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4.4.2.25 HL7 v3 Code System Confidentiality

Vocabulary Work Group   Maturity Level : N/A External Use Context : Any

This code system (http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-Confidentiality) is defined as part of HL7 v3.

Summary

Defining URL: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-Confidentiality
Version: 2018-08-12 2019-07-31
Name: v3.Confidentiality
Title: v3 Code System Confidentiality
Definition:

A set of codes specifying the security classification of acts and roles in accordance with the definition for concept domain "Confidentiality".

OID: 2.16.840.1.113883.5.25 (for OID based terminology systems)
Source Resource XML / JSON

This Code system is used in the following value sets:

  • ValueSet: v3 Code System Confidentiality ( A set of codes specifying the security classification of acts and roles in accordance with the definition for concept domain "Confidentiality".)
  • ValueSet: V3 Value SetConfidentialityClassification ( Set of codes used to value Act.Confidentiality and Role.Confidentiality attribute in accordance with the definition for concept domain "Confidentiality".)
  • ValueSet: V3 Value Setx_BasicConfidentialityKind ( Description: Used to enumerate the typical confidentiality constraints placed upon a clinical document. Usage Note: x_BasicConfidentialityKind is a subset of Confidentiality codes that are used as metadata indicating the receiver responsibility to comply with normally applicable jurisdictional privacy law or disclosure authorization; that the receiver may not disclose this information except as directed by the information custodian, who may be the information subject; or that the receiver may not disclose this information except as directed by the information custodian, who may be the information subject.)
  • ValueSet: v3 Code System Confidentiality ( A set of codes specifying the security classification of acts and roles in accordance with the definition for concept domain "Confidentiality".) ValueSet: V3 Value SetConfidentialityClassification ( Set of codes used to value Act.Confidentiality and Role.Confidentiality attribute in accordance with the definition for concept domain "Confidentiality".)

