HL7 V2 | TABLE 0189
Table 0189: Ethnic Group
Table of codes further defining a patient's ancestry. In the US, a current use is to use these codes to report ethnicity in line with US federal standards for Hispanic origin.
- Type
- User-defined (site-defined)
- Codes
- 3
- Introduced
- HL7 v2.2
- Used in
- PID-22
- THO code system
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0189- OID
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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
| Code | Meaning |
|---|---|
H | Hispanic or Latino |
N | Not Hispanic or Latino |
U | Unknown |
Where it's used
| Element | Name | FHIR (v2-to-FHIR mapping) |
|---|---|---|
PID-22 | Ethnic Group | — |
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.