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CodeSystem: HL7 International Organizational Entities

Official URL: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/hl7-work-group Version: 10.0.0
Active as of 2026-08-13 Responsible: Health Level Seven International Computable Name: HL7Workgroup
Other Identifiers: OID:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.1277

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HL7 International organizational entities.

This Code system is referenced in the definition of the following value sets:

Last updated: 2020-04-09 21:10:28+0000

Properties

This code system defines the following properties for its concepts

NameCodeURITypeDescription
Organizational Entity Type type http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/hl7-organizational-entity-concept-properties#type string The type of HL7 International organizational entity. Values are 'Work Group', 'Management Group', 'Council' and 'Governance Group'
Organizational Entity Status entityStatus http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/hl7-organizational-entity-concept-properties#status string The status of an HL7 International organizational entity. Values are 'active' and 'inactive'
Status status http://hl7.org/fhir/concept-properties#status code Designation of a concept's state. Normally this property is not provided unless its the value is retired. Note, concepts are usually only retired if entered in error. Retirement status should not be interpreted to mean that the committee itself was retired.
HL7 JIRA Work Group Entry jiraSpecItem http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/hl7-jira-spec-work-group-concept-properties#work-group-entry boolean Whether the group is included in the JIRA Spec Artefact file for workgroups
HL7 JIRA Work Group Key jiraKey http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/hl7-jira-spec-work-group-concept-properties#key string The key stored in the JIRA project. This should not change or be removed even if a work group is renamed or dissolved.
HL7 JIRA Work Group Webcode jiraWebcode http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/hl7-jira-spec-work-group-concept-properties#webcode string The code used for the work group on the HL7 website.
HL7 JIRA Work Group deprecated jiraDeprecated http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/hl7-jira-spec-work-group-concept-properties#deprecated boolean This is set to true for groups that can no longer be assigned responsibility for tracker items, but which may have had responsibility for historical items
HL7 JIRA Work Group listserv jiraListserv http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/hl7-jira-spec-work-group-concept-properties#listserv string The email address used for the work group on the HL7 website.

Concepts

This case-sensitive code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/hl7-work-group defines the following codes:

CodeDisplayDefinitionOrganizational Entity TypeOrganizational Entity StatusStatusHL7 JIRA Work Group EntryHL7 JIRA Work Group KeyHL7 JIRA Work Group WebcodeHL7 JIRA Work Group deprecatedHL7 JIRA Work Group listserv
gas Anesthesia Anesthesia (https://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/gas/index.cfm) Work Group inactive true gas gas true
aid Application Implementation and Design Application Implementation and Design (http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/java/index.cfm) Work Group inactive false
arb Architecture Review Board Architecture Review Board (https://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/arb/index.cfm) Governance Group inactive true arb arb true
arden Arden Syntax Arden Syntax (http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/arden/index.cfm) Work Group active true as as ardensyntax@lists.HL7.org
brr Biomedical Research and Regulation Biomedical Research and Regulation (http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/rcrim/index.cfm) Work Group active true brr rcrim biomedrr@lists.HL7.org
cdamg CDA Management Group CDA Management Group (http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/cdamg/index.cfm) Management Group active true cdamg cdamanagement cdamg@lists.HL7.org
cds Clinical Decision Support Clinical Decision Support (http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/dss/index.cfm) Work Group active true cds dss dss@lists.HL7.org
cg Clinical Genomics Clinical Genomics (http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/clingenomics/index.cfm) Work Group active true cg clingenomics clingenomics@lists.HL7.org
cimi Clinical Information Modeling Initiative Clinical Information Modeling Initiative (http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/cimi/index.cfm) Work Group active true cimi cimi cimi@lists.HL7.org
cic Clinical Interoperability Council Clinical Interoperability Council (http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/cic/index.cfm) Work Group active true cic cic ciclist@lists.HL7.org
cqi Clinical Quality Information Clinical Quality Information (http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/cqi/index.cfm) Work Group active true cqi cqi cqi@lists.HL7.org
cbcc Community-Based Care and Privacy Community-Based Care and Privacy (https://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/homehealth/index.cfm) Work Group inactive true cbcc homehealth true cbhs@lists.HL7.org
ictc Conformance Conformance (http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/ictc/index.cfm) Work Group active true cgit ictc cgit@lists.HL7.org
cgp Cross-Group Projects Cross-Group Projects (http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/cgp/index.cfm) Work Group active true cgp cgp cgp@lists.HL7.org
dev Devices Devices (http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/healthcaredevices/index.cfm) Work Group active true dev healthcaredevices healthcaredevices@lists.HL7.org
education Education Advisory Council Education Advisory Council (http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/education/index.cfm) Council active false
ehr Electronic Health Records Electronic Health Records (http://www.hl7.org/special/committees/ehr/index.cfm) Work Group active true ehr ehr ehr@lists.HL7.org
ec Emergency Care Emergency Care (http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/emergencycare/index.cfm) Work Group inactive true ec emergencycare true emergencycare@lists.HL7.org
ex Executive Committee Executive Committee (https://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/execcomm/index.cfm) Governance Group active true ex execcomm
fgb FHIR Governance Board FHIR Governance Board (https://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/fhirgb/index.cfm) Governance Group inactive true fgb fhirgb true
fhir FHIR Infrastructure FHIR Infrastructure (http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/fiwg/index.cfm) Work Group active true fhir-i fiwg fhir@lists.HL7.org
fmg FHIR Management Group FHIR Management Group (http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/fhirmg/index.cfm) Management Group active true fmg fhirmg fmg@lists.HL7.org
fm Financial Management Financial Management (http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/fm/index.cfm) Work Group active true fm fm fm@lists.HL7.org
hsi Health Standards Integration Health Standards Integration (http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/hsi/index.cfm) Work Group inactive true hsi hsi true
eu HL7 Europe HL7 Europe (https://www.hl7.org/about/hl7europeoffice.cfm) Governance Group active true eu hl7europeoffice hl7_europe@lists.hl7.org
hsswg Human and Social Services Human and Social Services (http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/hsswg/index.cfm) Work Group active true hss hsswg hsswg@lists.HL7.org
ii Imaging Integration Imaging Integration (http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/imagemgt/index.cfm) Work Group active true ii imagemgt dicom@lists.HL7.org
its Implementable Technology Specifications Implementable Technology Specifications (http://www.hl7.org/special/committees/xml/index.cfm) Work Group active true its xml its@lists.HL7.org
inm Infrastructure and Messaging Infrastructure and Messaging (http://www.hl7.org/special/committees/inm/index.cfm) Work Group active true inm inm inm@lists.HL7.org
ic International Council International Council (https://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/international/index.cfm) Governance Group active true ic international intl@lists.HL7.org
lhs Learning Health Systems Learning Health Systems (http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/lhs/index.cfm) Work Group active true lhs lhs lhswg@lists.HL7.org
mobile Mobile Health Mobile Health (http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/mobile/index.cfm) Work Group active true mh mh mobilehealth@lists.HL7.org
mnm Modeling and Methodology Modeling and Methodology (http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/mnm/index.cfm) Work Group inactive true mnm mnm true
soa Orchestration, Services, and Architecture Orchestration, Services, and Architecture (http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/soa/index.cfm) Work Group active true soa soa soa@lists.HL7.org
oo Orders and Observations Orders and Observations (http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/orders/index.cfm) Work Group active true oo orders ord@lists.HL7.org
pa Patient Administration Patient Administration (http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/pafm/index.cfm) Work Group active true pa pafm pafm@lists.HL7.org
pc Patient Care Patient Care (http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/patientcare/index.cfm) Work Group active true pc patientcare patientcare@lists.HL7.org
pe Patient Empowerment Patient Empowerment (https://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/patientempowerment/index.cfm) Work Group active true pe patientempowerment patients@lists.HL7.org
claims Payer/Provider Information Exchange Payer/Provider Information Exchange (http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/claims/index.cfm) Work Group active true pie claims pie@lists.HL7.org
phx Pharmacy Pharmacy (http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/medication/index.cfm) Work Group active true pharm medication pharmacy@lists.HL7.org
pic Process Improvement Process Improvement (http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/pi/index.cfm) Work Group inactive true pic pi true
ps Project Services Project Services (https://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/projectServices/index.cfm) Work Group inactive true ps projectServices true
pher Public Health and Emergency Response Public Health and Emergency Response (http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/pher/index.cfm) Work Group active true pher pher pher@lists.HL7.org
pest Publishing - Electronic Services and Tooling Publishing - Electronic Services and Tooling (https://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/esTools/index.cfm) Work Group active true pest esTools
sec Security Security (http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/secure/index.cfm) Work Group active true security secure security@lists.HL7.org
sgb Standards Governance Board Standards Governance Board (https://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/sgb/index.cfm) Governance Group inactive true sgb sgb true
sd Structured Documents Structured Documents (http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/structure/index.cfm) Work Group active true sd structure strucdoc@lists.HL7.org
tsc Technical Steering Committee Technical Steering Committee (http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/tsc/index.cfm) Governance Group active true tsc tsc
templates Templates Templates (https://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/template/index.cfm) Work Group inactive true templates template true
hta Terminology Authority Terminology Authority (http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/termauth/index.cfm) Governance Group inactive true hta termauth true termauth@lists.HL7.org
ti Terminology Infrastructure Terminology Infrastructure (http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/Vocab/index.cfm) retired false
vocab Terminology Infrastructure Terminology Infrastructure (https://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/vocab/index.cfm) Work Group active true vocab vocab ti@lists.HL7.org
tsmg Terminology Services Management Group (TSMG) Terminology Services Management Group (http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/tsmg/index.cfm) Management Group active true tsmg tsmg tsmg@lists.HL7.org
us US Realm Steering Committee US Realm Steering Committee (http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/usrealm/index.cfm) Governance Group active true us-realm usrealm true usrsc@lists.hl7.org/
v2 V2 Management Group V2 Management Group (http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/v2management/index.cfm) Management Group active true v2mg v2management v2mgmtgrp@lists.HL7.org

Description of the above table(s).

History

DateActionCustodianAuthorComment
2026-09-19reviseTSMGReuben DanielsUpdate HL7 Workgroup Code System, and add CodeSystem and ValueSet artefacts for HL7 Staff and HL7 Affiliates; up-846
2025-11-13reviseTIReuben DanielsAdditional concepts for the HL7 Workgroup code system; up-712
2024-11-15revisepeJessica BotaPatient Empowerment workgroup; up-43
2024-03-02reviseTIMarc DuteauUpdate HL7Workgroup to align with extensions pack code system; up-532
2023-11-14reviseTSMGMarc DuteauAdd standard copyright and contact to internal content; up-476
2023-06-18reviseTIMarc Duteauchanging display and definition of Vocab code in code system of HL7 WGs; up-404
2020-10-14reviseVocabulary WGGrahame GrieveReset Version after migration to UTG
2020-05-06reviseVocabulary WGTed KleinMigrated to the UTG maintenance environment and publishing tooling.