Release Date: 2018-08-12 2019-07-31

Level Code Display Definition
1 _Confidentiality Confidentiality A specializable code and its leaf codes used in Confidentiality value sets to value the Act.Confidentiality and Role.Confidentiality attribute in accordance with the definition for concept domain "Confidentiality".
2   L low Definition: Privacy metadata indicating that the information has been de-identified, a low level of protection is required to safeguard personal and there are mitigating circumstances that prevent re-identification, healthcare information, which has been altered in such a way as to minimize the need for confidentiality protections with some residual risks associated with re-linking. The risk of harm from unauthorized disclosure. The information requires protection to maintain low sensitivity. an individual's reputation and sense of privacy if disclosed without authorization is considered negligible, and mitigations are in place to address reidentification risk.
Examples: Includes anonymized, Usage Note:
The level of protection afforded anonymized and pseudonymized, or and non-personally identifiable information such as HIPAA (e.g., a limited data sets. Map: No clear map set) is dictated by privacy policies and data use agreements intended to ISO 13606-4 Sensitivity Level (1) Care Management: RECORD_COMPONENTs engender trust that might need to health information can be accessed used and disclosed with little or no risk of re-identification. Example: Personal and healthcare information, which excludes 16 designated categories of direct identifiers in a HIPAA Limited Data Set. This information may be disclosed by HIPAA Covered Entities without patient authorization for a wide range of administrative staff to manage research, public health, and operations purposes if conditions are met, which includes obtaining a signed data use agreement from the subject of care's access to health services. recipient. See 45 CFR Section 164.514.
Usage Note: This metadata indicates that the receiver may have an obligation to comply with a data use agreement. agreement with the discloser. The discloser may have obligations to comply with policies dictating the methods for de-identification.
Confidentiality code total order hierarchy: Low (L) is less protective than V, R, N, and M, and subsumes U.
2   M moderate Definition: Privacy metadata indicating moderately sensitive the level of protection required to safeguard personal and healthcare information, which presents if disclosed without authorization, would present a moderate risk of harm if disclosed to an individual's reputation and sense of privacy.
Usage Note: The level of protection afforded moderately confidential information is dictated by privacy policies intended to engender trust in a service provider. May include publicly available information in jurisdictions that restrict uses of that information without authorization. the consent of the data subject.
Examples: Includes allergies Privacy policies mandating moderate levels of non-sensitive nature protection, which preempt less protective privacy policies. "Moderate" confidentiality policies differ from and would be preempted by the prevailing privacy policies mandating the normative level of protection for information used inform food service; in the delivery and management of healthcare.
Confidentiality code total order hierarchy: Moderate (M) is less protective than V, R, and N, and subsumes all other protection levels (i.e., L and U).
Examples: Includes personal and health information a patient that an individual authorizes to be collected, accessed, used for marketing, released or disclosed to a bank for a health credit card or savings account; or information in personal health record systems that are not governed under health privacy laws. Map: Partial Map to ISO 13606-4 Sensitivity Level (2) Clinical Management: Less sensitive RECORD_COMPONENTs that might need health oversight authorities; to be accessed by a wider range of personnel not all of whom are actively caring for the hospital patient (e.g. radiology staff). Usage Note: This metadata indicates that the receiver may be obligated directory; to comply with the receiver's terms of use worker compensation, disability, property and casualty or privacy policies. life insurers; and to personal health record systems, consumer-controlled devices, social media accounts and online Apps; or for marketing purposes
2   N normal Definition: Privacy metadata indicating that the information is typical, non-stigmatizing health level of protection required to safeguard personal and healthcare information, which presents typical risk of harm if disclosed without authorization. authorization, would present a considerable risk of harm to an individual's reputation and sense of privacy.
Examples: In the US, this includes what HIPAA identifies as the minimum necessary protected health Usage Note: The level of protection afforded normatively confidential information (PHI) given a covered purpose is dictated by the prevailing normative privacy policies, which are intended to engender patient trust in their healthcare providers.
Privacy policies mandating normative levels of use (treatment, payment, or operations). Includes typical, non-stigmatizing health protection, which preempt less protective privacy policies when the information disclosed is used in an application the delivery and management of healthcare. May be pre-empted by jurisdictional law (e.g., for health, workers compensation, disability, public health reporting or life insurance. emergency treatment).
Map: Partial Confidentiality code total order hierarchy: Normal (N) is less protective than V and R, and subsumes all other protection levels (i.e., M, L, and U).
Map:Partial Map to ISO 13606-4 Sensitivity Level (3) Clinical Care: Care when purpose of use is treatment: Default for normal clinical care access (i.e. (i.e., most clinical staff directly caring for the patient should be able to access nearly all of the EHR). Maps to normal confidentiality for treatment information but not to ancillary care, payment and operations.
Usage Note: This metadata indicates that the receiver may be obligated to comply with applicable jurisdictional privacy law or disclosure authorization. Examples:
n the US, this includes what HIPAA identifies as protected health information (PHI) under 45 CFR Section 160.103.
2   R restricted Privacy metadata indicating highly sensitive, the level of protection required to safeguard potentially stigmatizing information, which presents if disclosed without authorization, would present a high risk of harm to an individual's reputation and sense of privacy.
Usage Note: The level of protection afforded restricted confidential information is dictated by specially protective organizational or jurisdictional privacy policies, including at an authorized individual’s request, intended to engender patient trust in providers of sensitive services.
Privacy policies mandating additional levels of protection by restricting information access preempt less protective privacy policies when the information subject if disclosed without authorization. is used in the delivery and management of healthcare. May be pre-empted by jurisdictional law, e.g., law (e.g., for public health reporting or emergency treatment. treatment).
Confidentiality code total order hierarchy: Restricted (R) is less protective than V, and subsumes all other protection levels (i.e., N, M, L, and U).
Examples:
