---
type: "codesystem"
title: "Price Component Type"
codesystem: "price-component-type"
---
# Price Component Type

- **Official URL**: http://hl7.org/fhir/price-component-type
- **Version**: 6.0.0
- **Status**: draft
- **Name**: PriceComponentType
- **Title**: Price Component Type
- **Publisher**: HL7 (FHIR Project)
- **Description**: Codes indicating the kind of the price component.
- **Case Sensitive**: true
- **Content**: complete

## Concepts

| Code | Display | Definition |
| --- | --- | --- |
| base | Base price | The amount is the base price used for calculating the total price before applying surcharges, discount or taxes. |
| surcharge | Surcharge | The amount (either directly specified, or calculated using a factor) that increases the cost of the item. |
| discount | Discount | The amount (either directly specified, or calculated using a factor) that reduces the cost of the item.  This is sometimes referred to as a deduction. |
| tax | Tax | The amount (either directly specified, or calculated using a factor) that is levied by a government on the item. |
| informational | Informational | The amount (either directly specified, or calculated using a factor) is of informational character, it has not been applied in the calculation of the total price. |

## CodeSystem XML



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

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="price-component-type"/>
  <meta>
    <lastUpdated value="2021-01-05T10:01:24.148+11:00"/>
    
  </meta>
  <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="normative"/>
  </extension>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="0"/>
  </extension>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/price-component-type"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.1807"/>
  </identifier>
  <version value="6.0.0"/>
  <name value="PriceComponentType"/>
  <title value="Price Component Type"/>
  <status value="draft"/>
  <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="Codes indicating the kind of the price component."/>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/price-component-type"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="base"/>
    <display value="Base price"/>
    <definition value="The amount is the base price used for calculating the total price before applying surcharges, discount or taxes."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="surcharge"/>
    <display value="Surcharge"/>
    <definition value="The amount (either directly specified, or calculated using a factor) that increases the cost of the item."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="discount"/>
    <display value="Discount"/>
    <definition value="The amount (either directly specified, or calculated using a factor) that reduces the cost of the item.  This is sometimes referred to as a deduction."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="tax"/>
    <display value="Tax"/>
    <definition value="The amount (either directly specified, or calculated using a factor) that is levied by a government on the item."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="informational"/>
    <display value="Informational"/>
    <definition value="The amount (either directly specified, or calculated using a factor) is of informational character, it has not been applied in the calculation of the total price."/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>
```