ],
            "short" : "Unique id for inter-element referencing",
            "definition" : "Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.",
            "min" : 0,
            "max" : "1",
            "base" : {
              "path" : "Element.id",
              "min" : 0,
              "max" : "1"
            },
            "type" : [
              {
                "extension" : [
                  {
                    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type",
                    "valueUrl" : "string"
                  }
                ],
                "code" : "http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"
              }
            ],
            "isModifier" : false,
            "isSummary" : false,
            "mapping" : [
              {
                "identity" : "rim",
                "map" : "n/a"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id" : "Extension.extension",
            "path" : "Extension.extension",
            "slicing" : {
              "discriminator" : [
                {
                  "type" : "value",
                  "path" : "url"
                }
              ],
              "description" : "Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url",
              "rules" : "open"
            },
            "short" : "Extension",
            "definition" : "An Extension",
            "min" : 1,
            "max" : "*",
            "base" : {
              "path" : "Element.extension",
              "min" : 0,
              "max" : "*"
            },
            "type" : [
              {
                "code" : "Extension"
              }
            ],
            "constraint" : [
              {
                "key" : "ele-1",
                "severity" : "error",
                "human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
                "expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
                "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div",
                "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
              },
              {
                "key" : "ext-1",
                "severity" : "error",
                "human" : "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both",
                "expression" : "extension.exists() != value.exists()",
                "xpath" : "exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), \"value\")])",
                "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension"
              }
            ],
            "isModifier" : false,
            "isSummary" : false
          },
          {
            "id" : "Extension.extension:indicator",
            "path" : "Extension.extension",
            "sliceName" : "indicator",
            "short" : "Extension",
            "definition" : "An Extension",
            "min" : 1,
            "max" : "1",
            "base" : {
              "path" : "Element.extension",
              "min" : 0,
              "max" : "*"
            },
            "type" : [
              {
                "code" : "Extension"
              }
            ],
            "constraint" : [
              {
                "key" : "ele-1",
                "severity" : "error",
                "human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
                "expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
                "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div",
                "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
              },
              {
                "key" : "ext-1",
                "severity" : "error",
                "human" : "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both",
                "expression" : "extension.exists() != value.exists()",
                "xpath" : "exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), \"value\")])",
                "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension"
              }
            ],
            "mustSupport" : true,
            "isModifier" : false,
            "isSummary" : false
          },
          {
            "id" : "Extension.extension:indicator.id",
            "path" : "Extension.extension.id",
            "representation" : [
              "xmlAttr"
            ],
            "short" : "Unique id for inter-element referencing",
            "definition" : "Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.",
            "min" : 0,
            "max" : "1",
            "base" : {
              "path" : "Element.id",
              "min" : 0,
              "max" : "1"
            },
            "type" : [
              {
                "extension" : [
                  {
                    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type",
                    "valueUrl" : "string"
                  }
                ],
                "code" : "http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"
              }
            ],
            "isModifier" : false,
            "isSummary" : false,
            "mapping" : [
              {
                "identity" : "rim",
                "map" : "n/a"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id" : "Extension.extension:indicator.extension",
            "path" : "Extension.extension.extension",
            "slicing" : {
              "discriminator" : [
                {
                  "type" : "value",
                  "path" : "url"
                }
              ],
              "description" : "Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url",
              "rules" : "open"
            },
            "short" : "Extension",
            "definition" : "An Extension",
            "min" : 0,
            "max" : "0",
            "base" : {
              "path" : "Element.extension",
              "min" : 0,
              "max" : "*"
            },
            "type" : [
              {
                "code" : "Extension"
              }
            ],
            "constraint" : [
              {
                "key" : "ele-1",
                "severity" : "error",
                "human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
                "expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
                "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div",
                "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
              },
              {
                "key" : "ext-1",
                "severity" : "error",
                "human" : "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both",
                "expression" : "extension.exists() != value.exists()",
                "xpath" : "exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), \"value\")])",
                "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension"
              }
            ],
            "isModifier" : false,
