HL7® FHIR® New Zealand Base Implementation Guide
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## CodeSystem: Level 4 ethnicity codes

Official URL: https://standards.digital.health.nz/ns/ethnic-group-level-4-code | Version: 2.1.0
Active as of 2026-03-12 | Computable Name: EthnicityL4

Codes to record a person’s ethnicity, drawn from Level 4 of the Ethnicity code system described here

This Code system is referenced in the content logical definition of the following value sets:

- Ethnicity

This code system `https://standards.digital.health.nz/ns/ethnic-group-level-4-code` defines the following codes:

Code | Display
10000 | European NFD
11111 | New Zealand European
12100 | British NFD
12111 | Celtic
12112 | Channel Islander
12113 | Cornish
12114 | English
12116 | Irish
12117 | Manx
12119 | Scottish (Scots)
12121 | Welsh
12199 | British NEC
12211 | Dutch/Netherlands
12311 | Greek (including Greek Cypriot)
12411 | Polish
12500 | South Slav (formerly Yugoslav groups) NFD
12511 | Croat/Croatian
12512 | Dalmatian
12513 | Macedonian
12514 | Serb/Serbian
12515 | Slovene/Slovenian
12516 | Bosnian
12599 | South Slav (formerly Yugoslav groups) NEC
12611 | Italian
12711 | German
12811 | Australian
12911 | Albanian
12912 | Armenian
12913 | Austrian
12914 | Belgian
12915 | Bulgarian
12916 | Belorussian
12918 | Cypriot Unspecified
12919 | Czech
12920 | Danish
12921 | Estonian
12922 | Finnish
12923 | Flemish
12924 | French
12926 | Hungarian
12927 | Icelander
12928 | Latvian
12929 | Lithuanian
12930 | Maltese
12931 | Norwegian
12932 | Portuguese
12933 | Romanian / Rumanian
12934 | Romani
12935 | Russian
12937 | Slavic / Slav
12938 | Slovak
12939 | Spanish
12940 | Swedish
12941 | Swiss
12942 | Ukrainian
12943 | American (US)
12945 | Canadian
12947 | New Caledonian
12948 | South African European
12949 | Afrikaner
12950 | Zimbabwean European
12999 | European NEC
21111 | Māori
30000 | Pacific peoples NFD
31111 | Samoan
32100 | Cook Islands Maori
33111 | Tongan
34111 | Niuean
35111 | Tokelauan
36111 | Fijian (except Fiji Indian / Indo-Fijian)
37112 | Indigenous Australian
37122 | Hawaiian
37124 | I-Kiribati / Gilbertese
37130 | Nauru Islander
37135 | Papuan / New Guinean / Irian Jayan
37137 | Pitcairn Islander
37138 | Rotuman / Rotuman Islander
37140 | Society Islander (including Tahitian)
37141 | Solomon Islander
37144 | Tuvalu Islander / Ellice Islander
37145 | Vanuatu Islander / New Hebridean
37199 | Other Pacific peoples NEC
40000 | Asian NFD
41000 | Southeast Asian NFD
41111 | Filipino
41211 | Khmer / Kampuchean / Cambodian
41311 | Vietnamese
41411 | Burmese
41412 | Indonesian (including Javanese / Sundanese / Sumatran)
41413 | Lao
41414 | Malay / Malayan
41415 | Thai / Tai / Siamese
41416 | Karen
41417 | Chin
41499 | Other Southeast Asian NEC
42100 | Chinese NFD
42111 | Hong Kong Chinese
42112 | Kampuchean Chinese
42113 | Malaysian Chinese
42114 | Singaporean Chinese
42115 | Vietnamese Chinese
42116 | Taiwanese Chinese
42199 | Chinese NEC
43100 | Indian NFD
43111 | Bengali
43112 | Fijian Indian / Indo-Fijian
43114 | Tamil
43115 | Punjabi
43116 | Sikh
43117 | Anglo Indian
43118 | Malaysian Indian
43119 | South African Indian
43199 | Indian NEC
44100 | Sri Lankan NFD
44111 | Sinhalese
44112 | Sri Lankan Tamil
44199 | Sri Lankan NEC
44211 | Japanese
44311 | Korean
44411 | Afghan
44412 | Bangladeshi
44413 | Nepali
44414 | Pakistani
44415 | Tibetan
44416 | Eurasian
44417 | Bhutanese
44418 | Maldivian
44419 | Mongolian
44499 | Other Asian NEC
51100 | Middle Eastern NFD
51111 | Algerian
51112 | Arab
51113 | Assyrian
51114 | Egyptian
51115 | Iranian / Persian
51116 | Iraqi
51117 | Israeli / Jewish / Hebrew
51118 | Jordanian
51119 | Kurd
51120 | Lebanese
51122 | Moroccan
51124 | Palestinian
51125 | Syrian
51127 | Turkish (including Turkish Cypriot)
51199 | Middle Eastern NEC
52100 | Latin American / Hispanic NFD
52111 | Argentinian
52112 | Bolivian
52113 | Brazilian
52114 | Chilean
52115 | Colombian
52118 | Ecuadorian
52123 | Mexican
52127 | Peruvian
52128 | Puerto Rican
52129 | Uruguayan
52130 | Venezuelan
52199 | Latin American / Hispanic NEC
53100 | African NFD
53113 | Jamaican
53114 | Kenyan
53115 | Nigerian
53116 | African American
53118 | Caribbean
53119 | Somali
53120 | Eritrean
53121 | Ethiopian
53122 | Ghanaian
53123 | Burundian
53124 | Congolese
53125 | Sudanese
53126 | Zambian
53127 | Other Zimbabwean
53199 | Other African NEC
61113 | Indigenous North American
61115 | Mauritian
61116 | Seychelles Islander
61117 | Other South African
61118 | New Zealander
61199 | Other NEC
94444 | Don't know
95555 | Refused to answer
96666 | Repeated Value
97777 | Response unidentifiable
98888 | Response Outside Scope
99999 | Not stated