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Definition for Code System IdentifierUse
{
"resourceType": "CodeSystem",
"id": "identifier-use",
"meta": {
"lastUpdated": "2016-08-11T17:02:54.322+10:00"
},
"text": {
"status": "generated",
"div": "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>"
},
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/identifier-use",
"identifier": {
"system": "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
"value": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.33"
},
"version": "1.6.0",
"name": "IdentifierUse",
"status": "draft",
"experimental": false,
"publisher": "HL7 (FHIR Project)",
"contact": [
{
"telecom": [
{
"system": "other",
"value": "http://hl7.org/fhir"
},
{
"system": "email",
"value": "fhir@lists.hl7.org"
}
]
}
],
"date": "2016-08-11T17:02:54+10:00",
"description": "Identifies the purpose for this identifier, if known .",
"caseSensitive": true,
"valueSet": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/identifier-use",
"content": "complete",
"concept": [
{
"code": "usual",
"display": "Usual",
"definition": "The identifier recommended for display and use in real-world interactions."
},
{
"code": "official",
"display": "Official",
"definition": "The identifier considered to be most trusted for the identification of this item."
},
{
"code": "temp",
"display": "Temp",
"definition": "A temporary identifier."
},
{
"code": "secondary",
"display": "Secondary",
"definition": "An identifier that was assigned in secondary use - it serves to identify the object in a relative context, but cannot be consistently assigned to the same object again in a different context."
}
]
}
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.