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# relatedperson

Information about a person that is involved in the care for a patient, but who is not the target of healthcare, nor has a formal responsibility in the care process. See the [HL7 FHIR R4 spec](https://hl7.org/fhir/R4/relatedperson.html) for full details.

**Tables in this resource:**

* **related\_person** – Main related person record (this page)
* [relatedperson\_address](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/relatedperson/address) – Addresses per related person
* [relatedperson\_communication](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/relatedperson/communication) – Communication and language preferences
* [relatedperson\_communication\_language\_coding](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/relatedperson/communication_language_coding)
* [relatedperson\_name](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/relatedperson/name) – Names per related person
* [relatedperson\_relationship](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/relatedperson/relationship) – Relationship to the patient
* [relatedperson\_relationship\_coding](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/relatedperson/relationship_coding)
* [relatedperson\_telecom](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/relatedperson/telecom) – Telecom (phone, email)
* [relatedperson\_extension](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/relatedperson/extension)
* [relatedperson\_extension\_vcc\_coding](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/relatedperson/extension_vcc_coding)
* **relatedperson\_references** – Normalized references; see [Reference Tables](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/reference_tables)

**Primary Keys:**

* relatedperson\_id

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| Column | Data Type | Description |
| - | - | - |
| relatedperson\_id | varchar | Unique identifier for the related person |
| first\_name† | varchar | First given name (from first name row) |
| last\_name† | varchar | Family name (from first name row) |
| gender | varchar | Gender |
| birthdate | date | Date of birth |
| address† | varchar | First and second address lines concatenated (from first address) |
| city† | varchar | City (from first address) |
| state† | varchar | State or province (from first address) |
| country† | varchar | Country (from first address) |
| zip\_code† | varchar | ZIP or postal code (from first address) |
| email† | varchar | First email from telecom |
| phone† | varchar | First phone from telecom |
| meta\_source | varchar | Source document filename from FHIR meta.source |
| data\_source\_ext† | varchar | Integration source of the data, derived from FHIR extension |

**Related Tables:**

**Child:**

* [relatedperson\_address](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/relatedperson/address)
* [relatedperson\_communication](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/relatedperson/communication)
* [relatedperson\_extension](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/relatedperson/extension)
* [relatedperson\_name](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/relatedperson/name)
* [relatedperson\_relationship](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/relatedperson/relationship)
* [relatedperson\_telecom](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/relatedperson/telecom)


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