Includes information that is additionally protected such as sensitive conditions mental health, HIV, substance abuse, domestic violence, child abuse, genetic disease, and reproductive health; or sensitive demographic information such as a patient's patient’s standing as an employee or a celebrity. May be used to indicate proprietary or classified information that is not related to an individual, e.g., individual (e.g., secret ingredients in a therapeutic substance; or the name of a manufacturer. Map: Partial Map to ISO 13606-4 Sensitivity Level (3) Clinical Care: Default for normal clinical care access (i.e. most clinical staff directly caring for the patient should be able to access nearly all of the EHR). Maps to normal confidentiality for treatment information but not to ancillary care, payment and operations.. Usage Note: This metadata indicates that the receiver may be obligated to comply with applicable, prevailing (default) jurisdictional privacy law or disclosure authorization.. manufacturer).
2   U unrestricted Definition: Privacy metadata indicating that the information no level of protection is not classified as sensitive. required to safeguard personal and healthcare information that has been disclosed by an authorized individual without restrictions on its use.
Examples: Includes publicly available information, information e.g., business name, phone, email or and physical address.
Usage Note: The authorization to collect, access, use, and disclose this information may be stipulated in a contract of adhesion by a data user (e.g., via terms of service or data user privacy policies) in exchange for the data subject's use of a service.
This metadata indicates that the receiver has no obligation to consider additional privacy policies other than its own when making access control decisions. Note
This metadata indicates that in some jurisdictions, personally identifiable information must be protected as confidential, so it would not be appropriate the receiver has no obligation to assign a confidentiality consider privacy policies other than its own when making access control decisions.
Confidentiality code of "unrestricted" to that information even if it total order hierarchy: Unrestricted (U) is publicly available. less protective than V, R, N, M, and L, and is the lowest protection levels.
2   V very restricted . Privacy metadata indicating that the information is level of protection required under atypical cicumstances to safeguard potentially damaging or harmful information, which if disclosed without authorization, would (1) present an extremely sensitive high risk of harm to an individual's reputation, sense of privacy, and likely stigmatizing health possibly safety; or (2) impact an individual's or organization's legal matters.
Usage Note: The level of protection afforded very restricted confidential information is dictated by specially protective privacy or legal policies intended to ensure that presents under atypical circumstances additional protections limit access to only those with a very high risk if disclosed without authorization. This 'need to know' and the information must be is kept in highest confidence..
Privacy and legal policies mandating the highest confidence. level of protection by stringently restricting information access, preempt less protective privacy policies when the information is used in the delivery and management of healthcare including legal proceedings related to healthcare. May be pre-empted by jurisdictional law (e.g., for public health reporting or emergency treatment but only under limited circumstances).
Confidentiality code total order hierarchy: Very Restricted (V) is the highest protection level and subsumes all other protection levels s (i.e., R, N, M, L, and UI).
Examples:
Includes information about a victim of abuse, patient requested information sensitivity, and taboo subjects relating to health status that must be discussed with the patient by an attending provider before sharing with the patient. May also include information held under “legal lock� a legal hold or attorney-client privilege Map: This metadata indicates that the receiver may not disclose this information except as directed by the information custodian, who may be the information subject. Usage Note: This metadata indicates that the receiver may not disclose this information except as directed by the information custodian, who may be the information subject. privilege.
1 (_ConfidentialityByAccessKind) Abstract Deprecated   Description: By accessing subject / role and relationship based rights (These concepts are mutually exclusive, one and only one is required for a valid confidentiality coding.)
Deprecation Comment:Deprecated due to updated confidentiality codes under ActCode
2   B Deprecated business Description: Since the service class can represent knowledge structures that may be considered a trade or business secret, there is sometimes (though rarely) the need to flag those items as of business level confidentiality. However, no patient related information may ever be of this confidentiality level.
Deprecation Comment: Replced by ActCode.B
2   D Deprecated clinician Description: Only clinicians may see this item, billing and administration persons can not access this item without special permission.
Deprecation Comment:Deprecated due to updated confidentiality codes under ActCode
2   I Deprecated individual Description: Access only to individual persons who are mentioned explicitly as actors of this service and whose actor type warrants that access (cf. to actor type code).
Deprecation Comment:Deprecated due to updated confidentiality codes under ActCode
1 (_ConfidentialityByInfoType) Abstract Deprecated   Description: By information type, only for service catalog entries (multiples allowed). Not to be used with actual patient data!
Deprecation Comment:Deprecated due to updated confidentiality codes under ActCode
2   ETH Deprecated substance abuse related Description: Alcohol/drug-abuse related item
Deprecation Comment:Replced by ActCode.ETH
2   HIV Deprecated HIV related Description: HIV and AIDS related item
Deprecation Comment:Replced by ActCode.HIV
2   PSY Deprecated psychiatry relate Description: Psychiatry related item
Deprecation Comment:Replced by ActCode.PSY
2   SDV Deprecated sexual and domestic violence related Description: Sexual assault / domestic violence related item
Deprecation Comment:Replced by ActCode.SDV
1 (_ConfidentialityModifiers) Abstract Deprecated   Description: Modifiers of role based access rights (multiple allowed)
Deprecation Comment:Deprecated due to updated confidentiality codes under ActCode
2   C Deprecated celebrity Description: Celebrities are people of public interest (VIP) including employees, whose information require special protection.
Deprecation Comment:Replced by ActCode.CEL
2   S Deprecated sensitive Description:
Information for which the patient seeks heightened confidentiality. Sensitive information is not to be shared with family members. Information reported by the patient about family members is sensitive by default. Flag can be set or cleared on patient's request. Deprecation Comment:Deprecated due to updated confidentiality codes under ActCode
2   T Deprecated taboo Description: Information not to be disclosed or discussed with patient except through physician assigned to patient in this case. This is usually a temporary constraint only, example use is a new fatal diagnosis or finding, such as malignancy or HIV.
Deprecation Note:Replced by ActCode.TBOO