Vital Records Common Library (VRCL) FHIR Implementation Guide
2.0.0 - STU2 United States of America flag

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

: Value Set - Birth Attendants Titles Vital Records

Active as of 2026-06-01

Raw xml | Download


<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="ValueSet-birth-attendant-titles-vr"/>
  <language value="en"/>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: ValueSet ValueSet-birth-attendant-titles-vr</b></p><a name="ValueSet-birth-attendant-titles-vr"> </a><a name="hcValueSet-birth-attendant-titles-vr"> </a><p>This value set includes codes based on the following rules:</p><ul><li>Include these codes as defined in <a href="http://www.snomed.org/"><code>http://snomed.info/sct</code></a><span title="Version is not explicitly stated. No matching Code System found"> version Not Stated (use latest from terminology server)</span><table class="none"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://snomed.info/id/309343006">309343006</a></td><td>Medical Doctor</td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://snomed.info/id/76231001">76231001</a></td><td>Osteopath</td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://snomed.info/id/445521000124102">445521000124102</a></td><td>Advanced Practice Midwife</td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://snomed.info/id/445531000124104">445531000124104</a></td><td>Lay Midwife</td></tr></table></li><li>Include these codes as defined in <code>http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-NullFlavor</code><span title="Version is explicitly stated to be 2018-08-12"> version &#x1F4CD;2018-08-12</span><table class="none"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td></tr><tr><td>OTH</td><td>Other</td></tr><tr><td>UNK</td><td>Unknown</td></tr></table></li></ul></div>
  </text>
  <extension
             url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="pher"/>
  </extension>
  <url
       value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vr-common-library/ValueSet/ValueSet-birth-attendant-titles-vr"/>
  <version value="2.0.0"/>
  <name value="ValueSetBirthAttendantTitlesVitalRecords"/>
  <title value="Value Set - Birth Attendants Titles Vital Records"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <date value="2026-06-01T14:50:40+00:00"/>
  <publisher value="HL7 International / Public Health"/>
  <contact>
    <name value="HL7 International / Public Health"/>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/pher"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description
               value="This valueset contains codes to represent the type of birth attendant titles. 
It is based on the original [PHVS_BirthAttendantTitles_NCHS](https://phinvads.cdc.gov/vads/ViewValueSet.action?id=7B108BDB-5F50-482F-9E9D-643EC75364A2) PHINVADS valueset. 
This IG is the primary source for valuesets for use in vital records.

Mapping to IJE codes [here](ConceptMap-ConceptMapBirthAttendantTitlesVitalRecords.html)."/>
  <jurisdiction>
    <coding>
      <system value="urn:iso:std:iso:3166"/>
      <code value="US"/>
      <display value="United States of America"/>
    </coding>
  </jurisdiction>
  <copyright
             value="This value set includes content from SNOMED CT, which is copyright © 2002+ International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO), and distributed by agreement between IHTSDO and HL7. Implementer use of SNOMED CT is not covered by this agreement"/>
  <compose>
    <include>
      <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
      <concept>
        <code value="309343006"/>
        <display value="Medical Doctor"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="76231001"/>
        <display value="Osteopath"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="445521000124102"/>
        <display value="Advanced Practice Midwife"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="445531000124104"/>
        <display value="Lay Midwife"/>
      </concept>
    </include>
    <include>
      <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-NullFlavor"/>
      <version value="2018-08-12"/>
      <concept>
        <code value="OTH"/>
        <display value="Other"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="UNK"/>
        <display value="Unknown"/>
      </concept>
    </include>
  </compose>
</ValueSet>