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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.