Stream: implementers
Topic: identifier types
Jeremy Chapman (Sep 12 2019 at 22:19):
If I have an identifier (in a Practitioner resource perhaps), I need to encode what type the value is. Do I use identifier.system and identifier.Value, or do I use identifier.type.coding.system, Identifier.type.coding.code, and identifier.value? I'm not clear on one vs the other.
Lloyd McKenzie (Sep 12 2019 at 22:45):
Identifier.system gives a unique namespace. E.g. "hospital XYZ nursing identifiers, 1982 on". The Identifier.type would say something like "Provider license number" or "Provider employee id number" - which is useful for categorizing, but not for determining uniqueness.
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