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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.