HL7 Terminology (THO)
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CodeSystem: Work Classification (Occupational Data for Health)

Official URL: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-WorkClassificationODH Version: 4.0.0
Responsible: Health Level Seven International Computable Name: WorkClassificationODH
Other Identifiers: OID:2.16.840.1.113883.5.1139

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Code system of concepts representing a person's job type as defined by compensation and sector (e.g. paid vs. unpaid, self-employed vs. not self-employed, government vs. private, etc.).

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

Language: en

Properties

This code system defines the following properties for its concepts

NameCodeURITypeDescription
Status status http://hl7.org/fhir/concept-properties#status code Designation of a concept's state. Normally is not populated unless the state is retired.

Concepts

This case-sensitive code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-WorkClassificationODH defines the following codes in a Is-A hierarchy:

CodeDisplayDefinitionStatus
PWAF Paid work, Armed Forces A situation in which an individual serves in a government-sponsored military force. active
PWFG Paid work, national government, not armed forces A situation in which an individual works for a national government organization, not including armed forces, and receives a paid salary or wage. active
PWLG Paid work, local government, not armed forces A situation in which an individual works for a government organization with jurisdiction below the level of state/provincial/territorial/tribal government (e.g., city, town, township), not armed forces, and receives a paid salary or wage. active
PWNSE Paid non-governmental work, not self-employed A situation in which an individual works for a business (not government) that they do not own and receives a paid salary or wage. active
PWSE Paid work, self-employed A situation in which an individual earns a salary or wage working for himself or herself instead of working for an employer. active
PWSG Paid work, state government, not armed forces A situation in which an individual works for a government organization with jurisdiction immediately below the level of national government (between national government and local government), not armed forces and receives a paid salary or wage. Often called a state, provincial, territorial, or tribal government. active
UWNSE Unpaid non-governmental work, not self-employed A situation in which an individual works for a business (not government) that they do not own without receiving a paid salary or wage. active
UWSE Unpaid work, self-employed A situation in which an individual works for himself or herself without receiving a paid salary or wage. active
VW Volunteer work (20 or more hours/week and not Disaster Response/ First Responder) A situation in which an individual chooses to do something, especially for other people or for an organization, willingly and without being forced or compensated to do it. This can include formal activity undertaken through public, private and voluntary organizations as well as informal community participation. active
VWDR Voluntary Disaster Response/First Responder A situation in which an individual chooses to donate their time to perform activities (work) in disaster response or as a first responder, without being forced and with no expectation of compensation. This can include formal activity undertaken through a government agency or a public or private organization, as well as informal community participation. active

Description of the above table(s).

History

DateActionAuthorCustodianComment
2023-11-14reviseMarc DuteauTSMGAdd standard copyright and contact to internal content; up-476
2022-10-18reviseMarc DuteauTSMGFixing missing metadata; up-349
2022-02-17 00:00:32+1100reviseGrahame GrieveVocabulary WGPopulate Missing caseSensitive property; UP-286
2021-03-22reviseMarc DuteauStructured DocsThe code VWDR is being added along with its display and definition, and the display for the code VW is being clarified in light of the new code;UP-178
2020-05-06reviseTed KleinVocabulary WGMigrated to the UTG maintenance environment and publishing tooling.