RelatedPerson resource (FHIR R4)

RelatedPerson is the FHIR R4 resource for information about a person that is involved in the care for a patient, but who is not the target of healthcare, nor has a formal responsibility in the care process.

Example

{
  "resourceType": "RelatedPerson",
  "id": "relatedperson-fd6ae89c6e5884580a0ac280fd3af88f",
  "active": true,
  "patient": {
    "reference": "Patient/patient-L46A6EIB9J"
  },
  "relationship": [
    {
      "coding": [
        {
          "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-RoleCode",
          "code": "GUARD",
          "display": "guardian"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "name": [
    {
      "use": "official",
      "family": "Fuentes",
      "given": [
        "Jane"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "telecom": [
    {
      "system": "phone",
      "value": "+1-555-546-4377",
      "use": "home"
    }
  ],
  "gender": "female"
}

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

Validation context

• strict pidgeon validate grades a RelatedPerson 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)