CH ELM (R4)
1.16.0 - ci-build
CH ELM (R4)
1.16.0 - ci-build
CH ELM (R4), published by Federal Office of Public Health FOPH. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 1.16.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/ahdis/ch-elm/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions
| Official URL: http://fhir.ch/ig/ch-elm/ValueSet/ch-elm-foph-patient-name-representation | Version: 1.16.0 | ||||
| Active as of 2026-10-28 | Computable Name: ChElmFophPatientNameRepresentation | ||||
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This CH ELM resource defines the codes which identify possible patient name schemas to be used.
References
This value set is not used here; it may be used elsewhere (e.g. specifications and/or implementations that use this content)
http://fhir.ch/ig/ch-elm/CodeSystem/ch-elm-foph-patient-name-representation version 📦1.16.0| Code | Display | Definition |
| full-name | Full Name | Full name of the patient (given name and family name). |
| initials | Initials | The first letter of the given name and family name. For compound names, only include the first part of the name. |
| hiv-code | HIV Code | An HIV-specific code representing the patient. Consult the 'Guidance - Personal Data (Patient Name)' for details on constructing the HIV patient identification code. |
| initials-or-vctcode | Initials or VCT-Code | Initials of the patient name (given name and family name) or VCT-Code (voluntary counselling and testing code). |
| conditional | Conditional | The leading code (Observation.code) does not define a patient-anonymization, it is dependent on further specification of the organism. Consult the Ordinance SR 818.101.126 (https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/2015/892/de) to determine the required patient-anonymization depending on the organism reported. |
Expansion performed internally based on codesystem CH ELM FOPH Patient Name Representation v1.16.0 (CodeSystem)
This value set contains 5 concepts
| System | Code | Display (en) | Definition | JSON | XML |
http://fhir.ch/ig/ch-elm/CodeSystem/ch-elm-foph-patient-name-representation | full-name | Full Name | Full name of the patient (given name and family name). | ||
http://fhir.ch/ig/ch-elm/CodeSystem/ch-elm-foph-patient-name-representation | initials | Initials | The first letter of the given name and family name. For compound names, only include the first part of the name. | ||
http://fhir.ch/ig/ch-elm/CodeSystem/ch-elm-foph-patient-name-representation | hiv-code | HIV Code | An HIV-specific code representing the patient. Consult the 'Guidance - Personal Data (Patient Name)' for details on constructing the HIV patient identification code. | ||
http://fhir.ch/ig/ch-elm/CodeSystem/ch-elm-foph-patient-name-representation | initials-or-vctcode | Initials or VCT-Code | Initials of the patient name (given name and family name) or VCT-Code (voluntary counselling and testing code). | ||
http://fhir.ch/ig/ch-elm/CodeSystem/ch-elm-foph-patient-name-representation | conditional | Conditional | The leading code (Observation.code) does not define a patient-anonymization, it is dependent on further specification of the organism. Consult the Ordinance SR 818.101.126 (https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/2015/892/de) to determine the required patient-anonymization depending on the organism reported. |