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 - Race Recode 40 Vital Records

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vr-common-library/CodeSystem/CodeSystem-race-recode-40-vr Version: 2.0.0
Active as of 2026-06-01 Computable Name: CodeSystemRaceRecode40VitalRecords

Race Recode 40 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-race-recode-40-vr defines the following codes:

CodeDisplay
01 White
02 Black
03 American Indian or Alaskan Native (AIAN)
04 Asian Indian
05 Chinese
06 Filipino
07 Japanese
08 Korean
09 Vietnamese
10 Other or Multiple Asian
11 Hawaiian
12 Guamanian
13 Samoan
14 Other or Multiple Pacific Islander
15 Black and White
16 Black and AIAN
17 Black and Asian
18 AIAN and NHOPI
19 NHOPI and White
20 AIAN and Asian
21 AIAN and NHOPI 2
22 Asian and White
23 Asian and NHOPI
24 NHOPI and White 2
25 Black, AIAN and White
26 Black, AIAN and Asian
27 Black, AIAN and NHOPI
28 Black, Asian and White
29 Black, Asian and NHOPI
30 Black, NHOPI and White
31 AIAN, Asian and White
32 AIAN, NHOPI and White
33 AIAN, Asian and NHOPI
34 Asian, NHOPI and White
35 Black, AIAN, Asian and White
36 Black, AIAN, Asian and NHOPI
37 Black, AIAN, NHOPI and White
38 Black, Asian, NHOPI and White
39 AIAN, Asian, NHOPI and White
40 Black, AIAN, Asian, NHOPI and White
99 Unknown and Other Race

Description of the above table(s).