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HL7 V2 | TABLE 0006

Table 0006: Religion

Table of codes specifying a person's religion.

Type
User-defined (site-defined)
Codes
95
Introduced
HL7 v2.1
Used in
PID-17
FHIR code system
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ReligiousAffiliation
THO code system
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0006
OID
2.16.840.1.113883.18.8

User-defined (site-defined): HL7 suggests these values, and each site may use its own. PipeHat notes codes outside this list as information, not errors.

Codes

CodeMeaningFHIR codeStatus
AAtheist1007Deprecated in v2.9
BBaptist1009Deprecated in v2.9
CCatholic—Deprecated in v2.9
EEpiscopalian1069Deprecated in v2.9
JJudaism1026Deprecated in v2.9
LLutheran1028Deprecated in v2.9
MChurch of Latter Day Saints (Mormon)1027Deprecated in v2.9
NHindu1020Deprecated in v2.9
PProtestant1077Deprecated in v2.9
AGNAgnostic1004
ATHAtheist1007
BAHBaha'i1008
BREBrethren1062
BUDBuddhist—
BMABuddhist: Mahayana1029
BTHBuddhist: Theravada1051
BTABuddhist: Tantrayana—
BOTBuddhist: Other—
CFRChinese Folk Religionist—
CHRChristian1013
ABCChristian: American Baptist Church—
AMTChristian: African Methodist Episcopal—
AMEChristian: African Methodist Episcopal Zion—
ANGChristian: Anglican1005
AOGChristian: Assembly of God1061
BAPChristian: Baptist1009
CRRChristian: Christian Reformed1079
CHSChristian: Christian Science1063
CMAChristian: Christian Missionary Alliance—
COCChristian: Church of Christ1064
COGChristian: Church of God1065
COIChristian: Church of God in Christ—
COMChristian: Community—
COLChristian: Congregational1066
EOTChristian: Eastern Orthodox1068
EVCChristian: Evangelical Church—
EPIChristian: Episcopalian1069
FWBChristian: Free Will Baptist—
FRQChristian: Friends1071
FULChristian: Full Gospel1072
GREChristian: Greek Orthodox—
JWNChristian: Jehovah's Witness1025
MOMChristian: Latter-day Saints1027
LUTChristian: Lutheran1028
LMSChristian: Lutheran Missouri Synod—
MENChristian: Mennonite—
METChristian: Methodist1073
NAZChristian: Church of the Nazarene1075
ORTChristian: Orthodox1036
PENChristian: Pentecostal1038
COPChristian: Other Pentecostal—
PREChristian: Presbyterian1076
PROChristian: Protestant1077
PRCChristian: Other Protestant1078
QUAChristian: Friends1071Deprecated in v2.9
RECChristian: Reformed Church1079
REOChristian: Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ-LDS—
CATChristian: Roman Catholic1041
SAAChristian: Salvation Army1080
SEVChristian: Seventh Day Adventist1001
SOUChristian: Southern Baptist—
UCCChristian: United Church of Christ1082
UMDChristian: United Methodist—
UNIChristian: Unitarian1052
UNUChristian: Unitarian Universalist1081
WESChristian: Wesleyan—
WMCChristian: Wesleyan Methodist—
COTChristian: Other—
CNFConfucian1014
DOCDisciples of Christ1067
ERLEthnic Religionist—
HINHindu—
HSHHindu: Shaivites1020
HVAHindu: Vaishnavites1020
HOTHindu: Other1020
JAIJain1024
JEWJewish—
JCOJewish: Conservative—
JORJewish: Orthodox—
JRCJewish: Reconstructionist—
JRFJewish: Reform—
JRNJewish: Renewal—
JOTJewish: Other—
MOSMuslim1023
MSHMuslim: Shiite1045
MSUMuslim: Sunni1049
MOTMuslim: Other—
NAMNative American1074
NRLNew Religionist—
NOENonreligious—
SHNShintoist1046
SIKSikh1047
SPISpiritist1048
OTHOther—
VARUnknown—

FHIR codes from the HL7 v2-to-FHIR concept map Religion (unconditional mappings only).

Where it's used

ElementNameFHIR (v2-to-FHIR mapping)
PID-17ReligionPatient.extension.url Patient.extension.valueCodeableConcept

Elements with a dot (such as CX.5) are data type components, used wherever that data type appears.

Source: HL7 Terminology (THO) 7.4.0 and the HL7 v2-to-FHIR Implementation Guide 1.0.0, published by HL7 International under CC0. Check your trading partner's specification for the values they actually send.