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Example CodeSystem/actordefinition-actor-type (XML)
Raw XML (canonical form + also see XML Format Specification)
Definition for Code SystemActorDefinitionActorType
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
<id value="actordefinition-actor-type"/>
<meta>
<lastUpdated value="2025-11-27T16:48:47.349+00:00"/>
</meta>
<text>
<status value="generated"/>
<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>
</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="1"/>
</extension>
<url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/actordefinition-actor-type"/>
<version value="6.0.0-ballot3"/>
<name value="ActorDefinitionActorType"/>
<title value="Actor Definition Actor 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="The type of actor - system or human or other."/>
<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/actordefinition-actor-type"/>
<hierarchyMeaning value="is-a"/>
<content value="complete"/>
<concept>
<code value="person"/>
<display value="Person"/>
<definition value="A human being acting directly."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="system"/>
<display value="System"/>
<definition value="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.)"/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="collective"/>
<display value="Collective"/>
<definition value="A group of people or animals"/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="other"/>
<display value="Other"/>
<definition value="Some other kind of actor"/>
</concept>
</CodeSystem>
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.