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
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"div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: ValueSet ValueSet-education-level-vr</b></p><a name=\"ValueSet-education-level-vr\"> </a><a name=\"hcValueSet-education-level-vr\"> </a><p>This value set includes codes based on the following rules:</p><ul><li>Include these codes as defined in <code>http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-EducationLevel</code><span title=\"Version is explicitly stated to be 2018-08-12\"> version 📍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>ELEM</td><td>Elementary School</td></tr><tr><td>SEC</td><td>Some secondary or high school education</td></tr><tr><td>HS</td><td>High School or secondary school degree complete</td></tr><tr><td>SCOL</td><td>Some College education</td></tr><tr><td>POSTG</td><td>Doctoral or post graduate education</td></tr></table></li><li>Include these codes as defined in <a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/7.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0360.html\"><code>http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0360</code></a><span title=\"Version is explicitly stated to be 3.0.0\"> version 📍3.0.0</span><table class=\"none\"><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/7.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0360.html#v2-0360-AA\">AA</a></td><td>Associate's or technical degree complete</td><td>Associate of Arts</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/7.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0360.html#v2-0360-BA\">BA</a></td><td>Bachelor's degree</td><td>Bachelor of Arts</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/7.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0360.html#v2-0360-MA\">MA</a></td><td>Master's degree</td><td>Master of Arts</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 📍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>UNK</td><td>unknown</td></tr></table></li></ul></div>"
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"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vr-common-library/ValueSet/ValueSet-education-level-vr",
"version" : "2.0.0",
"name" : "ValueSetEducationLevelVitalRecords",
"title" : "Value Set - Education Level Vital Records",
"status" : "active",
"experimental" : false,
"date" : "2026-06-01T14:50:40+00:00",
"publisher" : "HL7 International / Public Health",
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"description" : "This valueset contains the set of codes used to represent the Highest educational level achieved.\r\n\r\nMapping to IJE codes [here](ConceptMap-ConceptMapEducationLevelVitalRecords.html).",
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"system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-EducationLevel",
"version" : "2018-08-12",
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"code" : "ELEM",
"display" : "Elementary School"
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{
"code" : "SEC",
"display" : "Some secondary or high school education"
},
{
"code" : "HS",
"display" : "High School or secondary school degree complete"
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"code" : "SCOL",
"display" : "Some College education"
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"code" : "POSTG",
"display" : "Doctoral or post graduate education"
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"system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0360",
"version" : "3.0.0",
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"code" : "AA",
"display" : "Associate's or technical degree complete"
},
{
"code" : "BA",
"display" : "Bachelor's degree"
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{
"code" : "MA",
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"system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-NullFlavor",
"version" : "2018-08-12",
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