US Core Implantable Device Profile (US Core 6.1.0)
US Core Implantable Device Profile is a US Core 6.1.0 profile on the FHIR R4 Device resource. It marks 10 elements as must-support; the rows below list each constrained element's cardinality and binding strength.
| Profile | us-core-implantable-device |
|---|---|
| Implementation Guide | US Core 6.1.0 |
| Base resource | Device |
| Canonical URL | http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-implantable-device |
| Must-support elements | 10 |
| Constrained elements with bindings | 2 |
| Device.udiCarrier | 0..1 (base 0..*), must support |
| Device.udiCarrier.deviceIdentifier | 1..1 (base 0..1), must support |
| Device.udiCarrier.carrierHRF | 0..1, must support |
| Device.distinctIdentifier | 0..1, must support |
| Device.manufactureDate | 0..1, must support |
| Device.expirationDate | 0..1, must support |
| Device.lotNumber | 0..1, must support |
| Device.serialNumber | 0..1, must support |
| Device.deviceName.name | 1..1 |
| Device.deviceName.type | 1..1, binding: required |
| Device.type | 1..1 (base 0..1), must support, binding: extensible |
| Device.specialization.systemType | 1..1 |
| Device.version.value | 1..1 |
| Device.property.type | 1..1 |
| Device.patient | 1..1 (base 0..1), must support |
Example
pidgeon data install fhir-us-core-6.0
pidgeon conform --endpoint https://your-fhir-base/fhir --ig us-core-6.0 --ciThe conform run walks the live endpoint and grades sampled resources against the installed US Core profiles. A failed report exits non-zero; --ci also fails the run on must-support gaps (MUSTSUPPORT-*) and stub-profile fallbacks (CONFORM_STUB_PROFILE).
Validation context
- strict Profile validation grades an instance against this profile's snapshot: cardinality findings carry FHIR-PROFILE-CARDINALITY and terminology binding findings carry FHIR-PROFILE-BINDING.(FHIR-PROFILE-CARDINALITY)
- strict Under pidgeon conform --ci, a sampled resource missing one of this profile's must-support elements fails the run with a MUSTSUPPORT-<element> rule id.
- strict If the fhir-us-core-6.0 package is not installed, validation falls back to an embedded subset stub and the report is flagged CONFORM_STUB_PROFILE; under --ci that warning fails the run.(CONFORM_STUB_PROFILE)
This answer, in your terminal
pidgeon conform --endpoint https://your-fhir-base/fhir --ig us-core-6.0 --ciWire it into your AI agent:
claude mcp add pidgeon -- npx -y @pidgeonhealth/mcpDownload Post free to browse this reference with generation attached.