National Directory of Healthcare Providers & Services (NDH) Implementation Guide
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National Directory of Healthcare Providers & Services (NDH) Implementation Guide, published by HL7 International / Patient Administration. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 1.0.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7/fhir-us-ndh/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

ValueSet: Organization Type Value Set

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/ndh/ValueSet/OrgTypeVS Version: 1.0.0
Active as of 2025-02-13 Computable Name: OrgTypeVS

Categories of organizations based on criteria in provider directories.

References

Logical Definition (CLD)

Generated Narrative: ValueSet OrgTypeVS

This value set includes codes based on the following rules:

This value set excludes codes based on the following rules:

 

Expansion

Generated Narrative: ValueSet

This value set contains 15 concepts

CodeSystemDisplayInactiveDefinitionstatus
  provhttp://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/organization-typeHealthcare Provider

An organization that provides healthcare services.

  depthttp://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/organization-typeHospital Department

A department or ward within a hospital (Generally is not applicable to top level organizations)

  teamhttp://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/organization-typeOrganizational team

An organizational team is usually a grouping of practitioners that perform a specific function within an organization (which could be a top level organization, or a department).

  govthttp://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/organization-typeGovernment

A political body, often used when including organization records for government bodies such as a Federal Government, State or Local Government.

  inshttp://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/organization-typeInsurance Company

A company that provides insurance to its subscribers that may include healthcare related policies.

  payhttp://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/organization-typePayer

A company, charity, or governmental organization, which processes claims and/or issues payments to providers on behalf of patients or groups of patients.

  eduhttp://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/organization-typeEducational Institute

An educational institution that provides education or research facilities.

  relihttp://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/organization-typeReligious Institution

An organization that is identified as a part of a religious institution.

  crshttp://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/organization-typeClinical Research Sponsor

An organization that is identified as a Pharmaceutical/Clinical Research Sponsor.

  cghttp://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/organization-typeCommunity Group

An un-incorporated community group.

  bushttp://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/organization-typeNon-Healthcare Business or Corporation

An organization that is a registered business or corporation but not identified by other types.

  otherhttp://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/organization-typeOtherinactive

Other type of organization not already specified.

deprecated
  fachttp://hl7.org/fhir/us/ndh/CodeSystem/NdhOrgTypeCSFacility

A physical healthcare facility.

  prvgrphttp://hl7.org/fhir/us/ndh/CodeSystem/NdhOrgTypeCSProvider Group

A healthcare provider entity

  atyprvhttp://hl7.org/fhir/us/ndh/CodeSystem/NdhOrgTypeCSAtypical Provider

Providers that do not provide healthcare


Explanation of the columns that may appear on this page:

Level A few code lists that FHIR defines are hierarchical - each code is assigned a level. In this scheme, some codes are under other codes, and imply that the code they are under also applies
System The source of the definition of the code (when the value set draws in codes defined elsewhere)
Code The code (used as the code in the resource instance)
Display The display (used in the display element of a Coding). If there is no display, implementers should not simply display the code, but map the concept into their application
Definition An explanation of the meaning of the concept
Comments Additional notes about how to use the code