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{
"resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
"id" : "us-core-race",
"text" : {
"status" : "generated",
"div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; font-size: 11px; font-family: verdana; vertical-align: top;\"><tr style=\"border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; font-size: 11px; font-family: verdana; vertical-align: top;\"><th style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/formats.html#table\" title=\"The logical name of the element\">Name</a></th><th style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/formats.html#table\" title=\"Information about the use of the element\">Flags</a></th><th style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/formats.html#table\" title=\"Minimum and Maximum # of times the the element can appear in the instance\">Card.</a></th><th style=\"width: 100px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/formats.html#table\" title=\"Reference to the type of the element\">Type</a></th><th style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/formats.html#table\" title=\"Additional information about the element\">Description & Constraints</a><span style=\"float: right\"><a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/formats.html#table\" title=\"Legend for this format\"><img src=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/help16.png\" alt=\"doco\" style=\"background-color: inherit\"/></a></span></th></tr><tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white;\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck1.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_element.gif\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: white; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Element\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-us-core-race-definitions.html#Extension:race\" title=\"Concepts classifying the person into a named category of humans sharing common history, traits, geographical origin or nationality. The race codes used to represent these concepts are based upon the [CDC Race and Ethnicity Code Set Version 1.0](http://www.cdc.gov/phin/resources/vocabulary/index.html) which includes over 900 concepts for representing race and ethnicity of which 921 reference race. The race concepts are grouped by and pre-mapped to the 5 OMB race categories: - American Indian or Alaska Native - Asian - Black or African American - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander - White.\">Extension</a><a name=\"Extension\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">0..1</td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">US Core Race Extension</td></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white;\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck15.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_extension_simple.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: white; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Simple Extension\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-us-core-race-definitions.html#Extension:race.extension:ombcategory\" title=\"Slice ombCategory: The 5 race category codes according to 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).\">extension</a><a name=\"Extension.extension\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; color: white; background-color: red\" title=\"This element must be supported\">S</span></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">0..5</td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/datatypes.html#Extension\">Extension</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">American Indian or Alaska Native|Asian|Black or African American|Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander|White</td></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white;\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck150.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vline.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin_slice.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_primitive.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: white; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Primitive Data Type\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-us-core-race-definitions.html#Extension:race.extension:ombcategory.url\" title=\"null\">url</a><a name=\"Extension.extension.url\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">1..1</td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/datatypes.html#uri\">uri</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"color: darkgreen\">"ombCategory"</span></td></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white;\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck140.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vline.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin_end_slice.