FHIR Cross-Version Extensions package for FHIR R4 from FHIR R5
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FHIR Cross-Version Extensions package for FHIR R4 from FHIR R5 - Version 0.0.1-snapshot-2. See the Directory of published versions

CodeSystem: ContactPointSystem

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/contact-point-system Version: 5.0.0
Standards status: Normative Maturity Level: 5 Computable Name: ContactPointSystem

Telecommunications form for contact point.

This Code system is referenced in the content logical definition of the following value sets:

  • This CodeSystem is not used here; it may be used elsewhere (e.g. specifications and/or implementations that use this content)

This case-sensitive code system http://hl7.org/fhir/contact-point-system defines the following codes:

CodeDisplayDefinition
phone Phone 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.
fax Fax The value is a fax machine. Use of full international numbers starting with + is recommended to enable automatic dialing support but not required.
email Email The value is an email address.
pager Pager The value is a pager number. These may be local pager numbers that are only usable on a particular pager system.
url URL 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.
sms SMS A contact that can be used for sending a sms message (e.g. mobile phones, some landlines).
other Other 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 "other" contact types.