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US Core Implementation Guide, published by HL7 International / Cross-Group Projects. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 7.0.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7/US-Core/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

ValueSet: USPS Two Letter Alphabetic Codes

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/ValueSet/us-core-usps-state Version: 7.0.0
Standards status: Trial-use Maturity Level: 3 Computable Name: UspsTwoLetterAlphabeticCodes
Other Identifiers: OID:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.40

Copyright/Legal: On July 1, 1963, the Post Office Department implemented the five-digit ZIP Code, which was placed after the state name in the last line of an address. To provide room for the ZIP Code, the Department issued two-letter abbreviations for all states and territories. Publication 59, Abbreviations for Use with ZIP Code, issued by the Department in October 1963. There is no copyright restriction on this value set.

This value set defines two letter USPS alphabetic codes.

References

Changes since version 7.0.0-ballot:

  • No changes
  • Logical Definition (CLD)

    • Include all codes defined in https://www.usps.com/

     

    Expansion

    This value set contains 62 concepts.

    CodeSystemDisplay
      ALhttps://www.usps.com/Alabama
      AKhttps://www.usps.com/Alaska
      AShttps://www.usps.com/American Samoa
      AZhttps://www.usps.com/Arizona
      ARhttps://www.usps.com/Arkansas
      CAhttps://www.usps.com/California
      COhttps://www.usps.com/Colorado
      CThttps://www.usps.com/Connecticut
      DEhttps://www.usps.com/Delaware
      DChttps://www.usps.com/District of Columbia
      FMhttps://www.usps.com/Federated States of Micronesia
      FLhttps://www.usps.com/Florida
      GAhttps://www.usps.com/Georgia
      GUhttps://www.usps.com/Guam
      HIhttps://www.usps.com/Hawaii
      IDhttps://www.usps.com/Idaho
      ILhttps://www.usps.com/Illinois
      INhttps://www.usps.com/Indiana
      IAhttps://www.usps.com/Iowa
      KShttps://www.usps.com/Kansas
      KYhttps://www.usps.com/Kentucky
      LAhttps://www.usps.com/Louisiana
      MEhttps://www.usps.com/Maine
      MHhttps://www.usps.com/Marshall Islands
      MDhttps://www.usps.com/Maryland
      MAhttps://www.usps.com/Massachusetts
      MIhttps://www.usps.com/Michigan
      MNhttps://www.usps.com/Minnesota
      MShttps://www.usps.com/Mississippi
      MOhttps://www.usps.com/Missouri
      MThttps://www.usps.com/Montana
      NEhttps://www.usps.com/Nebraska
      NVhttps://www.usps.com/Nevada
      NHhttps://www.usps.com/New Hampshire
      NJhttps://www.usps.com/New Jersey
      NMhttps://www.usps.com/New Mexico
      NYhttps://www.usps.com/New York
      NChttps://www.usps.com/North Carolina
      NDhttps://www.usps.com/North Dakota
      MPhttps://www.usps.com/Northern Mariana Islands
      OHhttps://www.usps.com/Ohio
      OKhttps://www.usps.com/Oklahoma
      ORhttps://www.usps.com/Oregon
      PWhttps://www.usps.com/Palau
      PAhttps://www.usps.com/Pennsylvania
      PRhttps://www.usps.com/Puerto Rico
      RIhttps://www.usps.com/Rhode Island
      SChttps://www.usps.com/South Carolina
      SDhttps://www.usps.com/South Dakota
      TNhttps://www.usps.com/Tennessee
      TXhttps://www.usps.com/Texas
      UThttps://www.usps.com/Utah
      VThttps://www.usps.com/Vermont
      VIhttps://www.usps.com/Virgin Islands
      VAhttps://www.usps.com/Virginia
      WAhttps://www.usps.com/Washington
      WVhttps://www.usps.com/West Virginia
      WIhttps://www.usps.com/Wisconsin
      WYhttps://www.usps.com/Wyoming
      AEhttps://www.usps.com/Armed Forces Europe, the Middle East, and Canada
      APhttps://www.usps.com/Armed Forces Pacific
      AAhttps://www.usps.com/Armed Forces Americas (except Canada)

    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