---
type: "codesystem"
title: "Capability Statement Kind"
codesystem: "capability-statement-kind"
---
# Capability Statement Kind

- **Official URL**: http://hl7.org/fhir/capability-statement-kind
- **Version**: 6.0.0
- **Status**: active
- **Name**: CapabilityStatementKind
- **Title**: Capability Statement Kind
- **Publisher**: HL7 (FHIR Project)
- **Description**: How a capability statement is intended to be used.
- **Case Sensitive**: true
- **Content**: complete

## Narrative

This code system http://hl7.org/fhir/capability-statement-kind defines the following codes:

| **Code** | **Display** | **Definition** | **Comments** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| instance | Instance | The CapabilityStatement instance represents the present capabilities of a specific system instance. This is the kind returned by /metadata for a FHIR server end-point. |  |
| capability | Capability | The CapabilityStatement instance represents the capabilities of a system or piece of software, independent of a particular installation. | Elements marked as 'optional' represent configurable capabilities |
| requirements | Requirements | The CapabilityStatement instance represents a set of requirements for other systems to meet; e.g. as part of an implementation guide or 'request for proposal'. |  |

## Concepts

| Code | Display | Definition |
| --- | --- | --- |
| instance | Instance | The CapabilityStatement instance represents the present capabilities of a specific system instance.  This is the kind returned by /metadata for a FHIR server end-point. |
| capability | Capability | The CapabilityStatement instance represents the capabilities of a system or piece of software, independent of a particular installation. |
| requirements | Requirements | The CapabilityStatement instance represents a set of requirements for other systems to meet; e.g. as part of an implementation guide or 'request for proposal'. |

## CodeSystem XML



```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="capability-statement-kind"/>
  <meta>
    <lastUpdated value="2021-01-05T10:01:24.148+11:00"/>
  </meta>
  <text>
    <status value="extensions"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      
      
      
      
      <p>This code system http://hl7.org/fhir/capability-statement-kind defines the following codes:</p>
      
      
      
      
      <table class="codes">
        
        
        
        
        <tr>
          
          
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">
            
            
            
            
            <b>Code</b>
          
          
          
          
          </td>
          
          
          
          
          <td>
            
            
            
            
            <b>Display</b>
          
          
          
          
          </td>
          
          
          
          
          <td>
            
            
            
            
            <b>Definition</b>
          
          
          
          
          </td>
          
          
          
          
          <td>
            
            
            
            
            <b>Comments</b>
          
          
          
          
          </td>
        
        
        
        
        </tr>
        
        
        
        
        <tr>
          
          
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">instance
            
            
            
            
            <a name="capability-statement-kind-instance"> </a>
          
          
          
          
          </td>
          
          
          
          
          <td>Instance</td>
          
          
          
          
          <td>The CapabilityStatement instance represents the present capabilities of a specific system instance.  This is the kind returned by /metadata for a FHIR server end-point.</td>
          
          
          
          
          <td/>
        
        
        
        
        </tr>
        
        
        
        
        <tr>
          
          
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">capability
            
            
            
            
            <a name="capability-statement-kind-capability"> </a>
          
          
          
          
          </td>
          
          
          
          
          <td>Capability</td>
          
          
          
          
          <td>The CapabilityStatement instance represents the capabilities of a system or piece of software, independent of a particular installation.</td>
          
          
          
          
          <td>Elements marked as 'optional' represent configurable capabilities</td>
        
        
        
        
        </tr>
        
        
        
        
        <tr>
          
          
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">requirements
            
            
            
            
            <a name="capability-statement-kind-requirements"> </a>
          
          
          
          
          </td>
          
          
          
          
          <td>Requirements</td>
          
          
          
          
          <td>The CapabilityStatement instance represents a set of requirements for other systems to meet; e.g. as part of an implementation guide or 'request for proposal'.</td>
          
          
          
          
          <td/>
        
        
        
        
        </tr>
      
      
      
      
      </table>
    
    
    
    
    </div>
  </text>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="fhir"/>
  </extension>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
    <valueCode value="normative"/>
  </extension>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="5"/>
  </extension>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/capability-statement-kind"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.199"/>
  </identifier>
  <identifier>
    <use value="old"/>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.189"/>
  </identifier>
  <version value="6.0.0"/>
  <name value="CapabilityStatementKind"/>
  <title value="Capability Statement Kind"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <date value="2021-01-05T10:01:24+11:00"/>
  <publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/>
  <contact>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/>
    </telecom>
    <telecom>
      <system value="email"/>
      <value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description value="How a capability statement is intended to be used."/>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/capability-statement-kind"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="instance"/>
    <display value="Instance"/>
    <definition value="The CapabilityStatement instance represents the present capabilities of a specific system instance.  This is the kind returned by /metadata for a FHIR server end-point."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="capability"/>
    <display value="Capability"/>
    <definition value="The CapabilityStatement instance represents the capabilities of a system or piece of software, independent of a particular installation."/>
    <property>
      <code value="comments"/>
      <valueString value="Elements marked as 'optional' represent configurable capabilities"/>
    </property>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="requirements"/>
    <display value="Requirements"/>
    <definition value="The CapabilityStatement instance represents a set of requirements for other systems to meet; e.g. as part of an implementation guide or 'request for proposal'."/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>
```