Release 5

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Example ValueSet/identifier-type (XML)

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Raw XML (canonical form + also see XML Format Specification)

Definition for Value SetIdentifier Type Codes

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="identifier-type"/> 
  <meta> 
    <lastUpdated value="2023-03-26T15:21:02.749+11:00"/> 
    <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablevalueset"/> 
  </meta> 
  <text> 
    <status value="extensions"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <ul> 
        <li> Include these codes as defined in 
          <a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0203.html">
            <code> http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203</code> 
          </a> 
          <table class="none">
            <tr> 
              <td style="white-space:nowrap">
                <b> Code</b> 
              </td> 
              <td> 
                <b> Display</b> 
              </td> 
              <td> 
                <b> Definition</b> 
              </td> 
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> 
                <a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0203.html#v2-0203-DL">DL</a> 
              </td> 
              <td> Driver's license number</td> 
              <td> Driver's license number</td> 
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> 
                <a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0203.html#v2-0203-PPN">PPN</a> 
              </td> 
              <td> Passport number</td> 
              <td> A unique number assigned to the document affirming that a person is a citizen of
                 the country.</td> 
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> 
                <a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0203.html#v2-0203-BRN">BRN</a> 
              </td> 
              <td> Breed Registry Number</td> 
              <td> Breed Registry Number</td> 
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> 
                <a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0203.html#v2-0203-MR">MR</a> 
              </td> 
              <td> Medical record number</td> 
              <td> An identifier that is unique to a patient within a set of medical records, not
                 necessarily unique within an application.</td> 
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> 
                <a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0203.html#v2-0203-MCN">MCN</a> 
              </td> 
              <td> Microchip Number</td> 
              <td> Microchip Number</td> 
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> 
                <a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0203.html#v2-0203-EN">EN</a> 
              </td> 
              <td> Employer number</td> 
              <td> Employer number</td> 
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> 
                <a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0203.html#v2-0203-TAX">TAX</a> 
              </td> 
              <td> Tax ID number</td> 
              <td> Tax ID number</td> 
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> 
                <a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0203.html#v2-0203-NIIP">NIIP</a> 
              </td> 
              <td> National Insurance Payor Identifier (Payor)</td> 
              <td> National Insurance Payor Identifier (Payor)</td> 
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> 
                <a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0203.html#v2-0203-PRN">PRN</a> 
              </td> 
              <td> Provider number</td> 
              <td> A number that is unique to an individual provider, a provider group or an organization
                 within an Assigning Authority.</td> 
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> 
                <a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0203.html#v2-0203-MD">MD</a> 
              </td> 
              <td> Medical License number</td> 
              <td> An identifier that is unique to a medical doctor within the jurisdiction of a licensing
                 board.</td> 
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> 
                <a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0203.html#v2-0203-DR">DR</a> 
              </td> 
              <td> Donor Registration Number</td> 
              <td> Donor Registration Number</td> 
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> 
                <a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0203.html#v2-0203-ACSN">ACSN</a> 
              </td> 
              <td> Accession ID</td> 
              <td> Accession Identifier</td> 
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> 
                <a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0203.html#v2-0203-UDI">UDI</a> 
              </td> 
              <td> Universal Device Identifier</td> 
              <td> An identifier assigned to a device using the Unique Device Identification framework
                 as defined by IMDRF (http://imdrf.org).</td> 
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> 
                <a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0203.html#v2-0203-SNO">SNO</a> 
              </td> 
              <td> Serial Number</td> 
              <td> An identifier affixed to an item by the manufacturer when it is first made, where
                 each item has a different identifier.</td> 
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> 
                <a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0203.html#v2-0203-SB">SB</a> 
              </td> 
              <td> Social Beneficiary Identifier</td> 
              <td> An identifier issued by a governmental organization to a person to identify the
                 person should they apply for or receive social services and/or benefits</td> 
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> 
                <a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0203.html#v2-0203-PLAC">PLAC</a> 
              </td> 
              <td> Placer Identifier</td> 
              <td> An identifier for a request where the identifier is issued by the person or service
                 making the request.</td> 
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> 
                <a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0203.html#v2-0203-FILL">FILL</a> 
              </td> 
              <td> Filler Identifier</td> 
              <td> An identifier for a request where the identifier is issued by the person, or service,
                 that produces the observations or fulfills the request.</td> 
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> 
                <a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0203.html#v2-0203-JHN">JHN</a> 
              </td> 
              <td> Jurisdictional health number</td> 
              <td> Jurisdictional health number</td> 
            </tr> 
          </table> 
        </li> 
      </ul> 
    </div> 
  </text> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-warning">
    <valueMarkdown value="Types are for general categories of identifiers. See [the identifier registry](identifier-reg
    istry.html) for a list of common identifier systems"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="vocab"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
    <valueCode value="normative"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-normative-version">
    <valueCode value="4.0.0"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="5"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/identifier-type"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.45"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <version value="5.0.0"/> 
  <name value="IdentifierTypeCodes"/> 
  <title value="Identifier Type Codes"/> 
  <status value="active"/> 
  <experimental value="false"/> 
  <date value="2023-03-26T15:21:02+11:00"/> 
  <publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/> 
  <contact> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <description value="A coded type for an identifier that can be used to determine which identifier to
   use for a specific purpose."/> 
  <jurisdiction> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm"/> 
      <code value="001"/> 
      <display value="World"/> 
    </coding> 
  </jurisdiction> 
  <compose> 
    <include> 
      <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203"/> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="DL"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="PPN"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="BRN"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="MR"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="MCN"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="EN"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="TAX"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="NIIP"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="PRN"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="MD"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="DR"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="ACSN"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="UDI"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="SNO"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="SB"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="PLAC"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="FILL"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="JHN"/> 
      </concept> 
    </include> 
  </compose> 
</ValueSet> 

Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.