Release 5

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Example CodeSystem/address-type (JSON)

FHIR Infrastructure Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: Informative

Raw JSON (canonical form + also see JSON Format Specification)

Definition for Code SystemAddressType

{
  "resourceType" : "CodeSystem",
  "id" : "address-type",
  "meta" : {
    "lastUpdated" : "2023-03-26T15:21:02.749+11:00"
  },
  "text" : {
    "status" : "generated",
    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p>This code system <code>http://hl7.org/fhir/address-type</code> defines the following codes:</p><table class=\"codes\"><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">postal<a name=\"address-type-postal\"> </a></td><td>Postal</td><td>Mailing addresses - PO Boxes and care-of addresses.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">physical<a name=\"address-type-physical\"> </a></td><td>Physical</td><td>A physical address that can be visited.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">both<a name=\"address-type-both\"> </a></td><td>Postal &amp; Physical</td><td>An address that is both physical and postal.</td></tr></table></div>"
  },
  "extension" : [{
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
    "valueCode" : "fhir"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
    "valueCode" : "normative"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-normative-version",
    "valueCode" : "4.0.0"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
    "valueInteger" : 5
  }],
  "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/address-type",
  "identifier" : [{
    "system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
    "value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.70"
  }],
  "version" : "5.0.0",
  "name" : "AddressType",
  "title" : "AddressType",
  "status" : "active",
  "experimental" : false,
  "date" : "2023-03-26T15:21:02+11:00",
  "publisher" : "HL7 (FHIR Project)",
  "contact" : [{
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://hl7.org/fhir"
    },
    {
      "system" : "email",
      "value" : "fhir@lists.hl7.org"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "The type of an address (physical / postal).",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
      "code" : "001",
      "display" : "World"
    }]
  }],
  "caseSensitive" : true,
  "valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/address-type",
  "content" : "complete",
  "concept" : [{
    "code" : "postal",
    "display" : "Postal",
    "definition" : "Mailing addresses - PO Boxes and care-of addresses."
  },
  {
    "code" : "physical",
    "display" : "Physical",
    "definition" : "A physical address that can be visited."
  },
  {
    "code" : "both",
    "display" : "Postal & Physical",
    "definition" : "An address that is both physical and postal."
  }]
}

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.