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This is a value set defined by the FHIR project.
The name types for US Laboratory reporting to Public Health
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This value set contains 3 concepts
The name types for US Laboratory reporting to Public Health
This value set includes codes defined in other code systems, using the following rules:
Code | Display | |
official | The formal name as registered in an official (government) registry, but which name might not be commonly used. May be called "legal name". | |
anonymous | Anonymous assigned name, alias, or pseudonym (used to protect a person's identity for privacy reasons). | |
maiden | A name used prior to marriage. Marriage naming customs vary greatly around the world. This name use is for use by applications that collect and store "maiden" names. Though the concept of maiden name is often gender specific, the use of this term is not gender specific. The use of this term does not imply any particular history for a person's name, nor should the maiden name be determined algorithmically. |
This value set is used in the following places:
The OID for the value set is 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.525 (OIDs are not used in FHIR, but may be used in v3, or OID based terminology systems).
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