# US Core Practitioner Role Specialty Codes - US Core Implementation Guide v9.0.0

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**Artifacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **US Core Practitioner Role Specialty Codes**

## ValueSet: US Core Practitioner Role Specialty Codes 

| | | |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| *Official URL*:http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/ValueSet/us-core-practitionerrole-specialty | *Version*:9.0.0 | |
| * Standards status: *[Trial-use](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/versions.html#std-process) | [Maturity Level](changes-between-versions.md#us-core-maturity-levels): 3 | *Computable Name*:USCorePractitionerRoleSpecialty |
| *Other Identifiers:*OID:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.40.2.48.23 | | |
| **Copyright/Legal**:1. This value set includes content from SNOMED CT, which is copyright \xA9 2002+ International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO), and distributed by agreement between IHTSDO and HL7. Implementer use of SNOMED CT is not covered by this agreement.
1. This value set includes content from NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy Code Set for providers which is copyright © 2016+ American Medical Association. For commercial use, including sales or licensing, a license must be obtained.
 | | |

 
This value set represents the clinical specialty or functional role played by a clinician or provider. It is composed of two value sets, and include the National Uniform Claims Committee (NUCC) and SNOMED CT concepts. 

 **References** 

* [US Core PractitionerRole Profile](StructureDefinition-us-core-practitionerrole.md)

**Changes since version 8.0.1:**

* The resource metadata has changed (url, name, title, experimental, publisher, description, purpose, copyright)

* The logical definition of the value set has changed

### Logical Definition (CLD)

 

### Expansion

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 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](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/datatypes.html#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 |



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "ValueSet",
  "id" : "us-core-practitionerrole-specialty",
  "extension" : [{
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
    "valueCode" : "cgp"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
    "valueInteger" : 3,
    "_valueInteger" : {
      "extension" : [{
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-conformance-derivedFrom",
        "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/ImplementationGuide/hl7.fhir.us.core"
      }]
    }
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
    "valueCode" : "trial-use",
    "_valueCode" : {
      "extension" : [{
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-conformance-derivedFrom",
        "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/ImplementationGuide/hl7.fhir.us.core"
      }]
    }
  }],
  "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/ValueSet/us-core-practitionerrole-specialty",
  "identifier" : [{
    "system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
    "value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.40.2.48.23"
  }],
  "version" : "9.0.0",
  "name" : "USCorePractitionerRoleSpecialty",
  "title" : "US Core Practitioner Role Specialty Codes",
  "status" : "active",
  "experimental" : false,
  "date" : "2026-03-19",
  "publisher" : "HL7 International / Cross-Group Projects",
  "contact" : [{
    "name" : "HL7 International / Cross-Group Projects",
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/cgp"
    },
    {
      "system" : "email",
      "value" : "cgp@lists.HL7.org"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "This value set represents the clinical specialty or functional role played by a clinician or provider. It is composed of two value sets, and include the National Uniform Claims Committee (NUCC) and SNOMED CT concepts.",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
      "code" : "US"
    }]
  }],
  "copyright" : "\n1. This value set includes content from SNOMED CT, which is copyright \\xA9 2002+ International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO), and distributed by agreement between IHTSDO and HL7. Implementer use of SNOMED CT is not covered by this agreement.\n2. This value set includes content from NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy Code Set for providers which is copyright © 2016+ American Medical Association. For commercial use, including sales or licensing, a license must be obtained.",
  "compose" : {
    "include" : [{
      "valueSet" : ["http://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.114222.4.11.1066"]
    },
    {
      "valueSet" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/c80-practice-codes"]
    }]
  }
}

```