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_datatype.gif\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: white; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Data Type\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-us-core-race-definitions.html#Extension:race.extension:ombcategory.valueCoding\" title=\"null\">valueCoding</a><a name=\"Extension.extension.valueCoding\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">1..1</td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/datatypes.html#Coding\">Coding</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold\">Binding: </span><a href=\"ValueSet-omb-race-category.html\">OMB Race Categories</a> (<a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/terminologies.html#required\" title=\"To be conformant, the concept in this element SHALL be from the specified value set.\">required</a>)</td></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white;\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck15.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_extension_simple.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: white; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Simple Extension\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-us-core-race-definitions.html#Extension:race.extension:detailed\" title=\"Slice detailed: The 900+ CDC race codes that are grouped under one of the 5 OMB race category codes:.\">extension</a><a name=\"Extension.extension\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">0..*</td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/datatypes.html#Extension\">Extension</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">Extended race codes<br/></td></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white;\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck150.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vline.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin_slice.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_primitive.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: white; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Primitive Data Type\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-us-core-race-definitions.html#Extension:race.extension:detailed.url\" title=\"null\">url</a><a name=\"Extension.extension.url\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">1..1</td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/datatypes.html#uri\">uri</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"color: darkgreen\">"detailed"</span></td></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white;\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck140.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vline.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin_end_slice.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_datatype.gif\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: white; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Data Type\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-us-core-race-definitions.html#Extension:race.extension:detailed.valueCoding\" title=\"null\">valueCoding</a><a name=\"Extension.extension.valueCoding\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">1..1</td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/datatypes.html#Coding\">Coding</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold\">Binding: </span><a href=\"ValueSet-detailed-race.html\">Detailed Race</a> (<a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/terminologies.html#required\" title=\"To be conformant, the concept in this element SHALL be from the specified value set.\">required</a>)</td></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white;\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck15.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_extension_simple.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: white; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Simple Extension\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-us-core-race-definitions.html#Extension:race.extension:text\" title=\"Slice text: Plain text representation of the race concept(s).\">extension</a><a name=\"Extension.extension\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; color: white; background-color: red\" title=\"This element must be supported\">S</span></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">1..1</td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/datatypes.html#Extension\">Extension</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">Race Text</td></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white;\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck150.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vline.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin_slice.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_primitive.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: white; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Primitive Data Type\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-us-core-race-definitions.html#Extension:race.extension:text.url\" title=\"null\">url</a><a name=\"Extension.extension.url\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">1..1</td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/datatypes.html#uri\">uri</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"color: darkgreen\">"text"</span></td></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white;\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck140.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vline.