HL7® FHIR® New Zealand Base Implementation Guide, published by HL7 New Zealand. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 3.1.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7NZ/nzbase/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

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Extension: NZ Ethnicity

The ethnic group or groups that a person identifies with or feels they belong to. Ethnicity is a measure of cultural affiliation as opposed to race, ancestry, nationality or citizen. Ethnicity is self-perceived and a person can belong to more than one group.

The Stats New Zealand standard can be found here.

Context of Use

This extension may be used on the following element(s):

• Element ID Patient
• Element ID Practitioner
• Element ID RelatedPerson

  <extension url="http://hl7.org.nz/fhir/StructureDefinition/nz-ethnicity">
    <valueCodeableConcept>
      <coding>
        <system value="https://standards.digital.health.nz/ns/ethnic-group-level-4-code"/>
        <code value="21111"/>
        <display value="Maori"/>
      </coding>
    </valueCodeableConcept>
  </extension>

Usage info

Usage:

• Use this Extension: NZ Patient and Practitioner resource for use in NZ
• Examples for this Extension: Patient/patient-nz-ethnicity

Formal Views of Extension Content

Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots, and how the XML and JSON presentations work.

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This structure is derived from Extension

Summary

Simple Extension of type CodeableConcept: The ethnic group or groups that a person identifies with or feels they belong to. Ethnicity is a measure of cultural affiliation as opposed to race, ancestry, nationality or citizen. Ethnicity is self-perceived and a person can belong to more than one group.

The Stats New Zealand standard can be found here.

This structure is derived from Extension

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
Extension		0..*	Extension	NZ Ethnicity
extension		0..0
url		1..1	uri	"http://hl7.org.nz/fhir/StructureDefinition/nz-ethnicity"
value[x]		1..1	CodeableConcept	Value of extension Binding: Ethnicity of a person (L4) (preferred)
Documentation for this format

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
Extension		0..*	Extension	NZ Ethnicity
id		0..1	string	Unique id for inter-element referencing
extension		0..0
url		1..1	uri	"http://hl7.org.nz/fhir/StructureDefinition/nz-ethnicity"
value[x]		1..1	CodeableConcept	Value of extension Binding: Ethnicity of a person (L4) (preferred)
Documentation for this format

This structure is derived from Extension

Summary

Simple Extension of type CodeableConcept: The ethnic group or groups that a person identifies with or feels they belong to. Ethnicity is a measure of cultural affiliation as opposed to race, ancestry, nationality or citizen. Ethnicity is self-perceived and a person can belong to more than one group.

The Stats New Zealand standard can be found here.

Differential View

This structure is derived from Extension

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
Extension		0..*	Extension	NZ Ethnicity
extension		0..0
url		1..1	uri	"http://hl7.org.nz/fhir/StructureDefinition/nz-ethnicity"
value[x]		1..1	CodeableConcept	Value of extension Binding: Ethnicity of a person (L4) (preferred)
Documentation for this format

Snapshot View

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
Extension		0..*	Extension	NZ Ethnicity
id		0..1	string	Unique id for inter-element referencing
extension		0..0
url		1..1	uri	"http://hl7.org.nz/fhir/StructureDefinition/nz-ethnicity"
value[x]		1..1	CodeableConcept	Value of extension Binding: Ethnicity of a person (L4) (preferred)
Documentation for this format

Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron

Terminology Bindings