HL7 V2 | TABLE 0211
Table 0211: Alternate Character Sets
Table of codes that identify one of a number of possible standard alternate character sets for a message, either single-byte or double-byte.
- Type
- HL7-defined
- Codes
- 25
- Introduced
- HL7 v2.3
- Used in
- MSH-18
- THO code system
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0211- OID
2.16.840.1.113883.18.116
HL7-defined: The standard fixes the values. PipeHat flags codes outside this list as warnings.
Codes
| Code | Meaning | Status |
|---|---|---|
JAS2020 | A subset of ISO2020 used for most Kanjii transmissions | Deprecated in v2.9 |
JIS X 0202 | ISO 2022 with escape sequences for Kanjii | Deprecated in v2.9 |
ASCII | The printable 7-bit ASCII character set. | |
8859/1 | The printable characters from the ISO 8859/1 Character set | |
8859/2 | The printable characters from the ISO 8859/2 Character set | |
8859/3 | The printable characters from the ISO 8859/3 Character set | |
8859/4 | The printable characters from the ISO 8859/4 Character set | |
8859/5 | The printable characters from the ISO 8859/5 Character set | |
8859/6 | The printable characters from the ISO 8859/6 Character set | |
8859/7 | The printable characters from the ISO 8859/7 Character set | |
8859/8 | The printable characters from the ISO 8859/8 Character set | |
8859/9 | The printable characters from the ISO 8859/9 Character set | |
8859/15 | The printable characters from the ISO 8859/15 (Latin-15) | |
ISO IR6 | ASCII graphic character set consisting of 94 characters. | |
ISO IR14 | Code for Information Exchange (one byte)(JIS X 0201-1976). | |
ISO IR87 | Code for the Japanese Graphic Character set for information interchange (JIS X 0208-1990), | |
ISO IR159 | Code of the supplementary Japanese Graphic Character set for information interchange (JIS X 0212-1990). | |
GB 18030-2000 | Code for Chinese Character Set (GB 18030-2000) | |
KS X 1001 | Code for Korean Character Set (KS X 1001) | |
CNS 11643-1992 | Code for Taiwanese Character Set (CNS 11643-1992) | |
BIG-5 | Code for Taiwanese Character Set (BIG-5) | |
UNICODE | The world wide character standard from ISO/IEC 10646-1-1993 | |
UNICODE UTF-8 | UCS Transformation Format, 8-bit form | |
UNICODE UTF-16 | UCS Transformation Format, 16-bit form | Deprecated in v2.9 |
UNICODE UTF-32 | UCS Transformation Format, 32-bit form | Deprecated in v2.9 |
Where it's used
| Element | Name | FHIR (v2-to-FHIR mapping) |
|---|---|---|
MSH-18 | Character Set | — |
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.