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 - US States and Territories

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

Surrogate for usps.com codesystem - IG Publisher found issues with that codesystem. 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-us-states-territories-vr defines the following codes:

CodeDisplayDefinition
AL Alabama Alabama
AK Alaska Alaska
AZ Arizona Arizona
AR Arkansas Arkansas
CA California California
CO Colorado Colorado
CT Connecticut Connecticut
DE Delaware Delaware
DC District of Columbia District of Columbia
FL Florida Florida
GA Georgia Georgia
HI Hawaii Hawaii
ID Idaho Idaho
IL Illinois Illinois
IN Indiana Indiana
IA Iowa Iowa
KS Kansas Kansas
KY Kentucky Kentucky
LA Louisiana Louisiana
ME Maine Maine
MD Maryland Maryland
MA Massachusetts Massachusetts
MI Michigan Michigan
MN Minnesota Minnesota
MS Mississippi Mississippi
MO Missouri Missouri
MT Montana Montana
NE Nebraska Nebraska
NV Nevada Nevada
NH New Hampshire New Hampshire
NJ New Jersey New Jersey
NM New Mexico New Mexico
NY New York New York
NC North Carolina North Carolina
ND North Dakota North Dakota
OH Ohio Ohio
OK Oklahoma Oklahoma
OR Oregon Oregon
PA Pennsylvania Pennsylvania
RI Rhode Island Rhode Island
SC South Carolina South Carolina
SD South Dakota South Dakota
TN Tennessee Tennessee
TX Texas Texas
UT Utah Utah
VT Vermont Vermont
VA Virginia Virginia
WA Washington Washington
WV West Virginia West Virginia
WI Wisconsin Wisconsin
WY Wyoming Wyoming
AS American Samoa American Samoa
GU Guam Guam
MP Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands
PR Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
VI Virgin Islands Virgin Islands

Description of the above table(s).