4.3.14.198 Code System http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/organization-type

Patient Administration

Work Group

Maturity Level: 0

Informative

Use Context: Any

This is a code system defined by the FHIR project.

Summary

Defining URL:

http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/organization-type

Version:

4.1.0

Name:

OrganizationType

Title:

Definition:

This example value set defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate a type of organization.

Committee:

Patient Administration

Work Group

OID:

2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.1128 (for OID based terminology systems)

Source Resource

XML / JSON

This Code system is used in the following value sets:

ValueSet: Organization type (This example value set defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate a type of organization.)
ValueSet: OrganizationType (This example value set defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate a type of organization.)

4.3.14.198.1 Content

This code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/organization-type defines the following codes:

Code	Display	Definition
prov	Healthcare Provider	An organization that provides healthcare services.
dept	Hospital Department	A department or ward within a hospital (Generally is not applicable to top level organizations)
team	Organizational team	An organizational team is usually a grouping of practitioners that perform a specific function within an organization (which could be a top level organization, or a department).
govt	Government	A political body, often used when including organization records for government bodies such as a Federal Government, State or Local Government.
ins	Insurance Company	A company that provides insurance to its subscribers that may include healthcare related policies.
pay	Payer	A company, charity, or governmental organization, which processes claims and/or issues payments to providers on behalf of patients or groups of patients.
edu	Educational Institute	An educational institution that provides education or research facilities.
reli	Religious Institution	An organization that is identified as a part of a religious institution.
crs	Clinical Research Sponsor	An organization that is identified as a Pharmaceutical/Clinical Research Sponsor.
cg	Community Group	An un-incorporated community group.
bus	Non-Healthcare Business or Corporation	An organization that is a registered business or corporation but not identified by other types.
other	Other	Other type of organization not already specified.

See the full registry of code systems defined as part of FHIR.

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. See Code System for further information.

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). If the code is in italics, this indicates that the code is not selectable ('Abstract')

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