---
type: "codesystem"
title: "Document Relationship Type"
codesystem: "document-relationship-type"
---
# Document Relationship Type

- **Official URL**: http://hl7.org/fhir/document-relationship-type
- **Version**: 6.0.0
- **Status**: active
- **Name**: DocumentRelationshipType
- **Title**: Document Relationship Type
- **Publisher**: HL7 (FHIR Project)
- **Description**: The type of relationship between documents.
- **Case Sensitive**: true
- **Content**: complete

## Concepts

| Code | Display | Definition |
| --- | --- | --- |
| replaces | Replaces | This document logically replaces or supersedes the target document. |
| transforms | Transforms | This document was generated by transforming the target document (e.g. format or language conversion). |
| signs | Signs | This document is a signature of the target document. |
| appends | Appends | This document adds additional information to the target document. |
| incorporates | Incorporates | This document embeds the content from the (source) target document. |
| summarizes | Summarizes | This document summarizes the content from the (source) target document. |

## CodeSystem XML



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

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="document-relationship-type"/>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="oo"/>
  </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="3"/>
  </extension>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/document-relationship-type"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.245"/>
  </identifier>
  <identifier>
    <use value="old"/>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.240"/>
  </identifier>
  <identifier>
    <use value="old"/>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.133"/>
  </identifier>
  <version value="6.0.0"/>
  <name value="DocumentRelationshipType"/>
  <title value="Document Relationship Type"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <date value="2024-12-30T10:01:24+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="The type of relationship between documents."/>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/document-relationship-type"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="replaces"/>
    <display value="Replaces"/>
    <definition value="This document logically replaces or supersedes the target document."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="transforms"/>
    <display value="Transforms"/>
    <definition value="This document was generated by transforming the target document (e.g. format or language conversion)."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="signs"/>
    <display value="Signs"/>
    <definition value="This document is a signature of the target document."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="appends"/>
    <display value="Appends"/>
    <definition value="This document adds additional information to the target document."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="incorporates"/>
    <display value="Incorporates"/>
    <definition value="This document embeds the content from the (source) target document."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="summarizes"/>
    <display value="Summarizes"/>
    <definition value="This document summarizes the content from the (source) target document."/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>
```