---
type: "codesystem"
title: "Eligibility Characteristics"
codesystem: "eligibility"
---
# Eligibility Characteristics

- **Official URL**: http://hl7.org/fhir/eligibility
- **Version**: 6.0.0-ballot4
- **Status**: active
- **Name**: Eligibility
- **Title**: Eligibility Characteristics
- **Publisher**: HL7 International
- **Description**: Example set of HealthcareService eligibility codes
- **Case Sensitive**: true
- **Content**: complete

## Concepts

| Code | Display | Definition |
| --- | --- | --- |
| veterans | Veterans | Only Veterans are eligible to receive services associated with this code |
| pediatric-patients | Pediatric patients | Pediatric Patients |
| existing-patients | Existing Patients | Existing Patients |
| new-patients | New patients | New patients |
| low-income-patients | Low-income patients | Low-income patients |
| uninsured-patients | Uninsured patients | Uninsured patients |
| renal-patients | Renal patients | Renal patients (e.g., for dialysis services) |
| specialist-referral-required | Specialist referral required | A specific specialist referral is required to receive services associated with this code |
| assessment-required | Assessment required | An assessment is required to receive services associated with this code |

## CodeSystem XML



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

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="eligibility"/>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="pa"/>
  </extension>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
    <valueCode value="informative"/>
  </extension>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/eligibility"/>
  <version value="6.0.0-ballot4"/>
  <name value="Eligibility"/>
  <title value="Eligibility Characteristics"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <publisher value="HL7 International"/>
  <description value="Example set of HealthcareService eligibility codes"/>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="veterans"/>
    <display value="Veterans"/>
    <definition value="Only Veterans are eligible to receive services associated with this code"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="pediatric-patients"/>
    <display value="Pediatric patients"/>
    <definition value="Pediatric Patients"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="existing-patients"/>
    <display value="Existing Patients"/>
    <definition value="Existing Patients"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="new-patients"/>
    <display value="New patients"/>
    <definition value="New patients"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="low-income-patients"/>
    <display value="Low-income patients"/>
    <definition value="Low-income patients"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="uninsured-patients"/>
    <display value="Uninsured patients"/>
    <definition value="Uninsured patients"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="renal-patients"/>
    <display value="Renal patients"/>
    <definition value="Renal patients (e.g., for dialysis services)"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="specialist-referral-required"/>
    <display value="Specialist referral required"/>
    <definition value="A specific specialist referral is required to receive services associated with this code"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="assessment-required"/>
    <display value="Assessment required"/>
    <definition value="An assessment is required to receive services associated with this code"/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>
```