Patient resource (FHIR R4)

Patient is a FHIR R4 resource. The Pidgeon engine generates synthetic Patient instances and validates them against the R4 structure definitions.

Example

{
  "resourceType": "Patient",
  "id": "patient-546cfad606fd5d5a484b1759514b8aff",
  "meta": {
    "versionId": "1",
    "lastUpdated": "2026-07-01T12:00:00Z"
  },
  "identifier": [
    {
      "use": "usual",
      "type": {
        "coding": [
          {
            "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203",
            "code": "MR",
            "display": "Medical Record Number"
          }
        ]
      },
      "system": "http://hospital.example.org/mrn",
      "value": "L46A6EIB9J"
    }
  ],
  "active": true,
  "name": [
    {
      "use": "official",
      "family": "Fuentes",
      "given": [
        "Ola"
      ],
      "text": "Fuentes, Ola"
    }
  ],
  "gender": "female",
  "birthDate": "1983-08-28",
  "telecom": [
    {
      "system": "phone",
      "value": "(769)275-5693",
      "use": "home"
    }
  ],
  "address": [
    {
      "use": "home",
      "type": "physical",
      "line": [
        "6869 Canyon Pkwy"
      ],
      "city": "Miami",
      "state": "Oklahoma",
      "postalCode": "02030",
      "country": "USA"
    }
  ]
}

Generated by the Pidgeon engine: pidgeon generate Patient --seed 20260722.

Validation context

• strict pidgeon validate grades a Patient instance against the base R4 structure definition: missing required elements raise REQUIRED_FIELD_MISSING and cardinality violations raise CARDINALITY_MIN or CARDINALITY_MAX.(REQUIRED_FIELD_MISSING)
• strict Profile validation grades the same instance against an installed IG profile: profile cardinality findings carry FHIR-PROFILE-CARDINALITY and terminology binding findings carry FHIR-PROFILE-BINDING.(FHIR-PROFILE-CARDINALITY)