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Contract resource (FHIR R4)

Contract is the FHIR R4 resource for legally enforceable, formally recorded unilateral or bilateral directive i.e., a policy or agreement.

ResourceContract
FHIR versionR4 (4.0.1)
Canonical URLhttp://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Contract
Required elementsnone; every top-level element is optional (min 0) in base R4

Example

{
  "resourceType": "Contract",
  "id": "contract-f404f0cc0fcabb5c9409b7905ded0832"
}

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

Validation context

  • strict pidgeon validate grades a Contract 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 Contract

Wire it into your AI agent:

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

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Published by Pattern Engine LLC (Pidgeon Health).

Rendered from the same machine-readable definitions the Pidgeon engine validates against. Exported from the Pidgeon engine's FHIR R4 definitions (CC0); example generated with seed 20260722.