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Definition for Code SystemActorDefinitionActorType
{
"resourceType" : "CodeSystem",
"id" : "actordefinition-actor-type",
"meta" : {
"lastUpdated" : "2025-11-01T03:09:06.156+00:00",
"profile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablecodesystem"]
},
"text" : {
"status" : "generated",
"div" : "<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><div style=\"display: inline-block; background-color: #d9e0e7; padding: 6px; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid #8da1b4; border-radius: 5px; line-height: 60%\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\"/><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Profile: <a href=\"shareablecodesystem.html\">Shareable CodeSystem</a></p></div><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><b>Lvl</b></td><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td>1</td><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>1</td><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">non-system<a name=\"actordefinition-actor-type-non-system\"> </a></td><td>Non System</td><td>A person, animal, (non-software) device, organization or other entity</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">\u00a0\u00a0individual<a name=\"actordefinition-actor-type-individual\"> </a></td><td>Individual</td><td>A person or animal</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0patient<a name=\"actordefinition-actor-type-patient\"> </a></td><td>Patient</td><td/></tr><tr><td>3</td><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0practitioner<a name=\"actordefinition-actor-type-practitioner\"> </a></td><td>Practitioner</td><td/></tr><tr><td>3</td><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0related-person<a name=\"actordefinition-actor-type-related-person\"> </a></td><td>Related Person</td><td/></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">\u00a0\u00a0device<a name=\"actordefinition-actor-type-device\"> </a></td><td>Device</td><td>A physical device acting in non-software capacity</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">\u00a0\u00a0collective<a name=\"actordefinition-actor-type-collective\"> </a></td><td>Collective</td><td>A group of people or animals</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0care-team<a name=\"actordefinition-actor-type-care-team\"> </a></td><td>Care Team</td><td/></tr><tr><td>3</td><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0group<a name=\"actordefinition-actor-type-group\"> </a></td><td>Group</td><td/></tr><tr><td>3</td><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0healthcare-service<a name=\"actordefinition-actor-type-healthcare-service\"> </a></td><td>Healthcare Service</td><td/></tr><tr><td>3</td><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0organization<a name=\"actordefinition-actor-type-organization\"> </a></td><td>Organization</td><td/></tr></table></div>"
},
"extension" : [{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
"valueCode" : "fhir"
},
{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
"valueCode" : "trial-use"
},
{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
"valueInteger" : 0
}],
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/actordefinition-actor-type",
"version" : "6.0.0-ballot3",
"name" : "ActorDefinitionActorType",
"title" : "Actor Definition Actor Type",
"status" : "active",
"experimental" : false,
"date" : "2021-01-05T10:01:24+11:00",
"publisher" : "HL7 (FHIR Project)",
"contact" : [{
"telecom" : [{
"system" : "url",
"value" : "http://hl7.org/fhir"
},
{
"system" : "email",
"value" : "fhir@lists.hl7.org"
}]
}],
"description" : "The type of actor - system or human.",
"jurisdiction" : [{
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
"code" : "001",
"display" : "World"
}]
}],
"caseSensitive" : true,
"valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/actordefinition-actor-type",
"hierarchyMeaning" : "is-a",
"content" : "complete",
"concept" : [{
"code" : "system",
"display" : "System",
"definition" : "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.)"
},
{
"code" : "non-system",
"display" : "Non System",
"definition" : "A person, animal, (non-software) device, organization or other entity",
"concept" : [{
"code" : "individual",
"display" : "Individual",
"definition" : "A person or animal",
"concept" : [{
"code" : "patient",
"display" : "Patient"
},
{
"code" : "practitioner",
"display" : "Practitioner"
},
{
"code" : "related-person",
"display" : "Related Person"
}]
},
{
"code" : "device",
"display" : "Device",
"definition" : "A physical device acting in non-software capacity"
},
{
"code" : "collective",
"display" : "Collective",
"definition" : "A group of people or animals",
"concept" : [{
"code" : "care-team",
"display" : "Care Team"
},
{
"code" : "group",
"display" : "Group"
},
{
"code" : "healthcare-service",
"display" : "Healthcare Service"
},
{
"code" : "organization",
"display" : "Organization"
}]
}]
}]
}
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.
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