core.setidentifier

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setIdentifier() function

Sets a resource identifier for the given system.

Note that this method is only available on resources that have an "identifier" property, and that property must be an array of Identifier objects, which is not true for all FHIR resources.

If the identifier already exists, then the value is updated.

Otherwise a new identifier is added.

Signature:

export declare function setIdentifier(resource: Resource & {
    identifier?: Identifier[];
}, system: string, value: string): void;

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
resource	Resource & { identifier?: Identifier[]; }	The resource to add the identifier to.
system	string	The identifier system.
value	string	The identifier value.

Returns:

void