            "isSummary" : false
          },
          {
            "id" : "Extension.extension:indicator.url",
            "path" : "Extension.extension.url",
            "representation" : [
              "xmlAttr"
            ],
            "short" : "identifies the meaning of the extension",
            "definition" : "Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.",
            "comment" : "The definition may point directly to a computable or human-readable definition of the extensibility codes, or it may be a logical URI as declared in some other specification. The definition SHALL be a URI for the Structure Definition defining the extension.",
            "min" : 1,
            "max" : "1",
            "base" : {
              "path" : "Extension.url",
              "min" : 1,
              "max" : "1"
            },
            "type" : [
              {
                "extension" : [
                  {
                    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type",
                    "valueUrl" : "uri"
                  }
                ],
                "code" : "http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"
              }
            ],
            "fixedUri" : "indicator",
            "isModifier" : false,
            "isSummary" : false,
            "mapping" : [
              {
                "identity" : "rim",
                "map" : "N/A"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id" : "Extension.extension:indicator.value[x]",
            "path" : "Extension.extension.value[x]",
            "short" : "Informal carer existence indicator",
            "definition" : "Value of extension - must be one of a constrained set of the data types (see [Extensibility](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/extensibility.html) for a list).",
            "min" : 1,
            "max" : "1",
            "base" : {
              "path" : "Extension.value[x]",
              "min" : 0,
              "max" : "1"
            },
            "type" : [
              {
                "code" : "CodeableConcept"
              }
            ],
            "constraint" : [
              {
                "key" : "ele-1",
                "severity" : "error",
                "human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
                "expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
                "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div",
                "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
              }
            ],
            "isModifier" : false,
            "isSummary" : false,
            "binding" : {
              "strength" : "required",
              "valueSet" : "http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/cnd/ValueSet/informal-carer-existence-indicator-vs"
            },
            "mapping" : [
              {
                "identity" : "rim",
                "map" : "N/A"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id" : "Extension.extension:carer",
            "path" : "Extension.extension",
            "sliceName" : "carer",
            "short" : "Extension",
            "definition" : "An Extension",
            "min" : 0,
            "max" : "*",
            "base" : {
              "path" : "Element.extension",
              "min" : 0,
              "max" : "*"
            },
            "type" : [
              {
                "code" : "Extension"
              }
            ],
            "constraint" : [
              {
                "key" : "ele-1",
                "severity" : "error",
                "human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
                "expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
                "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div",
                "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
              },
              {
                "key" : "ext-1",
                "severity" : "error",
                "human" : "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both",
                "expression" : "extension.exists() != value.exists()",
                "xpath" : "exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), \"value\")])",
                "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension"
              }
            ],
            "mustSupport" : true,
            "isModifier" : false,
            "isSummary" : false
          },
          {
            "id" : "Extension.extension:carer.id",
            "path" : "Extension.extension.id",
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              "xmlAttr"
            ],
            "short" : "Unique id for inter-element referencing",
            "definition" : "Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.",
            "min" : 0,
            "max" : "1",
            "base" : {
              "path" : "Element.id",
              "min" : 0,
              "max" : "1"
            },
            "type" : [
              {
                "extension" : [
                  {
                    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type",
                    "valueUrl" : "string"
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                ],
                "code" : "http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"
              }
            ],
            "isModifier" : false,
            "isSummary" : false,
            "mapping" : [
              {
                "identity" : "rim",
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            ]
          },
          {
            "id" : "Extension.extension:carer.extension",
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            "short" : "Extension",
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            "max" : "0",
            "base" : {
              "path" : "Element.extension",
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              "max" : "*"
            },
            "type" : [
              {
                "code" : "Extension"
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            ],
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              {
                "key" : "ele-1",
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                "expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
                "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div",
                "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
              },
              {
                "key" : "ext-1",
                "severity" : "error",
                "human" : "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both",
                "expression" : "extension.exists() != value.exists()",
                "xpath" : "exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), \"value\")])",