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin_end_slice.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_primitive.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: white; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Primitive Data Type\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-us-core-race-definitions.html#Extension:race.extension:text.valueString\" title=\"null\">valueString</a><a name=\"Extension.extension.valueString\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">1..1</td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/datatypes.html#string\">string</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white;\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck00.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin_end.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_element.gif\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: white; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Element\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-us-core-race-definitions.html#Extension:race.url\" title=\"null\">url</a><a name=\"Extension.url\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">1..1</td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"color: darkgreen\">"http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-race"</span></td></tr>\r\n<tr><td colspan=\"5\" class=\"hierarchy\"><br/><a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/formats.html#table\" title=\"Legend for this format\"><img src=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/help16.png\" alt=\"doco\" style=\"background-color: inherit\"/> Documentation for this format</a></td></tr></table></div>"
},
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-race",
"version" : "3.0.0",
"name" : "USCoreRaceExtension",
"title" : "US Core Race Extension",
"status" : "active",
"date" : "2019-05-21T00:00:00-04:00",
"publisher" : "HL7 US Realm Steering Committee",
"contact" : [
{
"telecom" : [
{
"system" : "url",
"value" : "http://www.healthit.gov"
}
]
}
],
"description" : "Concepts classifying the person into a named category of humans sharing common history, traits, geographical origin or nationality. The race codes used to represent these concepts are based upon the [CDC Race and Ethnicity Code Set Version 1.0](http://www.cdc.gov/phin/resources/vocabulary/index.html) which includes over 900 concepts for representing race and ethnicity of which 921 reference race. The race concepts are grouped by and pre-mapped to the 5 OMB race categories: - American Indian or Alaska Native - Asian - Black or African American - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander - White.",
"jurisdiction" : [
{
"coding" : [
{
"system" : "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
"code" : "US",
"display" : "United States of America"
}
]
}
],
"purpose" : "Complies with 2015 Edition Common Clinical Data Set for patient race.",
"fhirVersion" : "1.8.0",
"mapping" : [
{
"identity" : "rim",
"uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
"name" : "RIM Mapping"
}
],
"kind" : "complex-type",
"abstract" : false,
"context" : [
{
"type" : "element",
"expression" : "Patient"
}
],
"type" : "Extension",
"baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension",
"derivation" : "constraint",
"snapshot" : {
"element" : [
{
"id" : "Extension:race",
"path" : "Extension",
"short" : "US Core Race Extension",
"definition" : "Concepts classifying the person into a named category of humans sharing common history, traits, geographical origin or nationality. The race codes used to represent these concepts are based upon the [CDC Race and Ethnicity Code Set Version 1.0](http://www.cdc.gov/phin/resources/vocabulary/index.html) which includes over 900 concepts for representing race and ethnicity of which 921 reference race. The race concepts are grouped by and pre-mapped to the 5 OMB race categories: - American Indian or Alaska Native - Asian - Black or African American - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander - White.",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "1",
"base" : {
"path" : "Extension",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "*"
},
"condition" : [
"ele-1"
],
"constraint" : [
{
"key" : "ele-1",
"severity" : "error",
"human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
"expression" : "children().count() > id.count()",
"xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div",
"source" : "Element"
},
{
"key" : "ext-1",
"severity" : "error",
"human" : "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both",
"expression" : "extension.exists() != value.exists()",
"xpath" : "exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), 'value')])",
"source" : "Extension"
}
],
"isModifier" : false
},
{
"id" : "Extension:race.id",
"path" : "Extension.id",
"representation" : [
"xmlAttr"
],
"short" : "xml:id (or equivalent in JSON)",
"definition" : "unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "1",
"base" : {
"path" : "Element.id",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "1"
},
"type" : [
{
"code" : "string"
}
],
"mapping" : [
{
"identity" : "rim",
"map" : "n/a"
}
]
},
{
"id" : "Extension:race.extension",
"path" : "Extension.extension",
"slicing" : {
