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# familymemberhistory

Significant health conditions for a person related to the patient relevant in the context of care for the patient. See the [HL7 FHIR R4 spec](https://hl7.org/fhir/R4/familymemberhistory.html) for full details.

**Tables in this resource:**

* **familymemberhistory** – Main family member history record (this page)
* [familymemberhistory\_condition](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/familymemberhistory/condition) – Conditions per family member
* [familymemberhistory\_condition\_code\_coding](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/familymemberhistory/condition_code_coding)
* [familymemberhistory\_relationship\_coding](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/familymemberhistory/relationship_coding)
* [familymemberhistory\_sex\_coding](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/familymemberhistory/sex_coding)
* [familymemberhistory\_extension](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/familymemberhistory/extension)
* [familymemberhistory\_extension\_vcc\_coding](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/familymemberhistory/extension_vcc_coding)
* **familymemberhistory\_references** – Normalized references; see [Reference Tables](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/reference_tables)

**Reference Table:**

The `familymemberhistory_references` table contains normalized references from the family member history to other entities. For structure and indexing, see the [Reference Tables documentation](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/reference_tables).

**Primary Keys:**

* familymemberhistory\_id

**Foreign Keys:**

* patient\_id - links to the [patient](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/patient/base) table

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| Column                  | Data Type | Description                                                 |
| ----------------------- | --------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- |
| familymemberhistory\_id | varchar   | Unique identifier for the family member history record      |
| patient\_id             | varchar   | Unique identifier for the patient                           |
| status                  | varchar   | Status of the record                                        |
| date                    | datetime  | When the history was recorded or last updated               |
| bornstring              | varchar   | Birth date or age text for the family member                |
| relationship\_text      | varchar   | Free-text relationship to patient                           |
| sex\_text               | varchar   | Free-text sex of the family member                          |
| sex\_hl7\_code†         | varchar   | HL7 sex code (administrative-gender)                        |
| sex\_hl7\_display†      | varchar   | Human-readable description of HL7 sex                       |
| 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:**

**Parent:**

* [patient](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/patient/base)

**Child:**

* [familymemberhistory\_condition](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/familymemberhistory/condition)
* [familymemberhistory\_extension](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/familymemberhistory/extension)
* [familymemberhistory\_relationship\_coding](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/familymemberhistory/relationship_coding)
* [familymemberhistory\_sex\_coding](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/familymemberhistory/sex_coding)