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Codesystem-identifier-use.xml

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Definition for Code System IdentifierUse

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="identifier-use"/>
  <meta>
    <lastUpdated value="2016-12-06T12:22:34.981+11:00"/>
  </meta>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <h2>IdentifierUse</h2>
      <div>
        <p>Identifies the purpose for this identifier, if known .</p>

      </div>
      <p>This code system http://hl7.org/fhir/identifier-use defines the following codes:</p>
      <table class="codes">
        <tr>
          <td>
            <b>Code</b>
          </td>
          <td>
            <b>Display</b>
          </td>
          <td>
            <b>Definition</b>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>usual
            <a name="identifier-use-usual"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Usual</td>
          <td>The identifier recommended for display and use in real-world interactions.</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>official
            <a name="identifier-use-official"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Official</td>
          <td>The identifier considered to be most trusted for the identification of this item.</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>temp
            <a name="identifier-use-temp"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Temp</td>
          <td>A temporary identifier.</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>secondary
            <a name="identifier-use-secondary"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Secondary</td>
          <td>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.</td>
        </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
  </text>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/identifier-use"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.33"/>
  </identifier>
  <version value="1.8.0"/>
  <name value="IdentifierUse"/>
  <status value="draft"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/>
  <contact>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/>
    </telecom>
    <telecom>
      <system value="email"/>
      <value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <date value="2016-12-06T12:22:34+11:00"/>
  <description value="Identifies the purpose for this identifier, if known ."/>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/identifier-use"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="usual"/>
    <display value="Usual"/>
    <definition value="The identifier recommended for display and use in real-world interactions."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="official"/>
    <display value="Official"/>
    <definition value="The identifier considered to be most trusted for the identification of this item."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="temp"/>
    <display value="Temp"/>
    <definition value="A temporary identifier."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="secondary"/>
    <display value="Secondary"/>
    <definition value="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."/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>

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.