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  "id": "contact-point-system",
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    "lastUpdated": "2026-05-18T12:49:36.371+00:00"
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  },
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      "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/contact-point-system",
  "identifier": [
    {
      "system": "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
      "value": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.72"
    }
  ],
  "version": "6.0.0-ballot4",
  "name": "ContactPointSystem",
  "title": "ContactPointSystem",
  "status": "active",
  "experimental": false,
  "date": "2026-05-18T12:49:36+00:00",
  "publisher": "HL7 International / FHIR Infrastructure",
  "contact": [
    {
      "telecom": [
        {
          "system": "url",
          "value": "http://hl7.org/fhir"
        },
        {
          "system": "email",
          "value": "fhir@lists.hl7.org"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "telecom": [
        {
          "system": "url",
          "value": "http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/fiwg"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "description": "Telecommunications form for contact point.",
  "jurisdiction": [
    {
      "coding": [
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          "system": "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
          "code": "001",
          "display": "World"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "caseSensitive": true,
  "valueSet": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/contact-point-system",
  "content": "complete",
  "concept": [
    {
      "code": "phone",
      "display": "Phone",
      "definition": "The value is a telephone number used for voice calls. Use of full international numbers starting with + is recommended to enable automatic dialing support but not required."
    },
    {
      "code": "fax",
      "display": "Fax",
      "definition": "The value is a fax machine. Use of full international numbers starting with + is recommended to enable automatic dialing support but not required."
    },
    {
      "code": "email",
      "display": "Email",
      "definition": "The value is an email address."
    },
    {
      "code": "pager",
      "display": "Pager",
      "definition": "The value is a pager number. These may be local pager numbers that are only usable on a particular pager system."
    },
    {
      "code": "url",
      "display": "URL",
      "definition": "A contact that is not a phone, fax, pager or email address and is expressed as a URL.  This is intended for various institutional or personal contacts including web sites, blogs, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, etc. Do not use for email addresses."
    },
    {
      "code": "sms",
      "display": "SMS",
      "definition": "A contact that can be used for sending a sms message (e.g. mobile phones, some landlines)."
    },
    {
      "code": "other",
      "display": "Other",
      "definition": "A contact that is not a phone, fax, page or email address and is not expressible as a URL.  E.g. Internal mail address.  This SHOULD NOT be used for contacts that are expressible as a URL (e.g. Skype, Twitter, Facebook, etc.)  Extensions may be used to distinguish \"other\" contact types."
    }
  ]
}