---
type: "example"
title: "Patient Example: patient-example"
resource: "Patient"
example: "patient-example"
---
# Patient Example: patient-example

## Example XML



```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Patient xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://hl7.org/fhir ../../schema/fhir-single.xsd">
	<id value="example"/>
	<!--  MRN assigned by ACME healthcare on 6-May 2001  -->
	<identifier>
		<use value="usual"/>
		<type>
			<coding>
				<system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203"/>
				<code value="MR"/>
			</coding>
		</type>
		<system value="urn:oid:1.2.36.146.595.217.0.1"/>
		<value value="12345"/>
		<period>
			<start value="2001-05-06"/>
		</period>
		<assigner>
			<display value="Acme Healthcare"/>
		</assigner>
	</identifier>
	<active value="true"/>
	<!--  Peter James Chalmers, but called "Jim"  -->
	<name>
		<use value="official"/>
		<family value="Chalmers"/>
		<given value="Peter"/>
		<given value="James"/>
	</name>
	<name>
		<use value="usual"/>
		<given value="Jim"/>
	</name>
	<name>
    <!-- Maiden names apply for anyone whose name changes as a result of marriage - irrespective of gender -->
    <use value="maiden"/>
    <family value="Windsor"/>
		<given value="Peter"/>
		<given value="James"/>
    <period>
      <end value="2002"/>
    </period>
	</name>
	<telecom>
		<use value="home"/>
		<!--  home communication details aren't known  -->
	</telecom>
	<telecom>
		<system value="phone"/>
		<value value="(03) 5555 6473"/>
		<use value="work"/>
		<rank value="1"/>
	</telecom>
	<telecom>
		<system value="phone"/>
		<value value="(03) 3410 5613"/>
		<use value="mobile"/>
		<rank value="2"/>
	</telecom>
	<telecom>
		<system value="phone"/>
		<value value="(03) 5555 8834"/>
		<use value="old"/>
		<period>
      <end value="2014"/>
		</period>
	</telecom>
	<!--  use FHIR code system for male / female  -->
	<gender value="male"/>
	<birthDate value="1974-12-25">
		<extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-birthTime">
			<valueDateTime value="1974-12-25T14:35:45-05:00"/>
		</extension>
	</birthDate>
	<deceasedBoolean value="false"/>
	<address>
		<use value="home"/>
		<type value="both"/>
		<text value="534 Erewhon St&#xA;PeasantVille, Rainbow, Vic  3999"/>
		<line value="534 Erewhon St"/>
		<city value="PleasantVille"/>
		<district value="Rainbow"/>
		<state value="Vic"/>
		<postalCode value="3999"/>
		<period>
			<start value="1974-12-25"/>
		</period>
	</address>
	<contact>
		<relationship>
			<coding>
				<system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0131"/>
				<code value="N"/>
			</coding>
		</relationship>
		<name>
			<family value="du Marché">
				<!--  the "du" part is a family name prefix (VV in iso 21090)  -->
				<extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/humanname-own-prefix">
					<valueString value="VV"/>
				</extension>
			</family>
			<given value="Bénédicte"/>
		</name>
		<additionalName>
			<use value="nickname"/>
			<given value="Béné"/>
		</additionalName>
		<telecom>
			<system value="phone"/>
			<value value="+33 (237) 998327"/>
		</telecom>
		<address>
			<use value="home"/>
			<type value="both"/>
			<line value="534 Erewhon St"/>
			<city value="PleasantVille"/>
			<district value="Rainbow"/>
			<state value="Vic"/>
			<postalCode value="3999"/>
			<period>
				<start value="1974-12-25"/>
			</period>
		</address>
		<additionalAddress>
			<use value="work"/>
			<line value="123 Smart St"/>
			<city value="PleasantVille"/>
			<state value="Vic"/>
			<postalCode value="3999"/>
		</additionalAddress>
		<gender value="female"/>
		<period>
			<!--  The contact relationship started in 2012  -->
			<start value="2012"/>
		</period>
	</contact>
	<managingOrganization>
		<reference value="Organization/1"/>
	</managingOrganization>
</Patient>
```