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Definition for Value SetUSPS Two Letter Alphabetic Codes
<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="valueset-usps-state"/> <meta> <lastUpdated value="2015-04-03T14:24:32.000+11:00"/> <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-shareable-definition"/> </meta> <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><!-- Snipped for brevity --></div> </text> <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-oid"> <valueUri value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.517"/> </extension> <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/vs/usps-state"/> <version value="0.5.0"/> <name value="USPS Two Letter Alphabetic Codes"/><!-- USPSState --> <publisher value="HL7 International - Orders and Observations WG"/> <contact> <telecom> <system value="url"/> <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/> </telecom> </contact> <description value="This value set defines two letter USPS alphabetic codes."/> <copyright value="On July 1, 1963, the Post Office Department implemented the five-digit ZIP Code, which was placed after the state name in the last line of an address. To provide room for the ZIP Code, the Department issued two-letter abbreviations for all states and territories. Publication 59, Abbreviations for Use with ZIP Code, issued by the Department in October 1963. Currently there is no copyright restrictions on this value set"/> <status value="draft"/> <experimental value="true"/> <compose> <include> <system value="https://www.usps.com/"/> <concept> <code value="AK"/> <display value="Alaska"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="AL"/> <display value="Alabama"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="AR"/> <display value="Arkansas"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="AS"/> <display value="American Samoa"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="AZ"/> <display value="Arizona"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="CA"/> <display value="California"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="CO"/> <display value="Colorado"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="CT"/> <display value="Connecticut"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="DC"/> <display value="District of Columbia"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="DE"/> <display value="Delaware"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="FL"/> <display value="Florida"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="FM"/> <display value="Federated States of Micronesia"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="GA"/> <display value="Georgia"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="GU"/> <display value="Guam"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="HI"/> <display value="Hawaii"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="IA"/> <display value="Iowa"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="ID"/> <display value="Idaho"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="IL"/> <display value="Illinois"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="IN"/> <display value="Indiana"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="KS"/> <display value="Kansas"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="KY"/> <display value="Kentucky"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="LA"/> <display value="Louisiana"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="MA"/> <display value="Massachusetts"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="MD"/> <display value="Maryland"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="ME"/> <display value="Maine"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="MH"/> <display value="Marshall Islands"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="MI"/> <display value="Michigan"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="MN"/> <display value="Minnesota"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="MO"/> <display value="Missouri"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="MP"/> <display value="Northern Mariana Islands"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="MS"/> <display value="Mississippi"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="MT"/> <display value="Montana"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="NC"/> <display value="North Carolina"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="ND"/> <display value="North Dakota"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="NE"/> <display value="Nebraska"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="NH"/> <display value="New Hampshire"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="NJ"/> <display value="New Jersey"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="NM"/> <display value="New Mexico"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="NV"/> <display value="Nevada"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="NY"/> <display value="New York"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="OH"/> <display value="Ohio"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="OK"/> <display value="Oklahoma"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="OR"/> <display value="Oregon"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="PA"/> <display value="Pennsylvania"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="PR"/> <display value="Puerto Rico"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="PW"/> <display value="Palau"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="RI"/> <display value="Rhode Island"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="SC"/> <display value="South Carolina"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="SD"/> <display value="South Dakota"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="TN"/> <display value="Tennessee"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="TX"/> <display value="Texas"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="UM"/> <display value="U.S. Minor Outlying Islands"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="UT"/> <display value="Utah"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="VA"/> <display value="Virginia"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="VI"/> <display value="Virgin Islands of the U.S."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="VT"/> <display value="Vermont"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="WA"/> <display value="Washington"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="WI"/> <display value="Wisconsin"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="WV"/> <display value="West Virginia"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="WY"/> <display value="Wyoming"/> </concept> </include> </compose> </ValueSet>
Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.