Interoperable Digital Identity and Patient Matching
3.0.0-current - STU 3 United States of America flag

Interoperable Digital Identity and Patient Matching, published by HL7 International / Patient Administration. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 3.0.0-current built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7/fhir-identity-matching-ig/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

: Golden Identifier Type

Page standards status: Trial-use Maturity Level: 2

Raw xml | Download


<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="IdentifierTypes"/>
  <language value="en"/>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: CodeSystem IdentifierTypes</b></p><a name="IdentifierTypes"> </a><a name="hcIdentifierTypes"> </a><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>http://hl7.org/fhir/us/identity-matching/CodeSystem/IdentifierTypes</code> defines the following code:</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">golden<a name="IdentifierTypes-golden"> </a></td><td>Golden Identifier</td><td>A unique and consistent identifier for a data subject (such as a patient or client) across different healthcare systems and organizations, used in the .identifier element of the Patient resource to support identity matching and management in healthcare transactions.</td></tr></table></div>
  </text>
  <extension
             url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="pa"/>
  </extension>
  <extension
             url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="2">
      <extension
                 url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-conformance-derivedFrom">
        <valueCanonical
                        value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/identity-matching/ImplementationGuide/hl7.fhir.us.identity-matching"/>
      </extension>
    </valueInteger>
  </extension>
  <extension
             url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
    <valueCode value="trial-use">
      <extension
                 url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-conformance-derivedFrom">
        <valueCanonical
                        value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/identity-matching/ImplementationGuide/hl7.fhir.us.identity-matching"/>
      </extension>
    </valueCode>
  </extension>
  <url
       value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/identity-matching/CodeSystem/IdentifierTypes"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.40.81.16.1"/>
  </identifier>
  <version value="3.0.0-current"/>
  <name value="IdentifierTypes"/>
  <title value="Golden Identifier Type"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <date value="2026-08-20T16:01:25+00:00"/>
  <publisher value="HL7 International / Patient Administration"/>
  <contact>
    <name value="HL7 International / Patient Administration"/>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/pafm"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description
               value="Code system for the type of golden identifier used in the .identifier element of the Patient resource."/>
  <jurisdiction>
    <coding>
      <system value="urn:iso:std:iso:3166"/>
      <code value="US"/>
    </coding>
  </jurisdiction>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <count value="1"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="golden"/>
    <display value="Golden Identifier"/>
    <definition
                value="A unique and consistent identifier for a data subject (such as a patient or client) across different healthcare systems and organizations, used in the .identifier element of the Patient resource to support identity matching and management in healthcare transactions."/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>