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ValueSet: USPS Two Letter Alphabetic Codes

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/ValueSet/us-core-usps-state Version: 7.0.0
Standards status: Trial-use Maturity Level: 3 Computable Name: UspsTwoLetterAlphabeticCodes
Other Identifiers: OID:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.40

Copyright/Legal: 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.

This value set defines two letter USPS alphabetic codes.

References

Logical Definition (CLD)

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

 

Expansion

This value set contains 62 concepts.

CodeSystemDisplay
  ALhttps://www.usps.com/Alabama
  AKhttps://www.usps.com/Alaska
  AShttps://www.usps.com/American Samoa
  AZhttps://www.usps.com/Arizona
  ARhttps://www.usps.com/Arkansas
  CAhttps://www.usps.com/California
  COhttps://www.usps.com/Colorado
  CThttps://www.usps.com/Connecticut
  DEhttps://www.usps.com/Delaware
  DChttps://www.usps.com/District of Columbia
  FMhttps://www.usps.com/Federated States of Micronesia
  FLhttps://www.usps.com/Florida
  GAhttps://www.usps.com/Georgia
  GUhttps://www.usps.com/Guam
  HIhttps://www.usps.com/Hawaii
  IDhttps://www.usps.com/Idaho
  ILhttps://www.usps.com/Illinois
  INhttps://www.usps.com/Indiana
  IAhttps://www.usps.com/Iowa
  KShttps://www.usps.com/Kansas
  KYhttps://www.usps.com/Kentucky
  LAhttps://www.usps.com/Louisiana
  MEhttps://www.usps.com/Maine
  MHhttps://www.usps.com/Marshall Islands
  MDhttps://www.usps.com/Maryland
  MAhttps://www.usps.com/Massachusetts
  MIhttps://www.usps.com/Michigan
  MNhttps://www.usps.com/Minnesota
  MShttps://www.usps.com/Mississippi
  MOhttps://www.usps.com/Missouri
  MThttps://www.usps.com/Montana
  NEhttps://www.usps.com/Nebraska
  NVhttps://www.usps.com/Nevada
  NHhttps://www.usps.com/New Hampshire
  NJhttps://www.usps.com/New Jersey
  NMhttps://www.usps.com/New Mexico
  NYhttps://www.usps.com/New York
  NChttps://www.usps.com/North Carolina
  NDhttps://www.usps.com/North Dakota
  MPhttps://www.usps.com/Northern Mariana Islands
  OHhttps://www.usps.com/Ohio
  OKhttps://www.usps.com/Oklahoma
  ORhttps://www.usps.com/Oregon
  PWhttps://www.usps.com/Palau
  PAhttps://www.usps.com/Pennsylvania
  PRhttps://www.usps.com/Puerto Rico
  RIhttps://www.usps.com/Rhode Island
  SChttps://www.usps.com/South Carolina
  SDhttps://www.usps.com/South Dakota
  TNhttps://www.usps.com/Tennessee
  TXhttps://www.usps.com/Texas
  UThttps://www.usps.com/Utah
  VThttps://www.usps.com/Vermont
  VIhttps://www.usps.com/Virgin Islands
  VAhttps://www.usps.com/Virginia
  WAhttps://www.usps.com/Washington
  WVhttps://www.usps.com/West Virginia
  WIhttps://www.usps.com/Wisconsin
  WYhttps://www.usps.com/Wyoming
  AEhttps://www.usps.com/Armed Forces Europe, the Middle East, and Canada
  APhttps://www.usps.com/Armed Forces Pacific
  AAhttps://www.usps.com/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
System 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