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Definition for Value SetIdentifierUse
<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <h2>IdentifierUse</h2> <p>Identifies the purpose for this identifier, if known</p> <p>This value set defines its own terms in the system http://hl7.org/fhir/identifier-use</p> <table> <tr> <td> <b>Code</b> </td> <td> <b>Display</b> </td> <td> <b>Definition</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>usual <a name="usual"> </a> </td> <td/> <td>the identifier recommended for display and use in real-world interactions.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>official <a name="official"> </a> </td> <td/> <td>the identifier considered to be most trusted for the identification of this item.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>temp <a name="temp"> </a> </td> <td/> <td>A temporary identifier.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>secondary <a name="secondary"> </a> </td> <td/> <td>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.</td> </tr> </table> </div> </text> <identifier value="http://hl7.org/fhir/vs/identifier-use"/> <name value="IdentifierUse"/> <publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/> <telecom> <system value="url"/> <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/> </telecom> <telecom> <system value="email"/> <value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/> </telecom> <description value="Identifies the purpose for this identifier, if known"/> <status value="draft"/> <date value="2014-09-30T18:09:16.975+10:00"/> <define> <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/identifier-use"/> <caseSensitive value="true"/> <concept> <code value="usual"/> <definition value="the identifier recommended for display and use in real-world interactions."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="official"/> <definition value="the identifier considered to be most trusted for the identification of this item."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="temp"/> <definition value="A temporary identifier."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="secondary"/> <definition value="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."/> </concept> </define> </ValueSet>