R6 Ballot (3rd Draft) (1st Full Ballot)

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Example CodeSystem/group-code (XML)

Maturity Level : N/A
Responsible Owner: FHIR Infrastructure Work Group Standards Status : Informative

Raw XML ( canonical form + also see XML Format Specification )

Definition for Code SystemGroupType

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        Profile: 
          
        
      
      This case-sensitive code system 
         defines the following codes:
      
      
        
          
            
          
          
            
          
          
            
          
        
        
          patient-list
            
          
          
          
        
        
          family
            
          
          

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="group-code"/> 
  <meta> 
    <lastUpdated value="2025-12-18T07:07:42.170+11:00"/> 
  </meta> 
  <text> 
    <status value="generated"/> 
    <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.
        
        
          household
            
          
          

             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.
        
        
          workplace
            
          
          
          
        
        
          event-attendee
            
          
          

             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
        
        
          exposure-group
            
          
          

             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.
        
        
          herd
            
          
          
          
        
        
          locality
            
          
          

             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.
        
        
          organization
            
          
          
          
        
        
          collection
            
          
          
          
        
      
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
      
      
    
    
      
      
    
  

             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> 
  </text> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="fhir"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
    <valueCode value="normative"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="3"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/group-code"/> 
  <version value="6.0.0-ballot4"/> 
  <name value="GroupType"/> 
  <title value="Group Type"/> 
  <status value="active"/> 
  <experimental value="false"/> 
  <date value="2021-01-05T10:01:24+11:00"/> 
  <publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/> 
  <contact> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/> 
    </telecom> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="email"/> 
      <value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <description value="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.
  
    
      
      
      
    
  
  
  
  
  
    
    
    
  
  
    
    

   what kind of entities can be members of the group."/> 
  <jurisdiction> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm"/> 
      <code value="001"/> 
      <display value="World"/> 
    </coding> 
  </jurisdiction> 
  <caseSensitive value="true"/> 
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/group-code"/> 
  <content value="complete"/> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="patient-list"/> 
    <display value="Patient-List"/> 
    <definition value="A list of patients for the purpose of some kind of clinical treatment."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="family"/> 
    <display value="Family"/> 
    <definition value="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.
  
  
    
    

     is not precisely fixed and subject to much variableness in interpretation."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="household"/> 
    <display value="Household"/> 
    <definition value="A group of persons and/or animals that reside in a singe house. Both the definitions
     of 'reside' and 'house' are not precisely fixed.
  
  
    
    
    
  
  
    
    

     of 'reside' and 'house' are not precisely fixed."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="workplace"/> 
    <display value="Workplace"/> 
    <definition value="A group of persons who work together in a single place."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="event-attendee"/> 
    <display value="Event Attendee"/> 
    <definition value="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
  
  
    
    

     same time. This is typically used for an infection event"/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="exposure-group"/> 
    <display value="Exposure Group"/> 
    <definition value="Group contains a set of persons and/or animals who were exposed to some antigen
     or infectious agent.
  
  
    
    
    
  
  
    
    

     or infectious agent."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="herd"/> 
    <display value="Herd"/> 
    <definition value="Group contains a set of animals that are treated as a coherent group."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="locality"/> 
    <display value="Locality"/> 
    <definition value="Group contains HealthcareService resources that are found in a single geographical
     location.
  
  
    
    
    
  
  
    
    
    
  

     location."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="organization"/> 
    <display value="Organization"/> 
    <definition value="A collection of healthcare services."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="collection"/> 
    <display value="Collection"/> 
    <definition value="A collection of entities for an arbitrary reason."/> 
  </concept> 


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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.