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Example CodeSystem/actordefinition-actor-type (JSON)

Responsible Owner: FHIR Infrastructure Work GroupStandards Status: Informative

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Definition for Code SystemActorDefinitionActorType

{
  "resourceType" : "CodeSystem",
  "id" : "actordefinition-actor-type",
  "meta" : {
    "lastUpdated" : "2025-11-27T16:48:47.349+00:00"
  },
  "text" : {
    "status" : "generated",
    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: CodeSystem actordefinition-actor-type</b></p><a name=\"actordefinition-actor-type\"> </a><a name=\"hcactordefinition-actor-type\"> </a><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>http://hl7.org/fhir/actordefinition-actor-type</code> defines the following codes in a Is-A hierarchy:</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\">person<a name=\"actordefinition-actor-type-person\"> </a></td><td>Person</td><td>A human being acting directly.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">system<a name=\"actordefinition-actor-type-system\"> </a></td><td>System</td><td>A software application or collection of such applications functioning as or represented as a single entity.  (This would be instantiated in FHIR as a Device.)</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">collective<a name=\"actordefinition-actor-type-collective\"> </a></td><td>Collective</td><td>A group of people or animals</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">other<a name=\"actordefinition-actor-type-other\"> </a></td><td>Other</td><td>Some other kind of actor</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" : "normative"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
    "valueInteger" : 1
  }],
  "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/actordefinition-actor-type",
  "version" : "6.0.0-ballot3",
  "name" : "ActorDefinitionActorType",
  "title" : "Actor Definition Actor 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" : "The type of actor - system or human or other.",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
      "code" : "001",
      "display" : "World"
    }]
  }],
  "caseSensitive" : true,
  "valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/actordefinition-actor-type",
  "hierarchyMeaning" : "is-a",
  "content" : "complete",
  "concept" : [{
    "code" : "person",
    "display" : "Person",
    "definition" : "A human being acting directly."
  },
  {
    "code" : "system",
    "display" : "System",
    "definition" : "A software application or collection of such applications functioning as or represented as a single entity.  (This would be instantiated in FHIR as a Device.)"
  },
  {
    "code" : "collective",
    "display" : "Collective",
    "definition" : "A group of people or animals"
  },
  {
    "code" : "other",
    "display" : "Other",
    "definition" : "Some other kind of actor"
  }]
}

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.