                "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension"
              }
            ],
            "isModifier" : false,
            "isSummary" : false
          },
          {
            "id" : "Extension.extension:carer.url",
            "path" : "Extension.extension.url",
            "representation" : [
              "xmlAttr"
            ],
            "short" : "identifies the meaning of the extension",
            "definition" : "Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.",
            "comment" : "The definition may point directly to a computable or human-readable definition of the extensibility codes, or it may be a logical URI as declared in some other specification. The definition SHALL be a URI for the Structure Definition defining the extension.",
            "min" : 1,
            "max" : "1",
            "base" : {
              "path" : "Extension.url",
              "min" : 1,
              "max" : "1"
            },
            "type" : [
              {
                "extension" : [
                  {
                    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type",
                    "valueUrl" : "uri"
                  }
                ],
                "code" : "http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"
              }
            ],
            "fixedUri" : "carer",
            "isModifier" : false,
            "isSummary" : false,
            "mapping" : [
              {
                "identity" : "rim",
                "map" : "N/A"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id" : "Extension.extension:carer.value[x]",
            "path" : "Extension.extension.value[x]",
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            "definition" : "Value of extension - must be one of a constrained set of the data types (see [Extensibility](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/extensibility.html) for a list).",
            "min" : 1,
            "max" : "1",
            "base" : {
              "path" : "Extension.value[x]",
              "min" : 0,
              "max" : "1"
            },
            "type" : [
              {
                "code" : "Reference",
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                  🔗 "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/au-relatedperson"
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            ],
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              {
                "key" : "ele-1",
                "severity" : "error",
                "human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
                "expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
                "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div",
                "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
              }
            ],
            "isModifier" : false,
            "isSummary" : false,
            "mapping" : [
              {
                "identity" : "rim",
                "map" : "N/A"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id" : "Extension.url",
            "path" : "Extension.url",
            "representation" : [
              "xmlAttr"
            ],
            "short" : "identifies the meaning of the extension",
            "definition" : "Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.",
            "comment" : "The definition may point directly to a computable or human-readable definition of the extensibility codes, or it may be a logical URI as declared in some other specification. The definition SHALL be a URI for the Structure Definition defining the extension.",
            "min" : 1,
            "max" : "1",
            "base" : {
              "path" : "Extension.url",
              "min" : 1,
              "max" : "1"
            },
            "type" : [
              {
                "extension" : [
                  {
                    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type",
                    "valueUrl" : "uri"
                  }
                ],
                "code" : "http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"
              }
            ],
            "fixedUri" : "http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/cnd/StructureDefinition/informal-carer",
            "isModifier" : false,
            "isSummary" : false,
            "mapping" : [
              {
                "identity" : "rim",
                "map" : "N/A"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id" : "Extension.value[x]",
            "path" : "Extension.value[x]",
            "short" : "Value of extension",
            "definition" : "Value of extension - must be one of a constrained set of the data types (see [Extensibility](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/extensibility.html) for a list).",
            "min" : 0,
            "max" : "0",
            "base" : {
              "path" : "Extension.value[x]",
              "min" : 0,
              "max" : "1"
            },
            "type" : [
              {
                "code" : "base64Binary"
              },
              {
                "code" : "boolean"
              },
              {
                "code" : "canonical"
              },
              {
                "code" : "code"
              },
              {
                "code" : "date"
              },
              {
                "code" : "dateTime"
              },
              {
                "code" : "decimal"
              },
              {
                "code" : "id"
              },
              {
                "code" : "instant"
              },
              {
                "code" : "integer"
              },
              {
                "code" : "markdown"
              },
              {
                "code" : "oid"
              },
              {
                "code" : "positiveInt"
              },
              {
                "code" : "string"
              },
              {
                "code" : "time"
              },
              {
                "code" : "unsignedInt"
              },
              {
                "code" : "uri"
              },
              {
                "code" : "url"
              },
              {
                "code" : "uuid"
              },
              {
                "code" : "Address"
              },
              {
                "code" : "Age"
              },
              {
                "code" : "Annotation"
              },
              {
                "code" : "Attachment"
              },
              {
                "code" : "CodeableConcept"
              },
              {
                "code" : "Coding"
              },
              {
                "code" : "ContactPoint"
              },
              {
                "code" : "Count"
              },
