HL7® FHIR® New Zealand Base Implementation Guide
3.1.0 - Draft

HL7® FHIR® New Zealand Base Implementation Guide, published by HL7 New Zealand. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 3.1.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7NZ/nzbase/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

Extension: NZ Ethnicity

Official URL: http://hl7.org.nz/fhir/StructureDefinition/nz-ethnicity Version: 0.1.0
Active as of 2020-07-20 Computable Name: Nz_ethnicity

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The ethnic group or groups that a person identifies with or feels they belong to. Ethnicity is a measure of cultural affiliation as opposed to race, ancestry, nationality or citizen. Ethnicity is self-perceived and a person can belong to more than one group.

The Stats New Zealand standard can be found here.

Context of Use

Example of extension


  <extension url="http://hl7.org.nz/fhir/StructureDefinition/nz-ethnicity">
    <valueCodeableConcept>
      <coding>
        <system value="https://standards.digital.health.nz/ns/ethnic-group-level-4-code"/>
        <code value="21111"/>
        <display value="Maori"/>
      </coding>
    </valueCodeableConcept>
  </extension>

Codes to record a person's ethnicity, drawn from Level 4 of the Ethnicity code system described here

Example instances

Patient with ethnicity

Usage info

Usage:

Formal Views of Extension Content

Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots, and how the XML and JSON presentations work.

This structure is derived from Extension

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
.. Extension 0..* Extension NZ Ethnicity
... extension 0..0
... url 1..1 uri "http://hl7.org.nz/fhir/StructureDefinition/nz-ethnicity"
... value[x] 1..1 CodeableConcept Value of extension
Binding: Ethnicity of a person (L4) (preferred)

doco Documentation for this format

 

Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron

Terminology Bindings

PathConformanceValueSetURI
Extension.value[x]preferredEthnicity (a valid code from Level 4 ethnicity codes)
https://nzhts.digital.health.nz/fhir/ValueSet/ethnic-group-level-4-code
from this IG