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: Group Code - JSON Representation

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{
  "resourceType" : "CodeSystem",
  "id" : "group-code",
  "meta" : {
    "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 group-code</b></p><a name=\"group-code\"> </a><a name=\"hcgroup-code\"> </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=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R5/shareablecodesystem.html\">Shareable CodeSystem</a></p></div><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/group-code</code> defines the following codes:</p><table class=\"codes\"><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">patient-list<a name=\"group-code-patient-list\"> </a></td><td>Patient-List</td><td>A list of patients for the purpose of some kind of clinical treatment.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">family<a name=\"group-code-family\"> </a></td><td>Family</td><td>A group of persons and/or animals that constitute a family. The definition of family is not precisely fixed and subject to much variableness in interpretation.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">household<a name=\"group-code-household\"> </a></td><td>Household</td><td>A group of persons and/or animals that reside in a singe house. Both the definitions of 'reside' and 'house' are not precisely fixed.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">workplace<a name=\"group-code-workplace\"> </a></td><td>Workplace</td><td>A group of persons who work together in a single place.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">event-attendee<a name=\"group-code-event-attendee\"> </a></td><td>Event Attendee</td><td>Group contains a set of persons and/or animals who were at the same place at the same time. This is typically used for an infection event</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">exposure-group<a name=\"group-code-exposure-group\"> </a></td><td>Exposure Group</td><td>Group contains a set of persons and/or animals who were exposed to some antigen or infectious agent.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">herd<a name=\"group-code-herd\"> </a></td><td>Herd</td><td>Group contains a set of animals that are treated as a coherent group.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">locality<a name=\"group-code-locality\"> </a></td><td>Locality</td><td>Group contains HealthcareService resources that are found in a single geographical location.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">organization<a name=\"group-code-organization\"> </a></td><td>Organization</td><td>A collection of healthcare services.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">collection<a name=\"group-code-collection\"> </a></td><td>Collection</td><td>A collection of entities for an arbitrary reason.</td></tr></table></div>"
  },
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      "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" : 1
    }
  ],
  "url" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/group-code",
  "version" : "1.0.0",
  "name" : "GroupCode",
  "title" : "Group Code",
  "status" : "draft",
  "experimental" : false,
  "date" : "2025-10-11",
  "publisher" : "HL7 (FHIR Project)",
  "contact" : [
    {
      "telecom" : [
        {
          "system" : "url",
          "value" : "http://hl7.org/fhir"
        },
        {
          "system" : "email",
          "value" : "fhir@lists.hl7.org"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "description" : "A code that describes the use of the group. The use of the group usually dictates what kind of entities can be members of the group.",
  "caseSensitive" : true,
  "valueSet" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/group-code",
  "content" : "complete",
  "concept" : [
    {
      "code" : "patient-list",
      "display" : "Patient-List",
      "definition" : "A list of patients for the purpose of some kind of clinical treatment."
    },
    {
      "code" : "family",
      "display" : "Family",
      "definition" : "A group of persons and/or animals that constitute a family. The definition of family is not precisely fixed and subject to much variableness in interpretation."
    },
    {
      "code" : "household",
      "display" : "Household",
      "definition" : "A group of persons and/or animals that reside in a singe house. Both the definitions of 'reside' and 'house' are not precisely fixed."
    },
    {
      "code" : "workplace",
      "display" : "Workplace",
      "definition" : "A group of persons who work together in a single place."
    },
    {
      "code" : "event-attendee",
      "display" : "Event Attendee",
      "definition" : "Group contains a set of persons and/or animals who were at the same place at the same time. This is typically used for an infection event"
    },
    {
      "code" : "exposure-group",
      "display" : "Exposure Group",
      "definition" : "Group contains a set of persons and/or animals who were exposed to some antigen or infectious agent."
    },
    {
      "code" : "herd",
      "display" : "Herd",
      "definition" : "Group contains a set of animals that are treated as a coherent group."
    },
    {
      "code" : "locality",
      "display" : "Locality",
      "definition" : "Group contains HealthcareService resources that are found in a single geographical location."
    },
    {
      "code" : "organization",
      "display" : "Organization",
      "definition" : "A collection of healthcare services."
    },
    {
      "code" : "collection",
      "display" : "Collection",
      "definition" : "A collection of entities for an arbitrary reason."
    }
  ]
}