# BodyStructure (EU core) - HL7 Europe Base and Core FHIR IG v2.0.0-gamma

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**Artifacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **BodyStructure (EU core)**

## Resource Profile: BodyStructure (EU core) 

| | | |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| *Official URL*:http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/bodyStructure-eu-core | *Version*:2.0.0-gamma | |
| * Standards status: *[Trial-use](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/versions.html#std-process) | [Maturity Level](http://hl7.org/fhir/versions.html#maturity): 2 | *Computable Name*:BodyStructureEuCore |
| **Copyright/Legal**: Copyright HL7 Europe. Licensed under creative commons public domain (CC0 1.0). | | |

 
This profile introduces essential constraints and extensions for the BodyStructure resource that apply across multiple use cases. 

**Usages:**

* Refer to this Profile: [Condition (EU core)](StructureDefinition-condition-eu-core.md) and [Procedure (EU core)](StructureDefinition-procedure-eu-core.md)
* Examples for this Profile: [BodyStructure/example-body-structure-eu](BodyStructure-example-body-structure-eu.md)

You can also check for [usages in the FHIR IG Statistics](https://packages2.fhir.org/xig/hl7.fhir.eu.base|current/StructureDefinition/bodyStructure-eu-core)

### Formal Views of Profile Content

 [Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots and how the different presentations work](http://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#structure-definitions). 

 

Other representations of profile: [CSV](StructureDefinition-bodyStructure-eu-core.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-bodyStructure-eu-core.xlsx), [Schematron](StructureDefinition-bodyStructure-eu-core.sch) 



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "bodyStructure-eu-core",
  "extension" : [{
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
    "valueInteger" : 2
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
    "valueCode" : "trial-use"
  }],
  "url" : "http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/bodyStructure-eu-core",
  "version" : "2.0.0-gamma",
  "name" : "BodyStructureEuCore",
  "title" : "BodyStructure (EU core)",
  "status" : "draft",
  "date" : "2026-02-25T10:00:47+01:00",
  "publisher" : "HL7 Europe",
  "contact" : [{
    "name" : "HL7 Europe",
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://hl7.eu"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "This profile introduces essential constraints and extensions for the BodyStructure resource that apply across multiple use cases.",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
      "code" : "150",
      "display" : "Europe"
    }]
  }],
  "copyright" : "Copyright HL7 Europe. Licensed under creative commons public domain (CC0 1.0).",
  "fhirVersion" : "4.0.1",
  "mapping" : [{
    "identity" : "rim",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
    "name" : "RIM Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "openehr",
    "uri" : "http://openehr.org",
    "name" : "Open EHR Archetype Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "w5",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/fivews",
    "name" : "FiveWs Pattern Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "v2",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v2",
    "name" : "HL7 v2 Mapping"
  }],
  "kind" : "resource",
  "abstract" : false,
  "type" : "BodyStructure",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/BodyStructure",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [{
      "id" : "BodyStructure",
      "path" : "BodyStructure"
    },
    {
      "id" : "BodyStructure.text",
      "path" : "BodyStructure.text",
      "short" : "Textual description of the body structure"
    },
    {
      "id" : "BodyStructure.extension",
      "path" : "BodyStructure.extension",
      "slicing" : {
        "discriminator" : [{
          "type" : "value",
          "path" : "url"
        }],
        "ordered" : false,
        "rules" : "open"
      }
    },
    {
      "id" : "BodyStructure.extension:laterality",
      "path" : "BodyStructure.extension",
      "sliceName" : "laterality",
      "min" : 0,
      "max" : "1",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Extension",
        "profile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/5.0/StructureDefinition/extension-BodyStructure.includedStructure.laterality"]
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "BodyStructure.extension:laterality.value[x]",
      "path" : "BodyStructure.extension.value[x]",
      "binding" : {
        "strength" : "preferred",
        "valueSet" : "http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/ValueSet/siteLaterality-eu"
      }
    },
    {
      "id" : "BodyStructure.identifier",
      "path" : "BodyStructure.identifier",
      "short" : "Body structure identifier"
    },
    {
      "id" : "BodyStructure.morphology",
      "path" : "BodyStructure.morphology",
      "binding" : {
        "strength" : "preferred",
        "valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/bodystructure-code"
      }
    },
    {
      "id" : "BodyStructure.location",
      "path" : "BodyStructure.location",
      "binding" : {
        "strength" : "preferred",
        "valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/body-site"
      }
    },
    {
      "id" : "BodyStructure.locationQualifier",
      "path" : "BodyStructure.locationQualifier",
      "binding" : {
        "strength" : "preferred",
        "valueSet" : "http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/ValueSet/siteQualifier-eu"
      }
    }]
  }
}

```
