Vital Records Common Library (VRCL) FHIR Implementation Guide
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Vital Records Common Library (VRCL) FHIR Implementation Guide, published by HL7 International / Public Health. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 2.0.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7/vr-common-library/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

CodeSystem: Code System - HispanicOrigin Vital Records

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vr-common-library/CodeSystem/CodeSystem-hispanic-origin-vr Version: 2.0.0
Active as of 2026-06-01 Computable Name: CodeSystemHispanicOriginVitalRecords

HispanicOrigin from Appendix_D_Excel_Hispanic_Origin_Code_List_Update_2011. This codesystem is only for use in the vital records use cases supported by this Implementation guide, and should not be used elsewhere.

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

This case-sensitive code system http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vr-common-library/CodeSystem/CodeSystem-hispanic-origin-vr defines the following codes:

CodeDisplay
100 Non-Hispanic
200 Spaniard
201 Andalusian
202 Asturian
203 Castillian
204 Catalonian
205 Balearic Islander
206 Gallego
207 Valencian
208 Canarian
209 Spanish Basque
210 Mexican Checkbox
211 Mexican
212 Mexican American
213 Mexicano
214 Chicano
215 La Raza
216 Mexican American Indian
217 Caribbean (Reassigned to 290)
218 Mexico
220 Central and South America
221 Costa Rican
222 Guatemalan
223 Honduran
224 Nicaraguan
225 Panamanian
226 Salvadoran
227 Central American
228 Central American Indian
229 Canal Zone
231 Argentinean
232 Bolivian
233 Chilean
234 Colombian
235 Ecuadorian
236 Paraguayan
237 Peruvian
238 Uruguayan
239 Venezuelan
240 South American Indian
241 Criollo
242 South American
250 Latin American
251 Latin
252 Latino
260 Puerto Rican Checkbox
261 Puerto Rican
270 Cuban Checkbox
271 Cuban
275 Dominican
280 Other Spanish Checkbox
281 Hispanic
282 Spanish
283 Californio
284 Tejano
285 Nuevo Mexicano
286 Spanish American
287 Spanish American Indian
288 Meso American Indian
289 Mestizo
290 Caribbean
291 Multiple Hispanic Responses
299 Other Spanish
996 Uncodable
997 Deferred
998 Unknown
999 First Pass Reject

Description of the above table(s).