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ValueSet: OMB Race Categories

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/ValueSet/omb-race-category Version: 7.0.0
Standards status: Trial-use Maturity Level: 3 Computable Name: OmbRaceCategories
Other Identifiers: OID:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.575

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The codes for the concepts ‘Unknown’, ‘Asked but Unknown’, ‘Other Race’* and the codes for the five race categories - ‘American Indian’ or ‘Alaska Native’, ‘Asian’, ‘Black or African American’, ‘Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander’, and ‘White’ - as defined by the OMB Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity, Statistical Policy Directive No. 15, as revised, October 30, 1997

* The use of ‘Other Race’ is discouraged for statistical analysis.

References

Logical Definition (CLD)

This value set includes codes based on the following rules:

 

Expansion

This value set contains 8 concepts.

CodeSystemDisplayDefinition
  1002-5urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.6.238American Indian or Alaska Native
  2028-9urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.6.238Asian
  2054-5urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.6.238Black or African American
  2076-8urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.6.238Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
  2106-3urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.6.238White
  2131-1urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.6.238Other Race
  ASKUhttp://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-NullFlavorasked but unknown

Information was sought but not found (e.g., patient was asked but didn't know)

  UNKhttp://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-NullFlavorunknown

**Description:**A proper value is applicable, but not known.

Usage Notes: This means the actual value is not known. If the only thing that is unknown is how to properly express the value in the necessary constraints (value set, datatype, etc.), then the OTH or UNC flavor should be used. No properties should be included for a datatype with this property unless:

  1. Those properties themselves directly translate to a semantic of "unknown". (E.g. a local code sent as a translation that conveys 'unknown')
  2. Those properties further qualify the nature of what is unknown. (E.g. specifying a use code of "H" and a URL prefix of "tel:" to convey that it is the home phone number that is unknown.)

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. In this scheme, some codes are under other codes, and imply that the code they are under also applies
System 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)
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