HL7® FHIR® New Zealand Base Implementation Guide
3.1.0 - Draft

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/daniel-thomson/nzbase/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

## : Type of Alias - XML Representation

Active as of 2026-03-12

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    <CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
      <id value="alias-type"/>
      <text>
        <status value="generated"/>
        <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: CodeSystem alias-type</b></p><a name="alias-type"> </a><a name="hcalias-type"> </a><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>https://standards.digital.health.nz/ns/alias-type-code</code> defines the following codes:</p><table class="codes"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">aka<a name="alias-type-aka"> </a></td><td>Aka</td><td>The name by which the organisation or facility is also known as.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">old<a name="alias-type-old"> </a></td><td>Old</td><td>The previous legal name(s) of the organisation/facility.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">maori<a name="alias-type-maori"> </a></td><td>Māori</td><td>The Māori name of the organisation or facility.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">legal<a name="alias-type-legal"> </a></td><td>Legal</td><td>The name as recorded in the official register eg Register of Companies.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">short<a name="alias-type-short"> </a></td><td>Short</td><td>An abbreviated name by which the organisation or facility is known.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">trade-as<a name="alias-type-trade-as"> </a></td><td>Trading as</td><td>Used when the organisation/facility has a separate trading name.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">current<a name="alias-type-current"> </a></td><td>Current</td><td>The name currently used for a facility.</td></tr></table></div>
      </text>
      <url value="https://standards.digital.health.nz/ns/alias-type-code"/>
      <version value="1.0.0"/>
      <name value="AliasType"/>
      <title value="Type of Alias"/>
      <status value="active"/>
      <experimental value="false"/>
      <date value="2026-03-12T22:26:41+00:00"/>
      <publisher value="HL7 New Zealand"/>
      <contact>
        <name value="HL7 New Zealand"/>
        <telecom>
          <system value="email"/>
          <value value="mailto:admin@hl7.org.nz"/>
        </telecom>
      </contact>
      <description
                   value="Used in Organization and Location to indicate what is the type of Alias"/>
      <caseSensitive value="true"/>
      <content value="complete"/>
      <count value="7"/>
      <concept>
        <code value="aka"/>
        <display value="Aka"/>
        <definition
                    value="The name by which the organisation or facility is also known as."/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="old"/>
        <display value="Old"/>
        <definition
                    value="The previous legal name(s) of the organisation/facility."/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="maori"/>
        <display value="Māori"/>
        <definition value="The Māori name of the organisation or facility."/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="legal"/>
        <display value="Legal"/>
        <definition
                    value="The name as recorded in the official register eg Register of Companies."/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="short"/>
        <display value="Short"/>
        <definition
                    value="An abbreviated name by which the organisation or facility is known."/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="trade-as"/>
        <display value="Trading as"/>
        <definition
                    value="Used when the organisation/facility has a separate trading name."/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="current"/>
        <display value="Current"/>
        <definition value="The name currently used for a facility."/>
      </concept>
    </CodeSystem>