"id" : "1",
"discriminator" : [
{
"type" : "value",
"path" : "url"
}
],
"ordered" : false,
"rules" : "open"
},
"short" : "Extension",
"definition" : "An Extension",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "*",
"base" : {
"path" : "Element.extension",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "*"
},
"type" : [
{
"code" : "Extension"
}
]
},
{
"id" : "Extension:race.extension:ombcategory",
"path" : "Extension.extension",
"sliceName" : "ombCategory",
"short" : "American Indian or Alaska Native|Asian|Black or African American|Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander|White",
"definition" : "The 5 race category codes according to 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).",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "5",
"base" : {
"path" : "Element.extension",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "*"
},
"type" : [
{
"code" : "Extension"
}
],
"mustSupport" : true,
"isModifier" : false,
"mapping" : [
{
"identity" : "iso11179",
"map" : "/ClinicalDocument/recordTarget/patientRole/patient/raceCode"
}
]
},
{
"id" : "Extension:race.extension:ombcategory.id",
"path" : "Extension.extension.id",
"representation" : [
"xmlAttr"
],
"short" : "xml:id (or equivalent in JSON)",
"definition" : "unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "1",
"base" : {
"path" : "Element.id",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "1"
},
"type" : [
{
"code" : "string"
}
],
"mapping" : [
{
"identity" : "rim",
"map" : "n/a"
}
]
},
{
"id" : "Extension:race.extension:ombcategory.extension",
"path" : "Extension.extension.extension",
"short" : "Additional Content defined by implementations",
"definition" : "May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. In order to make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.",
"comment" : "There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.",
"alias" : [
"extensions",
"user content"
],
"min" : 0,
"max" : "0",
"base" : {
"path" : "Element.extension",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "*"
},
"type" : [
{
"code" : "Extension"
}
],
"mapping" : [
{
"identity" : "rim",
"map" : "n/a"
}
]
},
{
"id" : "Extension:race.extension:ombcategory.url",
"path" : "Extension.extension.url",
"representation" : [
"xmlAttr"
],
"short" : "identifies the meaning of the extension",
"definition" : "Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.",
"comment" : "The definition may point directly to a computable or human-readable definition of the extensibility codes, or it may be a logical URI as declared in some other specification. The definition SHALL be a URI for the Structure Definition defining the extension.",
"min" : 1,
"max" : "1",
"base" : {
"path" : "Extension.url",
"min" : 1,
"max" : "1"
},
"type" : [
{
"code" : "uri"
}
],
"fixedUri" : "ombCategory",
"mapping" : [
{
"identity" : "rim",
"map" : "N/A"
}
]
},
{
"id" : "Extension:race.extension:ombcategory.valueCoding",
"path" : "Extension.extension.valueCoding",
"short" : "Value of extension",
"definition" : "Value of extension - may be a resource or one of a constrained set of the data types (see Extensibility in the spec for list).",
"min" : 1,
"max" : "1",
"base" : {
"path" : "Extension.value[x]",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "1"
},
"type" : [
{
"code" : "Coding"
}
],
"binding" : {
"strength" : "required",
"description" : "The 5 race category codes according to 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).",
"valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/ValueSet/omb-race-category"
},
"mapping" : [
{
"identity" : "rim",
"map" : "N/A"
}
]
},
{
"id" : "Extension:race.extension:detailed",
"path" : "Extension.extension",
"sliceName" : "detailed",
"short" : "Extended race codes",
"definition" : "The 900+ CDC race codes that are grouped under one of the 5 OMB race category codes:.",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "*",
"base" : {
"path" : "Element.extension",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "*"
},
"type" : [
{
"code" : "Extension"
}
],
"isModifier" : false,
"mapping" : [
{
"identity" : "iso11179",
"map" : "/ClinicalDocument/recordTarget/patientRole/patient/sdtc:raceCode"
}
]
},
{
"id" : "Extension:race.extension:detailed.id",
"path" : "Extension.extension.id",
"representation" : [
"xmlAttr"
],
"short" : "xml:id (or equivalent in JSON)",
"definition" : "unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "1",
"base" : {
"path" : "Element.id",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "1"
},
"type" : [
{
"code" : "string"
}
],
"mapping" : [
{
"identity" : "rim",
"map" : "n/a"
}
]
},
{
"id" : "Extension:race.extension:detailed.extension",
"path" : "Extension.extension.extension",
"short" : "Additional Content defined by implementations",
"definition" : "May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. In order to make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.",
"comment" : "There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.",
"alias" : [
"extensions",
"user content"
],
"min" : 0,
"max" : "0",
"base" : {
"path" : "Element.extension",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "*"
},
"type" : [
{
"code" : "Extension"
}
],
"mapping" : [
{
"identity" : "rim",
"map" : "n/a"
}
]
},
{
