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Example CodeSystem/contact-point-system (XML)

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

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

Definition for Code SystemContactPointSystem

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="contact-point-system"/> 
  <meta> 
    <lastUpdated value="2023-03-26T15:21:02.749+11:00"/> 
  </meta> 
  <text> 
    <status value="generated"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <p> This code system 
        <code> http://hl7.org/fhir/contact-point-system</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">phone
            <a name="contact-point-system-phone"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Phone</td> 
          <td> The value is a telephone number used for voice calls. Use of full international
             numbers starting with + is recommended to enable automatic dialing support but
             not required.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">fax
            <a name="contact-point-system-fax"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Fax</td> 
          <td> The value is a fax machine. Use of full international numbers starting with + is
             recommended to enable automatic dialing support but not required.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">email
            <a name="contact-point-system-email"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Email</td> 
          <td> The value is an email address.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">pager
            <a name="contact-point-system-pager"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Pager</td> 
          <td> The value is a pager number. These may be local pager numbers that are only usable
             on a particular pager system.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">url
            <a name="contact-point-system-url"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> URL</td> 
          <td> A contact that is not a phone, fax, pager or email address and is expressed as
             a URL.  This is intended for various institutional or personal contacts including
             web sites, blogs, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, etc. Do not use for email addresses.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">sms
            <a name="contact-point-system-sms"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> SMS</td> 
          <td> A contact that can be used for sending a sms message (e.g. mobile phones, some
             landlines).</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">other
            <a name="contact-point-system-other"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Other</td> 
          <td> A contact that is not a phone, fax, page or email address and is not expressible
             as a URL.  E.g. Internal mail address.  This SHOULD NOT be used for contacts that
             are expressible as a URL (e.g. Skype, Twitter, Facebook, etc.)  Extensions may
             be used to distinguish &quot;other&quot; contact types.</td> 
        </tr> 
      </table> 
    </div> 
  </text> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="fhir"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
    <valueCode value="normative"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-normative-version">
    <valueCode value="4.0.0"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="5"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/contact-point-system"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.72"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <version value="5.0.0"/> 
  <name value="ContactPointSystem"/> 
  <title value="ContactPointSystem"/> 
  <status value="active"/> 
  <experimental value="false"/> 
  <date value="2023-03-26T15:21:02+11:00"/> 
  <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> 
  <description value="Telecommunications form for contact point."/> 
  <jurisdiction> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm"/> 
      <code value="001"/> 
      <display value="World"/> 
    </coding> 
  </jurisdiction> 
  <caseSensitive value="true"/> 
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/contact-point-system"/> 
  <content value="complete"/> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="phone"/> 
    <display value="Phone"/> 
    <definition value="The value is a telephone number used for voice calls. Use of full international
     numbers starting with + is recommended to enable automatic dialing support but
     not required."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="fax"/> 
    <display value="Fax"/> 
    <definition value="The value is a fax machine. Use of full international numbers starting with + is
     recommended to enable automatic dialing support but not required."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="email"/> 
    <display value="Email"/> 
    <definition value="The value is an email address."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="pager"/> 
    <display value="Pager"/> 
    <definition value="The value is a pager number. These may be local pager numbers that are only usable
     on a particular pager system."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="url"/> 
    <display value="URL"/> 
    <definition value="A contact that is not a phone, fax, pager or email address and is expressed as
     a URL.  This is intended for various institutional or personal contacts including
     web sites, blogs, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, etc. Do not use for email addresses."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="sms"/> 
    <display value="SMS"/> 
    <definition value="A contact that can be used for sending a sms message (e.g. mobile phones, some
     landlines)."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="other"/> 
    <display value="Other"/> 
    <definition value="A contact that is not a phone, fax, page or email address and is not expressible
     as a URL.  E.g. Internal mail address.  This SHOULD NOT be used for contacts that
     are expressible as a URL (e.g. Skype, Twitter, Facebook, etc.)  Extensions may
     be used to distinguish &quot;other&quot; contact types."/> 
  </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.