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Codesystem-address-type.xml

FHIR Infrastructure Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: Informative

Raw XML (canonical form + also see XML Format Specification)

Definition for Code System AddressType

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="address-type"/> 
  <meta> 
    <lastUpdated value="2019-12-31T21:03:40.621+11:00"/> 
  </meta> 
  <text> 
    <status value="generated"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <h2> AddressType</h2> 
      <div> 
        <p> The type of an address (physical / postal).</p> 

      </div> 
      <p> This code system http://hl7.org/fhir/address-type defines the following codes:</p> 
      <table class="codes">
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">
            <b> Code</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Display</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Definition</b> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">postal
            <a name="address-type-postal"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Postal</td> 
          <td> Mailing addresses - PO Boxes and care-of addresses.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">physical
            <a name="address-type-physical"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Physical</td> 
          <td> A physical address that can be visited.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">both
            <a name="address-type-both"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Postal &amp; Physical</td> 
          <td> An address that is both physical and postal.</td> 
        </tr> 
      </table> 
    </div> 
  </text> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="fhir"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
    <valueCode value="normative"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-normative-version">
    <valueCode value="4.0.0"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="5"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/address-type"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.70"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <version value="4.2.0"/> 
  <name value="AddressType"/> 
  <title value="AddressType"/> 
  <status value="active"/> 
  <experimental value="false"/> 
  <date value="2019-12-31T21:03:40+11:00"/> 
  <publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/> 
  <contact> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/> 
    </telecom> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="email"/> 
      <value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <description value="The type of an address (physical / postal)."/> 
  <caseSensitive value="true"/> 
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/address-type"/> 
  <content value="complete"/> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="postal"/> 
    <display value="Postal"/> 
    <definition value="Mailing addresses - PO Boxes and care-of addresses."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="physical"/> 
    <display value="Physical"/> 
    <definition value="A physical address that can be visited."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="both"/> 
    <display value="Postal &amp; Physical"/> 
    <definition value="An address that is both physical and postal."/> 
  </concept> 
</CodeSystem> 

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.