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

ValueSet: Value Set - Education Level Vital Records

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vr-common-library/ValueSet/ValueSet-education-level-vr Version: 2.0.0
Active as of 2026-06-01 Computable Name: ValueSetEducationLevelVitalRecords

This valueset contains the set of codes used to represent the Highest educational level achieved.

Mapping to IJE codes here.

References

Logical Definition (CLD)

This value set includes codes based on the following rules:

  • Include these codes as defined in http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-EducationLevel version 📍2018-08-12
    CodeDisplay
    ELEMElementary School
    SECSome secondary or high school education
    HSHigh School or secondary school degree complete
    SCOLSome College education
    POSTGDoctoral or post graduate education
  • Include these codes as defined in http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0360 version 📍3.0.0
    CodeDisplayDefinition
    AA Associate's or technical degree complete Associate of Arts
    BA Bachelor's degree Bachelor of Arts
    MA Master's degree Master of Arts
  • Include these codes as defined in http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-NullFlavor version 📍2018-08-12
    CodeDisplay
    UNK unknown

 

Expansion

Expansion from tx.fhir.org based on:

This value set contains 9 concepts

SystemCodeDisplay (en)DefinitionJSONXML
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-EducationLevel  ELEMElementary SchoolElementary School
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-EducationLevel  SECSome secondary or high school educationSome secondary or high school education
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-EducationLevel  HSHigh School or secondary school degree completeHigh School or secondary school degree complete
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-EducationLevel  SCOLSome College educationSome College education
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-EducationLevel  POSTGDoctoral or post graduate educationDoctoral or post graduate education
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0360  AAAssociate's or technical degree completeAssociate of Arts
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0360  BABachelor's degreeBachelor of Arts
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0360  MAMaster's degreeMaster of Arts
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-NullFlavor  UNKunknown

Description:A proper value is applicable, but not known.

                       Usage Notes: This means the actual value is not known.  If the only thing that is unknown is how to properly express the value in the necessary constraints (value set, datatype, etc.), then the OTH or UNC flavor should be used.  No properties should be included for a datatype with this property unless:

                    
                       Those properties themselves directly translate to a semantic of "unknown".  (E.g. a local code sent as a translation that conveys 'unknown')
                       Those properties further qualify the nature of what is unknown.  (E.g. specifying a use code of "H" and a URL prefix of "tel:" to convey that it is the home phone number that is unknown.)

Description of the above table(s).