              {
                "code" : "Distance"
              },
              {
                "code" : "Duration"
              },
              {
                "code" : "HumanName"
              },
              {
                "code" : "Identifier"
              },
              {
                "code" : "Money"
              },
              {
                "code" : "Period"
              },
              {
                "code" : "Quantity"
              },
              {
                "code" : "Range"
              },
              {
                "code" : "Ratio"
              },
              {
                "code" : "Reference"
              },
              {
                "code" : "SampledData"
              },
              {
                "code" : "Signature"
              },
              {
                "code" : "Timing"
              },
              {
                "code" : "ContactDetail"
              },
              {
                "code" : "Contributor"
              },
              {
                "code" : "DataRequirement"
              },
              {
                "code" : "Expression"
              },
              {
                "code" : "ParameterDefinition"
              },
              {
                "code" : "RelatedArtifact"
              },
              {
                "code" : "TriggerDefinition"
              },
              {
                "code" : "UsageContext"
              },
              {
                "code" : "Dosage"
              },
              {
                "code" : "Meta"
              }
            ],
            "constraint" : [
              {
                "key" : "ele-1",
                "severity" : "error",
                "human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
                "expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
                "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div",
                "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
              }
            ],
            "isModifier" : false,
            "isSummary" : false,
            "mapping" : [
              {
                "identity" : "rim",
                "map" : "N/A"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
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          {
            "id" : "Extension",
            "path" : "Extension",
            "short" : "Informal Carer",
            "definition" : "This extension can be used to represent information about an informal carer of a patient. An informal carer includes any person, such as a family member, friend or neighbour, who is giving regular, ongoing assistance to another person. This may provide healthcare providers with additional information on the patients support system and identified contact person. The definition for the patient’s informal carer existence indicator is the same described in the [definition section](https://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/787901) of the NMDS. Additionally, this extension allows for the representation of the carer information.",
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              {
                "key" : "inv-01-carer-indicator-error",
                "severity" : "error",
                "human" : "If indicator is not 'Yes', then no carers SHALL be provided.",
                "expression" : "extension.where(url = 'indicator').value.coding.where(system = 'http://snomed.info/sct' and code = '373066001').empty() implies extension.where(url = 'carer').empty()",
                "source" : "http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/cnd/StructureDefinition/informal-carer"
              },
              {
                "key" : "inv-02-carer-indicator-warning",
                "severity" : "warning",
                "human" : "If indicator is 'Yes', then at least one carer SHOULD be provided.",
                "expression" : "extension.where(url = 'indicator').value.coding.where(system = 'http://snomed.info/sct' and code = '373066001').exists() implies extension.where(url = 'carer').value.exists()",
                "source" : "http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/cnd/StructureDefinition/informal-carer"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id" : "Extension.extension",
            "path" : "Extension.extension",
            "min" : 1
          },
          {
            "id" : "Extension.extension:indicator",
            "path" : "Extension.extension",
            "sliceName" : "indicator",
            "min" : 1,
            "max" : "1",
            "mustSupport" : true
          },
          {
            "id" : "Extension.extension:indicator.extension",
            "path" : "Extension.extension.extension",
            "max" : "0"
          },
          {
            "id" : "Extension.extension:indicator.url",
            "path" : "Extension.extension.url",
            "fixedUri" : "indicator"
          },
          {
            "id" : "Extension.extension:indicator.value[x]",
            "path" : "Extension.extension.value[x]",
            "short" : "Informal carer existence indicator",
            "min" : 1,
            "type" : [
              {
                "code" : "CodeableConcept"
              }
            ],
            "binding" : {
              "strength" : "required",
              "valueSet" : "http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/cnd/ValueSet/informal-carer-existence-indicator-vs"
            }
          },
          {
            "id" : "Extension.extension:carer",
            "path" : "Extension.extension",
            "sliceName" : "carer",
            "min" : 0,
            "max" : "*",
            "mustSupport" : true
          },
          {
            "id" : "Extension.extension:carer.extension",
            "path" : "Extension.extension.extension",
            "max" : "0"
          },
          {
            "id" : "Extension.extension:carer.url",
            "path" : "Extension.extension.url",
            "fixedUri" : "carer"
          },
          {
            "id" : "Extension.extension:carer.value[x]",
            "path" : "Extension.extension.value[x]",
            "short" : "Informal carer details",
            "min" : 1,
            "type" : [
              {
                "code" : "Reference",
                "targetProfile" : [
                  🔗 "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/au-relatedperson"
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id" : "Extension.url",
            "path" : "Extension.url",
            "fixedUri" : "http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/cnd/StructureDefinition/informal-carer"
          },
          {
            "id" : "Extension.value[x]",
            "path" : "Extension.value[x]",
            "max" : "0"
          }
        ]
      }
    }