HL7.FHIR.US.CORE\USPS Two Letter Alphabetic Codes

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ValueSet: USPS Two Letter Alphabetic Codes

Summary

Defining URL:

http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/ValueSet/us-core-usps-state

Version:

3.2.0

Name:

UspsTwoLetterAlphabeticCodes

Title:

USPS Two Letter Alphabetic Codes

Status:

Active as of 2019-05-21

Definition:

This value set defines two letter USPS alphabetic codes.

Publisher:

HL7 International - US Realm Steering Committee

On July 1, 1963, the Post Office Department implemented the five-digit ZIP Code, which was placed after the state name in the last line of an address. To provide room for the ZIP Code, the Department issued two-letter abbreviations for all states and territories. Publication 59, Abbreviations for Use with ZIP Code, issued by the Department in October 1963. There is no copyright restriction on this value set.

OID:

2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.40 (for OID based terminology systems)

Source Resource:

XML / JSON / Turtle

References

Logical Definition (CLD)

Include all codes defined in https://www.usps.com/

Expansion

This value set contains 62 concepts

All codes from system https://www.usps.com/

Code	Display
AL	Alabama
AK	Alaska
AS	American Samoa
AZ	Arizona
AR	Arkansas
CA	California
CO	Colorado
CT	Connecticut
DE	Delaware
DC	District of Columbia
FM	Federated States of Micronesia
FL	Florida
GA	Georgia
GU	Guam
HI	Hawaii
ID	Idaho
IL	Illinois
IN	Indiana
IA	Iowa
KS	Kansas
KY	Kentucky
LA	Louisiana
ME	Maine
MH	Marshall Islands
MD	Maryland
MA	Massachusetts
MI	Michigan
MN	Minnesota
MS	Mississippi
MO	Missouri
MT	Montana
NE	Nebraska
NV	Nevada
NH	New Hampshire
NJ	New Jersey
NM	New Mexico
NY	New York
NC	North Carolina
ND	North Dakota
MP	Northern Mariana Islands
OH	Ohio
OK	Oklahoma
OR	Oregon
PW	Palau
PA	Pennsylvania
PR	Puerto Rico
RI	Rhode Island
SC	South Carolina
SD	South Dakota
TN	Tennessee
TX	Texas
UT	Utah
VT	Vermont
VI	Virgin Islands
VA	Virginia
WA	Washington
WV	West Virginia
WI	Wisconsin
WY	Wyoming
AE	Armed Forces Europe, the Middle East, and Canada
AP	Armed Forces Pacific
AA	Armed Forces Americas (except Canada)

Explanation of the columns that may appear on this page:

Level

A few code lists that FHIR defines are hierarchical - each code is assigned a level. In this scheme, some codes are under other codes, and imply that the code they are under also applies

Source

The source of the definition of the code (when the value set draws in codes defined elsewhere)

Code

The code (used as the code in the resource instance)

Display

The display (used in the display element of a Coding). If there is no display, implementers should not simply display the code, but map the concept into their application

Definition

An explanation of the meaning of the concept

Comments

Additional notes about how to use the code