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4.4.1.179 4.4.1.208 Value Set ValueSet http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/name-use

  Maturity Level : N
Responsible Owner: FHIR Infrastructure icon Work Group Normative (from v4.0.0) Use Context : Any Country: World
This is a value set defined by the FHIR project. Summary Committee:
Official URL : Title: http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/name-use NameUse Definition: The use of a human name. Version : 6.0.0-ballot3
active as of 2025-11-14 FHIR Infrastructure Computable Name : NameUse Work Group
OID: Flags : Immutable 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.65 (for OID based terminology systems) Source Resource XML / JSON : 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.65

This value set is used in the following places:

4.4.1.179.1 4.4.1.208.1 Definition

The use of a human name.

4.4.1.208.2 Content Logical Definition

Generated Narrative: ValueSet name-use This value set includes codes from the following code systems:

Last updated: 2025-11-14T20:54:02.388Z

 

4.4.1.179.2 4.4.1.208.3 Expansion

This expansion generated 01 14 Nov 2019 2025

ValueSet This value set contains 7 concepts

Expansion performed internally based on http://hl7.org/fhir/name-use version 4.0.1 All codes from system http://hl7.org/fhir/name-use codesystem NameUse v6.0.0-ballot3 (CodeSystem)

This value set contains 7 concepts

Lvl Level System Code Display Definition v2 map for NameUse icon v3 map for NameUse icon
0 1 http://hl7.org/fhir/name-use    usual Usual Known as/conventional/the one you normally use. ~ D icon ~ C icon
0 1 http://hl7.org/fhir/name-use    official Official The formal name as registered in an official (government) registry, but which name might not be commonly used. May be called "legal name". ~ L icon ~ OR icon
0 1 http://hl7.org/fhir/name-use    temp Temp A temporary name. Name.period can provide more detailed information. This may also be used for temporary names assigned at birth or in emergency situations. ~ TEMP icon ~ T icon
0 1 http://hl7.org/fhir/name-use    nickname Nickname A name that is used to address the person in an informal manner, but is not part of their formal or usual name. ~ N icon ~ P icon
0 1 http://hl7.org/fhir/name-use    anonymous Anonymous Anonymous assigned name, alias, or pseudonym (used to protect a person's identity for privacy reasons). ~ S icon ~ ANON icon
0 1 http://hl7.org/fhir/name-use    old Old This name is no longer in use (or was never correct, but retained for records). > NOUSE icon (No Use Addresses are considered to be old records)
> BAD icon (bad addresses are old records) 		~ OLD icon
1 2 http://hl7.org/fhir/name-use         maiden Name changed for Marriage A name used prior to changing name because of marriage. This name use is for use by applications that collect and store names that were used prior to a marriage. Marriage naming customs vary greatly around the world, and are constantly changing. This term is not gender specific. The use of this term does not imply any particular history for a person's name. ~ M icon ~ M icon

 

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