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Codesystem-identifier-use.json

Vocabulary Work GroupMaturity Level: N/ABallot Status: Informative

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Definition for Code System IdentifierUse

{
  "resourceType": "CodeSystem",
  "id": "identifier-use",
  "meta": {
    "lastUpdated": "2017-12-20T15:52:34.818+11:00"
  },
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>"
  },
  "extension": [
    {
      "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
      "valueCode": "fhir"
    },
    {
      "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-ballot-status",
      "valueString": "Draft"
    },
    {
      "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
      "valueInteger": 0
    }
  ],
  "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/identifier-use",
  "identifier": {
    "system": "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
    "value": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.58"
  },
  "version": "3.2.0",
  "name": "IdentifierUse",
  "status": "draft",
  "experimental": false,
  "date": "2017-12-20T15:52:34+11:00",
  "publisher": "HL7 (FHIR Project)",
  "contact": [
    {
      "telecom": [
        {
          "system": "url",
          "value": "http://hl7.org/fhir"
        },
        {
          "system": "email",
          "value": "fhir@lists.hl7.org"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "description": "Identifies the purpose for this identifier, if known .",
  "caseSensitive": true,
  "valueSet": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/identifier-use",
  "content": "complete",
  "concept": [
    {
      "code": "usual",
      "display": "Usual",
      "definition": "The identifier recommended for display and use in real-world interactions."
    },
    {
      "code": "official",
      "display": "Official",
      "definition": "The identifier considered to be most trusted for the identification of this item."
    },
    {
      "code": "temp",
      "display": "Temp",
      "definition": "A temporary identifier."
    },
    {
      "code": "secondary",
      "display": "Secondary",
      "definition": "An identifier that was assigned in secondary use - it serves to identify the object in a relative context, but cannot be consistently assigned to the same object again in a different context."
    },
    {
      "code": "old",
      "display": "Old",
      "definition": "The identifier id no longer considered valid, but may be relevant for search purposes.  E.g. Changes to identifier schemes, account merges, etc."
    }
  ]
}

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.