CompartmentDefinition resource (FHIR R4)

CompartmentDefinition is the FHIR R4 resource for a compartment definition that defines how resources are accessed on a server.

Resource	CompartmentDefinition
FHIR version	R4 (4.0.1)
Canonical URL	http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/CompartmentDefinition
Required elements	url (1..1), name (1..1), status (1..1), code (1..1), search (1..1)

Example

{
  "resourceType": "CompartmentDefinition",
  "id": "compartmentdefinition-ea652d6fca216835dbc8ea9e4b8a8268",
  "url": "http://example.org/pidgeon/synthetic",
  "name": "Synthetic value",
  "status": "draft",
  "code": "Patient",
  "search": true
}

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

Validation context

strict pidgeon validate grades a CompartmentDefinition 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)

This answer, in your terminal

pidgeon lookup CompartmentDefinition

Wire it into your AI agent:

claude mcp add pidgeon -- npx -y @pidgeonhealth/mcp

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