"id" : "Extension:race.extension:detailed.url",
"path" : "Extension.extension.url",
"representation" : [
"xmlAttr"
],
"short" : "identifies the meaning of the extension",
"definition" : "Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.",
"comment" : "The definition may point directly to a computable or human-readable definition of the extensibility codes, or it may be a logical URI as declared in some other specification. The definition SHALL be a URI for the Structure Definition defining the extension.",
"min" : 1,
"max" : "1",
"base" : {
"path" : "Extension.url",
"min" : 1,
"max" : "1"
},
"type" : [
{
"code" : "uri"
}
],
"fixedUri" : "detailed",
"mapping" : [
{
"identity" : "rim",
"map" : "N/A"
}
]
},
{
"id" : "Extension:race.extension:detailed.valueCoding",
"path" : "Extension.extension.valueCoding",
"short" : "Value of extension",
"definition" : "Value of extension - may be a resource or one of a constrained set of the data types (see Extensibility in the spec for list).",
"min" : 1,
"max" : "1",
"base" : {
"path" : "Extension.value[x]",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "1"
},
"type" : [
{
"code" : "Coding"
}
],
"binding" : {
"strength" : "required",
"description" : "The [900+ CDC Race codes](http://www.cdc.gov/phin/resources/vocabulary/index.html) that are grouped under one of the 5 OMB race category codes.",
"valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/ValueSet/detailed-race"
},
"mapping" : [
{
"identity" : "rim",
"map" : "N/A"
}
]
},
{
"id" : "Extension:race.extension:text",
"path" : "Extension.extension",
"sliceName" : "text",
"short" : "Race Text",
"definition" : "Plain text representation of the race concept(s).",
"min" : 1,
"max" : "1",
"base" : {
"path" : "Element.extension",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "*"
},
"type" : [
{
"code" : "Extension"
}
],
"mustSupport" : true,
"isModifier" : false
},
{
"id" : "Extension:race.extension:text.id",
"path" : "Extension.extension.id",
"representation" : [
"xmlAttr"
],
"short" : "xml:id (or equivalent in JSON)",
"definition" : "unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "1",
"base" : {
"path" : "Element.id",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "1"
},
"type" : [
{
"code" : "string"
}
],
"mapping" : [
{
"identity" : "rim",
"map" : "n/a"
}
]
},
{
"id" : "Extension:race.extension:text.extension",
"path" : "Extension.extension.extension",
"short" : "Additional Content defined by implementations",
"definition" : "May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. In order to make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.",
"comment" : "There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.",
"alias" : [
"extensions",
"user content"
],
"min" : 0,
"max" : "0",
"base" : {
"path" : "Element.extension",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "*"
},
"type" : [
{
"code" : "Extension"
}
],
"mapping" : [
{
"identity" : "rim",
"map" : "n/a"
}
]
},
{
"id" : "Extension:race.extension:text.url",
"path" : "Extension.extension.url",
"representation" : [
"xmlAttr"
],
"short" : "identifies the meaning of the extension",
"definition" : "Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.",
"comment" : "The definition may point directly to a computable or human-readable definition of the extensibility codes, or it may be a logical URI as declared in some other specification. The definition SHALL be a URI for the Structure Definition defining the extension.",
"min" : 1,
"max" : "1",
"base" : {
"path" : "Extension.url",
"min" : 1,
"max" : "1"
},
"type" : [
{
"code" : "uri"
}
],
"fixedUri" : "text",
"mapping" : [
{
"identity" : "rim",
"map" : "N/A"
}
]
},
{
"id" : "Extension:race.extension:text.valueString",
"path" : "Extension.extension.valueString",
"short" : "Value of extension",
"definition" : "Value of extension - may be a resource or one of a constrained set of the data types (see Extensibility in the spec for list).",
"min" : 1,
"max" : "1",
"base" : {
"path" : "Extension.value[x]",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "1"
},
"type" : [
{
"code" : "string"
}
],
"mapping" : [
{
"identity" : "rim",
"map" : "N/A"
}
]
},
{
"id" : "Extension:race.url",
"path" : "Extension.url",
"representation" : [
"xmlAttr"
],
"short" : "identifies the meaning of the extension",
"definition" : "Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.",
"comment" : "The definition may point directly to a computable or human-readable definition of the extensibility codes, or it may be a logical URI as declared in some other specification. The definition SHALL be a URI for the Structure Definition defining the extension.",
"min" : 1,
"max" : "1",
"base" : {
"path" : "Extension.url",
"min" : 1,
"max" : "1"
},
"type" : [
{
"code" : "uri"
}
],
"fixedUri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-race",
"mapping" : [
{
"identity" : "rim",
"map" : "N/A"
}
]
},
{
"id" : "Extension:race.value[x]",
"path" : "Extension.value[x]",
"short" : "Value of extension",
"definition" : "Value of extension - may be a resource or one of a constrained set of the data types (see Extensibility in the spec for list).",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "0",
"base" : {
"path" : "Extension.value[x]",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "1"
