RelatedPerson

The following topic describes information for the RelatedPerson resource.

To interact with the REST endpoints in the RelatedPerson resource, see RelatedPerson.

Overview

The RelatedPerson resource provides information about a person who is involved in the care of a patient but has no formal responsibility. Related persons typically have a personal relationship with the patient such as a spouse, relative, friend, guardian, or attorney. Related persons are commonly a source of information about a patient.

The distinction between practitioner and related person is that a practitioner cares for multiple patients on behalf of a healthcare facility where a related person performs care tasks for a specific patient and is not associated with any healthcare facility.

The following fields are returned if valued:

• RelatedPerson ID

• RelatedPerson Identifier

• Active

• Patient

• Relationship

• Related person's name

• Telecom information (may include phone and email)

• Gender (administrative)

• Date of birth

• Address

• Communication (preferred language)

• Extensions including related person encounter, relationship level, period, and relation (for more information, see the Extensions section of this topic)

Terminology Bindings

• RelatedPerson.identifier.type

  Description: The type that determines which identifier to use for a specific purpose.

  • Details: Identifier Type Codes

    System: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203

  • Details: For more information, see Code Set 4 Person Identifier (Alias) Types under the List of Code Sets section in Proprietary Codes and Systems.

    System: https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR_source_id>/codeSet/4

• RelatedPerson.communication.language

  Description: The language used to communicate with a related person about a patient's health.

  • Details: CommonLanguages

    System: urn:ietf:bcp:47

  • Details: For more information, see Code Set 36 Languages under the List of Code Sets section in Proprietary Codes and Systems.

    System: https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR_source_id>/codeSet/36

• RelatedPerson.relationship

  Description: The nature of the relationship between a patient and the related person.

  • Details: PatientRelationshipType

    System: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0131

    System: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-RoleCode

  • Details: For more information, see Code Set 351 Person Relationship Types under the List of Code Sets section in Proprietary Codes and Systems.

    System: https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR_source_id>/codeSet/351

• RelatedPerson.relationship.extension[x].valueCodeableConcept

  Description: The related person's familial relationship to the patient. This binding is used in relation extensions.

  • Details: PatientRelationshipType

    System: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0131

    System: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-RoleCode

  • Details: For more information, see Code Set 40 Person Relationships under the List of Code Sets section in Proprietary Codes and Systems.

    System: https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR_source_id>/codeSet/40

• RelatedPerson.extension[x].valueCodeableConcept (for more information, see the Extensions section of this topic).

  Description: The resource's relationship to the patient or encounter level. This binding is used in relationship-level extensions.

  Details: Relationship Level

  System: http://hl7.org/fhir/resource-types

Extensions

All URLs for custom extensions are defined as https://fhir-ehr.cerner.com/r4/StructureDefinition/{id}

Table - Extensions

ID	Value[x] Type	Description
related-person-encounter	reference	Reference to the encounter associated with the encounter-level related person.
relationship-level	CodeableConcept	The resource's relationship to the patient or encounter.
period	Period	A time period defined by a start and end date and time.
relation	CodeableConcept	The related person's familial relationship to the patient.