Canadian Baseline
1.2.0 - CI Build

Canadian Baseline, published by HL7 Canada - FHIR Implementation Work Group. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 1.2.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7-Canada/ca-baseline/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

## ValueSet: Practitioner Specialty Codes

Official URL: https://fhir.infoway-inforoute.ca/ValueSet/practitionerspecialty | Version: 1.2.0
Active as of 2025-10-10 | Computable Name: PractitionerSpecialty
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Defines the clinical, medical, surgical or other healthcare-related service specialty of a practitioner who interacts, treats or provides such services to or for a patient.

This resource is an informative value set; a normative subset can be found on Canada Health Infoway's Terminology Gateway.

References

- DocumentReference Profile for metadata about the document
- PractitionerRole Profile (General)
- PractitionerRole Profile (Provider Registry)

### Logical Definition (CLD)

No formal definition provided for this value set

### Expansion

This value set contains 0 concepts

System | Code | Display (en) | JSON | XML

Explanation of the columns that may appear on this page:

Level | A few code lists that FHIR defines are hierarchical - each code is assigned a level. In this scheme, some codes are under other codes, and imply that the code they are under also applies
System | The source of the definition of the code (when the value set draws in codes defined elsewhere)
Code | The code (used as the code in the resource instance)
Display | The display (used in the display element of a Coding). If there is no display, implementers should not simply display the code, but map the concept into their application
Definition | An explanation of the meaning of the concept
Comments | Additional notes about how to use the code