},
"type" : [
{
"code" : "base64Binary"
},
{
"code" : "boolean"
},
{
"code" : "code"
},
{
"code" : "date"
},
{
"code" : "dateTime"
},
{
"code" : "decimal"
},
{
"code" : "id"
},
{
"code" : "instant"
},
{
"code" : "integer"
},
{
"code" : "markdown"
},
{
"code" : "oid"
},
{
"code" : "positiveInt"
},
{
"code" : "string"
},
{
"code" : "time"
},
{
"code" : "unsignedInt"
},
{
"code" : "uri"
},
{
"code" : "Address"
},
{
"code" : "Age"
},
{
"code" : "Annotation"
},
{
"code" : "Attachment"
},
{
"code" : "CodeableConcept"
},
{
"code" : "Coding"
},
{
"code" : "ContactPoint"
},
{
"code" : "Count"
},
{
"code" : "Distance"
},
{
"code" : "Duration"
},
{
"code" : "HumanName"
},
{
"code" : "Identifier"
},
{
"code" : "Money"
},
{
"code" : "Period"
},
{
"code" : "Quantity"
},
{
"code" : "Range"
},
{
"code" : "Ratio"
},
{
"code" : "Reference"
},
{
"code" : "SampledData"
},
{
"code" : "Signature"
},
{
"code" : "Timing"
},
{
"code" : "Meta"
}
],
"mapping" : [
{
"identity" : "rim",
"map" : "N/A"
}
]
}
]
},
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{
"id" : "Extension:race",
"path" : "Extension",
"short" : "US Core Race Extension",
"definition" : "Concepts classifying the person into a named category of humans sharing common history, traits, geographical origin or nationality. The race codes used to represent these concepts are based upon the [CDC Race and Ethnicity Code Set Version 1.0](http://www.cdc.gov/phin/resources/vocabulary/index.html) which includes over 900 concepts for representing race and ethnicity of which 921 reference race. The race concepts are grouped by and pre-mapped to the 5 OMB race categories: - American Indian or Alaska Native - Asian - Black or African American - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander - White.",
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"max" : "1",
"isModifier" : false
},
{
"id" : "Extension:race.extension:ombcategory",
"path" : "Extension.extension",
"sliceName" : "ombCategory",
"short" : "American Indian or Alaska Native|Asian|Black or African American|Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander|White",
"definition" : "The 5 race category codes according to 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).",
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"max" : "5",
"type" : [
{
"code" : "Extension"
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],
"mustSupport" : true,
"isModifier" : false,
"mapping" : [
{
"identity" : "iso11179",
"map" : "/ClinicalDocument/recordTarget/patientRole/patient/raceCode"
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]
},
{
"id" : "Extension:race.extension:ombcategory.url",
"path" : "Extension.extension.url",
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"max" : "1",
"type" : [
{
"code" : "uri"
}
],
"fixedUri" : "ombCategory"
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{
"id" : "Extension:race.extension:ombcategory.valueCoding",
"path" : "Extension.extension.valueCoding",
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"max" : "1",
"type" : [
{
"code" : "Coding"
}
],
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"strength" : "required",
"description" : "The 5 race category codes according to 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).",
"valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/ValueSet/omb-race-category"
}
},
{
"id" : "Extension:race.extension:detailed",
"path" : "Extension.extension",
"sliceName" : "detailed",
"short" : "Extended race codes",
"definition" : "The 900+ CDC race codes that are grouped under one of the 5 OMB race category codes:.",
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"max" : "*",
"type" : [
{
"code" : "Extension"
}
],
"isModifier" : false,
"mapping" : [
{
"identity" : "iso11179",
"map" : "/ClinicalDocument/recordTarget/patientRole/patient/sdtc:raceCode"
}
]
},
{
"id" : "Extension:race.extension:detailed.url",
"path" : "Extension.extension.url",
"min" : 1,
"max" : "1",
"type" : [
{
"code" : "uri"
}
],
"fixedUri" : "detailed"
},
{
"id" : "Extension:race.extension:detailed.valueCoding",
"path" : "Extension.extension.valueCoding",
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"max" : "1",
"type" : [
{
"code" : "Coding"
}
],
"binding" : {
"strength" : "required",
"description" : "The [900+ CDC Race codes](http://www.cdc.gov/phin/resources/vocabulary/index.html) that are grouped under one of the 5 OMB race category codes.",
"valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/ValueSet/detailed-race"
}
},
{
"id" : "Extension:race.extension:text",
"path" : "Extension.extension",
"sliceName" : "text",
"short" : "Race Text",
"definition" : "Plain text representation of the race concept(s).",
"min" : 1,
"max" : "1",
"type" : [
{
"code" : "Extension"
}
],
"mustSupport" : true,
"isModifier" : false
},
{
"id" : "Extension:race.extension:text.url",
"path" : "Extension.extension.url",
"min" : 1,
"max" : "1",
"type" : [
{
"code" : "uri"
}
],
"fixedUri" : "text"
},
{
"id" : "Extension:race.extension:text.valueString",
"path" : "Extension.extension.valueString",
"min" : 1,
"max" : "1",
"type" : [
{
"code" : "string"
}
]
},
{
"id" : "Extension:race.url",
"path" : "Extension.url",
"min" : 1,
"max" : "1",
"fixedUri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-race"
}
]
}
}
