Document Party Role
A person, practitioner, organization, or device that has a defined role in the creation, authentication, attestation, contribution to, or custodianship of a clinical document. Supporting participants may include parents, relatives, caregivers, insurance policyholders, guarantors, and others who are related to the patient in some way.
Appears in
Constraints
- Unique: Party Role, XOR(Clinical Document, Document Reference), Document Participant Type Code, Document Participant Function Code if specified, Document Participant Effective Period.Start Date Time if specified)
Stereotype(s)
n/a
Attributes
| Attribute | Type | Multiplicity | Attribute note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Document Participant Type Code | Codeable Concept | 1 | Uniquely specifies a meaning and purpose of participation, in creation of the clinical document. The list includes data entry person, informant, primary information recipient, and tracker (e.g., AUT, AUTHEN, CST, LA, RCT, SBJ).
Value Set: https://terminology.hl7.org/7.0.1/ValueSet-fhir-clinical-doc-participant.html |
| Document Participant Function Code | Codeable Concept | 0..1 | Uniquely specifies a function of the participant in the creation of the clinical document. This is more granular than type (e.g., rounding physician, scrub nurse, underwriting).
Value Set: https://terminology.hl7.org/7.0.1/ValueSet-v3-ParticipationFunction.html |
| Document Participant Effective Period | Period | 0..1 | A participation period of this role, when known. |
Relationships
| From class | From multiplicity | Relationship | To class | To multiplicity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document Reference | 0..1 | has | Document Party Role | 1..* |
| Party Role | 1 | is | Document Party Role | 0..* |
| Clinical Document | 0..1 | has | Document Party Role | 1..* |
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How to cite:
Canadian Institute for Health Information. Document Party Role. Accessed November 02, 2026.
