---
type: "codesystem"
title: "Compartment Type"
codesystem: "compartment-type"
---
# Compartment Type

- **Official URL**: http://hl7.org/fhir/compartment-type
- **Version**: 6.0.0
- **Status**: active
- **Name**: CompartmentType
- **Title**: Compartment Type
- **Publisher**: HL7 (FHIR Project)
- **Description**: Which type a compartment definition describes.
- **Case Sensitive**: true
- **Content**: complete

## Concepts

| Code | Display | Definition |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Patient | Patient | The compartment definition is for the patient compartment. |
| Encounter | Encounter | The compartment definition is for the encounter compartment. |
| RelatedPerson | RelatedPerson | The compartment definition is for the related-person compartment. |
| Practitioner | Practitioner | The compartment definition is for the practitioner compartment. |
| Device | Device | The compartment definition is for the device compartment. |
| EpisodeOfCare | EpisodeOfCare | The compartment definition is for the episodeofcare compartment. |

## CodeSystem XML



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

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="compartment-type"/>
  <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="1"/>
  </extension>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/compartment-type"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.787"/>
  </identifier>
  <identifier>
    <use value="old"/>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.770"/>
  </identifier>
  <version value="6.0.0"/>
  <name value="CompartmentType"/>
  <title value="Compartment Type"/>
  <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="Which type a compartment definition describes."/>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/compartment-type"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="Patient"/>
    <display value="Patient"/>
    <definition value="The compartment definition is for the patient compartment."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="Encounter"/>
    <display value="Encounter"/>
    <definition value="The compartment definition is for the encounter compartment."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="RelatedPerson"/>
    <display value="RelatedPerson"/>
    <definition value="The compartment definition is for the related-person compartment."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="Practitioner"/>
    <display value="Practitioner"/>
    <definition value="The compartment definition is for the practitioner compartment."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="Device"/>
    <display value="Device"/>
    <definition value="The compartment definition is for the device compartment."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="EpisodeOfCare"/>
    <display value="EpisodeOfCare"/>
    <definition value="The compartment definition is for the episodeofcare compartment."/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>
```