HEARTLAND Protocol FHIR Implementation Guide
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HEARTLAND FHIR candidate 0.3.0 — draft, experimental R4 4.0.1 reference. Prepared for technical review; not evidence of clinical validation or vendor interoperability.

Extension: HEARTLAND Synthetic County Identifier (Experimental)

Official URL: https://fhir.heartlandprotocol.org/StructureDefinition/heartland-synthetic-county-code Version: 0.3.0
Draft as of 2026-09-29 Computable Name: HeartlandSyntheticCountyCode

Opaque synthetic identifier emitted by HEARTLAND Synthetic, not an ANSI/FIPS county GEOID, postal code, or evidence of real residence. Preserve the code as supplied; no real-geography lookup or linkage is implied.

Context of Use

    This extension may be used on the following element(s)

    In addition, the extension can only be used when this FHIRPath expression is true:

    extension.where(url = 'https://fhir.heartlandprotocol.org/StructureDefinition/heartland-synthetic-county-code').count() = 1

Usage info

Usages:

You can also check for usages in the FHIR IG Statistics

Formal Views of Extension Content

Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots, and their representations.

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
.. Extension C 0..1 Extension HEARTLAND Synthetic County Identifier
Constraints: heartland-county-value
... extension 0..0 Extension
... url 1..1 uri "https://fhir.heartlandprotocol.org/StructureDefinition/heartland-synthetic-county-code"
... value[x] 1..1 Coding Value of extension
.... system 1..1 uri Identity of the terminology system
Fixed Value: https://fhir.heartlandprotocol.org/sid/synthetic-county-code
.... code 1..1 code Symbol in syntax defined by the system

doco Documentation for this format

Constraints

Id Grade Path(s) Description Expression
heartland-county-value error Extension The synthetic identifier must contain actual system and code values. value.system.hasValue() and value.code.hasValue()
NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
.. Extension C 0..1 Extension HEARTLAND Synthetic County Identifier
Constraints: heartland-county-value
... id 0..1 string Unique id for inter-element referencing
... extension 0..0 Extension
Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
... url 1..1 uri "https://fhir.heartlandprotocol.org/StructureDefinition/heartland-synthetic-county-code"
.... id 0..1 string Unique id for inter-element referencing
.... extension 0..* Extension Additional content defined by implementations
Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
.... system Σ 1..1 uri Identity of the terminology system
Fixed Value: https://fhir.heartlandprotocol.org/sid/synthetic-county-code
.... version Σ 0..1 string Version of the system - if relevant
.... code Σ 1..1 code Symbol in syntax defined by the system
.... display Σ 0..1 string Representation defined by the system
.... userSelected Σ 0..1 boolean If this coding was chosen directly by the user

doco Documentation for this format

Constraints

Id Grade Path(s) Description Expression
heartland-county-value error Extension The synthetic identifier must contain actual system and code values. value.system.hasValue() and value.code.hasValue()

Summary

Simple Extension with the type Coding: Opaque synthetic identifier emitted by HEARTLAND Synthetic, not an ANSI/FIPS county GEOID, postal code, or evidence of real residence. Preserve the code as supplied; no real-geography lookup or linkage is implied.

Differential ViewDifferential View

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
.. Extension C 0..1 Extension HEARTLAND Synthetic County Identifier
Constraints: heartland-county-value
... extension 0..0 Extension
... url 1..1 uri "https://fhir.heartlandprotocol.org/StructureDefinition/heartland-synthetic-county-code"
... value[x] 1..1 Coding Value of extension
.... system 1..1 uri Identity of the terminology system
Fixed Value: https://fhir.heartlandprotocol.org/sid/synthetic-county-code
.... code 1..1 code Symbol in syntax defined by the system

doco Documentation for this format

Constraints

Id Grade Path(s) Description Expression
heartland-county-value error Extension The synthetic identifier must contain actual system and code values. value.system.hasValue() and value.code.hasValue()

Snapshot View

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
.. Extension C 0..1 Extension HEARTLAND Synthetic County Identifier
Constraints: heartland-county-value
... id 0..1 string Unique id for inter-element referencing
... extension 0..0 Extension
Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
... url 1..1 uri "https://fhir.heartlandprotocol.org/StructureDefinition/heartland-synthetic-county-code"
.... id 0..1 string Unique id for inter-element referencing
.... extension 0..* Extension Additional content defined by implementations
Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
.... system Σ 1..1 uri Identity of the terminology system
Fixed Value: https://fhir.heartlandprotocol.org/sid/synthetic-county-code
.... version Σ 0..1 string Version of the system - if relevant
.... code Σ 1..1 code Symbol in syntax defined by the system
.... display Σ 0..1 string Representation defined by the system
.... userSelected Σ 0..1 boolean If this coding was chosen directly by the user

doco Documentation for this format

Constraints

Id Grade Path(s) Description Expression
heartland-county-value error Extension The synthetic identifier must contain actual system and code values. value.system.hasValue() and value.code.hasValue()

Summary

Simple Extension with the type Coding: Opaque synthetic identifier emitted by HEARTLAND Synthetic, not an ANSI/FIPS county GEOID, postal code, or evidence of real residence. Preserve the code as supplied; no real-geography lookup or linkage is implied.

 

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