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Definition for Value SetOMB Race Categories
{ "resourceType": "ValueSet", "id": "omb-race", "meta": { "lastUpdated": "2016-12-06T12:22:34.981+11:00", "profile": [ "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-shareable-definition" ] }, "text": { "status": "generated", "div": "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>" }, "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/omb-race", "identifier": [ { "system": "urn:ietf:rfc:3986", "value": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.575" } ], "version": "1.5.0", "name": "OMB Race Categories", "status": "active", "experimental": true, "publisher": "DAF Project", "contact": [ { "telecom": [ { "system": "url", "value": "http://hl7.org/fhir" } ] }, { "telecom": [ { "system": "url", "value": "http://wiki.siframework.org/Data+Access+Framework+Homepage" } ] } ], "date": "2016-05-25T16:59:08+10:00", "description": "The codes for the concepts 'Unknown' and 'Asked but no answer' and the the codes for the five race categories - 'American Indian' or 'Alaska Native', 'Asian', 'Black or African American', 'Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander', and 'White' - as defined by the [OMB Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity, Statistical Policy Directive No. 15, as revised, October 30, 1997](https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fedreg_1997standards) .", "compose": { "include": [ { "system": "http://hl7.org/fhir/v3/Race", "concept": [ { "code": "1002-5", "display": "American Indian or Alaska Native" }, { "code": "2028-9", "display": "Asian" }, { "code": "2054-5", "display": "Black or African American" }, { "code": "2076-8", "display": "Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander" }, { "code": "2106-3", "display": "White" } ] }, { "system": "http://hl7.org/fhir/v3/NullFlavor", "concept": [ { "code": "UNK", "display": "Unknown" }, { "code": "ASKU", "display": "Asked but no answer" } ] } ] } }
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