Release 5

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Example ValueSet/identifier-type (JSON)

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

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

Definition for Value SetIdentifier Type Codes

{
  "resourceType" : "ValueSet",
  "id" : "identifier-type",
  "meta" : {
    "lastUpdated" : "2023-03-26T15:21:02.749+11:00",
    "profile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablevalueset"]
  },
  "text" : {
    "status" : "extensions",
    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><ul><li>Include these codes as defined in <a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0203.html\"><code>http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203</code></a><table class=\"none\"><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0203.html#v2-0203-DL\">DL</a></td><td>Driver's license number</td><td>Driver's license number</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0203.html#v2-0203-PPN\">PPN</a></td><td>Passport number</td><td>A unique number assigned to the document affirming that a person is a citizen of the country.</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0203.html#v2-0203-BRN\">BRN</a></td><td>Breed Registry Number</td><td>Breed Registry Number</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0203.html#v2-0203-MR\">MR</a></td><td>Medical record number</td><td>An identifier that is unique to a patient within a set of medical records, not necessarily unique within an application.</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0203.html#v2-0203-MCN\">MCN</a></td><td>Microchip Number</td><td>Microchip Number</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0203.html#v2-0203-EN\">EN</a></td><td>Employer number</td><td>Employer number</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0203.html#v2-0203-TAX\">TAX</a></td><td>Tax ID number</td><td>Tax ID number</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0203.html#v2-0203-NIIP\">NIIP</a></td><td>National Insurance Payor Identifier (Payor)</td><td>National Insurance Payor Identifier (Payor)</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0203.html#v2-0203-PRN\">PRN</a></td><td>Provider number</td><td>A number that is unique to an individual provider, a provider group or an organization within an Assigning Authority.</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0203.html#v2-0203-MD\">MD</a></td><td>Medical License number</td><td>An identifier that is unique to a medical doctor within the jurisdiction of a licensing board.</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0203.html#v2-0203-DR\">DR</a></td><td>Donor Registration Number</td><td>Donor Registration Number</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0203.html#v2-0203-ACSN\">ACSN</a></td><td>Accession ID</td><td>Accession Identifier</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0203.html#v2-0203-UDI\">UDI</a></td><td>Universal Device Identifier</td><td>An identifier assigned to a device using the Unique Device Identification framework as defined by IMDRF (http://imdrf.org).</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0203.html#v2-0203-SNO\">SNO</a></td><td>Serial Number</td><td>An identifier affixed to an item by the manufacturer when it is first made, where each item has a different identifier.</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0203.html#v2-0203-SB\">SB</a></td><td>Social Beneficiary Identifier</td><td>An identifier issued by a governmental organization to a person to identify the person should they apply for or receive social services and/or benefits</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0203.html#v2-0203-PLAC\">PLAC</a></td><td>Placer Identifier</td><td>An identifier for a request where the identifier is issued by the person or service making the request.</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0203.html#v2-0203-FILL\">FILL</a></td><td>Filler Identifier</td><td>An identifier for a request where the identifier is issued by the person, or service, that produces the observations or fulfills the request.</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0203.html#v2-0203-JHN\">JHN</a></td><td>Jurisdictional health number</td><td>Jurisdictional health number</td></tr></table></li></ul></div>"
  },
  "extension" : [{
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-warning",
    "valueMarkdown" : "Types are for general categories of identifiers. See [the identifier registry](identifier-registry.html) for a list of common identifier systems"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
    "valueCode" : "vocab"
  },
  {
    "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/ValueSet/identifier-type",
  "identifier" : [{
    "system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
    "value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.45"
  }],
  "version" : "5.0.0",
  "name" : "IdentifierTypeCodes",
  "title" : "Identifier Type Codes",
  "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"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "A coded type for an identifier that can be used to determine which identifier to use for a specific purpose.",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
      "code" : "001",
      "display" : "World"
    }]
  }],
  "compose" : {
    "include" : [{
      "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203",
      "concept" : [{
        "code" : "DL"
      },
      {
        "code" : "PPN"
      },
      {
        "code" : "BRN"
      },
      {
        "code" : "MR"
      },
      {
        "code" : "MCN"
      },
      {
        "code" : "EN"
      },
      {
        "code" : "TAX"
      },
      {
        "code" : "NIIP"
      },
      {
        "code" : "PRN"
      },
      {
        "code" : "MD"
      },
      {
        "code" : "DR"
      },
      {
        "code" : "ACSN"
      },
      {
        "code" : "UDI"
      },
      {
        "code" : "SNO"
      },
      {
        "code" : "SB"
      },
      {
        "code" : "PLAC"
      },
      {
        "code" : "FILL"
      },
      {
        "code" : "JHN"
      }]
    }]
  }
}

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.