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4.3.1.usps-state Value Set http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/usps-state

This is a value set defined by the FHIR project.

Summary

Defining URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/usps-state
Name: USPS Two Letter Alphabetic Codes
Definition: This value set defines two letter USPS alphabetic codes.
Committee: US Realm Taskforce Work Group
OID: 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.usps-state (for OID based terminology systems)
Copyright: On July 1, 1963, the Post Office Department implemented the five-digit ZIP Code, which was placed after the state name in the last line of an address. To provide room for the ZIP Code, the Department issued two-letter abbreviations for all states and territories. Publication 59, Abbreviations for Use with ZIP Code, issued by the Department in October 1963. Currently there is no copyright restriction on this value set.
Source Resource XML / JSON

This value set is not currently used

4.3.1.usps-state.1 Content Logical Definition

This value set includes codes from the following code systems:

  • Include these codes as defined in https://www.usps.com/
    Code Display
    AK Alaska
    AL Alabama
    AR Arkansas
    AS American Samoa
    AZ Arizona
    CA California
    CO Colorado
    CT Connecticut
    DC District of Columbia
    DE Delaware
    FL Florida
    FM Federated States of Micronesia
    GA Georgia
    GU Guam
    HI Hawaii
    IA Iowa
    ID Idaho
    IL Illinois
    IN Indiana
    KS Kansas
    KY Kentucky
    LA Louisiana
    MA Massachusetts
    MD Maryland
    ME Maine
    MH Marshall Islands
    MI Michigan
    MN Minnesota
    MO Missouri
    MP Northern Mariana Islands
    MS Mississippi
    MT Montana
    NC North Carolina
    ND North Dakota
    NE Nebraska
    NH New Hampshire
    NJ New Jersey
    NM New Mexico
    NV Nevada
    NY New York
    OH Ohio
    OK Oklahoma
    OR Oregon
    PA Pennsylvania
    PR Puerto Rico
    PW Palau
    RI Rhode Island
    SC South Carolina
    SD South Dakota
    TN Tennessee
    TX Texas
    UM U.S. Minor Outlying Islands
    UT Utah
    VA Virginia
    VI Virgin Islands of the U.S.
    VT Vermont
    WA Washington
    WI Wisconsin
    WV West Virginia
    WY Wyoming

 

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Level A few code lists that FHIR defines are hierarchical - each code is assigned a level. In this scheme, some codes are under other codes, and imply that the code they are under also applies
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Code The code (used as the code in the resource instance)
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