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Definition for Code SystemGroupType
{
"resourceType" : "CodeSystem",
"id" : "group-code",
"meta" : {
"lastUpdated" : "2025-04-01T12:16:37.966+11:00",
"profile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablecodesystem"]
"lastUpdated" : "2025-12-18T07:07:42.170+11:00"
},
"text" : {
"status" : "generated",
"div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: CodeSystem group-code</b></p><a name=\"group-code\"> </a><a name=\"hcgroup-code\"> </a><a name=\"group-code-en-AU\"> </a><div style=\"display: inline-block; background-color: #d9e0e7; padding: 6px; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid #8da1b4; border-radius: 5px; line-height: 60%\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\"/><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Profile: <a href=\"shareablecodesystem.html\">Shareable CodeSystem</a></p></div><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>http://hl7.org/fhir/group-code</code> defines the following codes:</p><table class=\"codes\"><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">patient-list<a name=\"group-code-patient-list\"> </a></td><td>Patient-List</td><td>A list of patients for the purpose of some kind of clinical treatment.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">family<a name=\"group-code-family\"> </a></td><td>Family</td><td>A group of persons and/or animals that constitute a family. The definition of family is not precisely fixed and subject to much variableness in interpretation.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">household<a name=\"group-code-household\"> </a></td><td>Household</td><td>A group of persons and/or animals that reside in a singe house. Both the definitions of 'reside' and 'house' are not precisely fixed.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">workplace<a name=\"group-code-workplace\"> </a></td><td>Workplace</td><td>A group of persons who work together in a single place.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">event-attendee<a name=\"group-code-event-attendee\"> </a></td><td>Event Attendee</td><td>Group contains a set of persons and/or animals who were at the same place at the same time. This is typically used for an infection event</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">exposure-group<a name=\"group-code-exposure-group\"> </a></td><td>Exposure Group</td><td>Group contains a set of persons and/or animals who were exposed to some antigen or infectious agent.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">herd<a name=\"group-code-herd\"> </a></td><td>Herd</td><td>Group contains a set of animals that are treated as a coherent group.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">locality<a name=\"group-code-locality\"> </a></td><td>Locality</td><td>Group contains HealthcareService resources that are found in a single geographical location.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">organization<a name=\"group-code-organization\"> </a></td><td>Organization</td><td>A collection of healthcare services.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">collection<a name=\"group-code-collection\"> </a></td><td>Collection</td><td>A collection of entities for an arbitrary reason.</td></tr></table></div>"
"div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: CodeSystem group-code</b></p><a name=\"group-code\"> </a><a name=\"hcgroup-code\"> </a><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>http://hl7.org/fhir/group-code</code> defines the following codes:</p><table class=\"codes\"><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">patient-list<a name=\"group-code-patient-list\"> </a></td><td>Patient-List</td><td>A list of patients for the purpose of some kind of clinical treatment.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">family<a name=\"group-code-family\"> </a></td><td>Family</td><td>A group of persons and/or animals that constitute a family. The definition of family is not precisely fixed and subject to much variableness in interpretation.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">household<a name=\"group-code-household\"> </a></td><td>Household</td><td>A group of persons and/or animals that reside in a singe house. Both the definitions of 'reside' and 'house' are not precisely fixed.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">workplace<a name=\"group-code-workplace\"> </a></td><td>Workplace</td><td>A group of persons who work together in a single place.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">event-attendee<a name=\"group-code-event-attendee\"> </a></td><td>Event Attendee</td><td>Group contains a set of persons and/or animals who were at the same place at the same time. This is typically used for an infection event</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">exposure-group<a name=\"group-code-exposure-group\"> </a></td><td>Exposure Group</td><td>Group contains a set of persons and/or animals who were exposed to some antigen or infectious agent.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">herd<a name=\"group-code-herd\"> </a></td><td>Herd</td><td>Group contains a set of animals that are treated as a coherent group.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">locality<a name=\"group-code-locality\"> </a></td><td>Locality</td><td>Group contains HealthcareService resources that are found in a single geographical location.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">organization<a name=\"group-code-organization\"> </a></td><td>Organization</td><td>A collection of healthcare services.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">collection<a name=\"group-code-collection\"> </a></td><td>Collection</td><td>A collection of entities for an arbitrary reason.</td></tr></table></div>"
},
"extension" : [{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
"valueCode" : "fhir"
},
{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
"valueCode" : "trial-use"
"valueCode" : "normative"
},
{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
"valueInteger" : 0
"valueInteger" : 3
}],
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/group-code",
"version" : "6.0.0-ballot3",
"version" : "6.0.0-ballot4",
"name" : "GroupType",
"title" : "Group Type",
"status" : "active",
"experimental" : false,
"date" : "2021-01-05T10:01:24+11:00",
"publisher" : "HL7 (FHIR Project)",
"contact" : [{
"telecom" : [{
"system" : "url",
"value" : "http://hl7.org/fhir"
},
{
"system" : "email",
"value" : "fhir@lists.hl7.org"
}]
}],
"description" : "A code that describes the use of the group. The use of the group usually dictates what kind of entities can be members of the group.",
"jurisdiction" : [{
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
"code" : "001",
"display" : "World"
}]
}],
"caseSensitive" : true,
"valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/group-code",
"content" : "complete",
"concept" : [{
"code" : "patient-list",
"display" : "Patient-List",
"definition" : "A list of patients for the purpose of some kind of clinical treatment."
},
{
"code" : "family",
"display" : "Family",
"definition" : "A group of persons and/or animals that constitute a family. The definition of family is not precisely fixed and subject to much variableness in interpretation."
},
{
"code" : "household",
"display" : "Household",
"definition" : "A group of persons and/or animals that reside in a singe house. Both the definitions of 'reside' and 'house' are not precisely fixed."
},
{
"code" : "workplace",
"display" : "Workplace",
"definition" : "A group of persons who work together in a single place."
},
{
"code" : "event-attendee",
"display" : "Event Attendee",
"definition" : "Group contains a set of persons and/or animals who were at the same place at the same time. This is typically used for an infection event"
},
{
"code" : "exposure-group",
"display" : "Exposure Group",
"definition" : "Group contains a set of persons and/or animals who were exposed to some antigen or infectious agent."
},
{
"code" : "herd",
"display" : "Herd",
"definition" : "Group contains a set of animals that are treated as a coherent group."
},
{
"code" : "locality",
"display" : "Locality",
"definition" : "Group contains HealthcareService resources that are found in a single geographical location."
},
{
"code" : "organization",
"display" : "Organization",
"definition" : "A collection of healthcare services."
},
{
"code" : "collection",
"display" : "Collection",
"definition" : "A collection of entities for an arbitrary reason."
}]
}
Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.
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