# Level 4 ethnicity codes - HL7® FHIR® New Zealand Base Implementation Guide v3.1.0

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**Artifacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **Level 4 ethnicity codes**

## CodeSystem: Level 4 ethnicity codes 

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| *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](http://aria.stats.govt.nz/aria/#ClassificationView:uri=http://stats.govt.nz/cms/ClassificationVersion/YVqOcFHSlguKkT17) 

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

* [Ethnicity](ValueSet-ethnicity.md)



## Resource Content

```json
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  "id" : "ethnicityL4",
  "url" : "https://standards.digital.health.nz/ns/ethnic-group-level-4-code",
  "version" : "2.1.0",
  "name" : "EthnicityL4",
  "title" : "Level 4 ethnicity codes",
  "status" : "active",
  "experimental" : false,
  "date" : "2026-03-12T22:26:41+00:00",
  "publisher" : "HL7 New Zealand",
  "contact" : [{
    "name" : "HL7 New Zealand",
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "email",
      "value" : "mailto:admin@hl7.org.nz"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "Codes to record a person’s ethnicity, drawn from Level 4 of the Ethnicity code system \ndescribed [here](http://aria.stats.govt.nz/aria/#ClassificationView:uri=http://stats.govt.nz/cms/ClassificationVersion/YVqOcFHSlguKkT17)",
  "content" : "complete",
  "count" : 186,
  "concept" : [{
    "code" : "10000",
    "display" : "European NFD"
  },
  {
    "code" : "11111",
    "display" : "New Zealand European"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12100",
    "display" : "British NFD"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12111",
    "display" : "Celtic"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12112",
    "display" : "Channel Islander"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12113",
    "display" : "Cornish"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12114",
    "display" : "English"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12116",
    "display" : "Irish"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12117",
    "display" : "Manx"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12119",
    "display" : "Scottish (Scots)"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12121",
    "display" : "Welsh"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12199",
    "display" : "British NEC"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12211",
    "display" : "Dutch/Netherlands"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12311",
    "display" : "Greek (including Greek Cypriot)"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12411",
    "display" : "Polish"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12500",
    "display" : "South Slav (formerly Yugoslav groups) NFD"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12511",
    "display" : "Croat/Croatian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12512",
    "display" : "Dalmatian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12513",
    "display" : "Macedonian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12514",
    "display" : "Serb/Serbian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12515",
    "display" : "Slovene/Slovenian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12516",
    "display" : "Bosnian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12599",
    "display" : "South Slav (formerly Yugoslav groups) NEC"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12611",
    "display" : "Italian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12711",
    "display" : "German"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12811",
    "display" : "Australian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12911",
    "display" : "Albanian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12912",
    "display" : "Armenian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12913",
    "display" : "Austrian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12914",
    "display" : "Belgian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12915",
    "display" : "Bulgarian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12916",
    "display" : "Belorussian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12918",
    "display" : "Cypriot Unspecified"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12919",
    "display" : "Czech"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12920",
    "display" : "Danish"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12921",
    "display" : "Estonian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12922",
    "display" : "Finnish"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12923",
    "display" : "Flemish"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12924",
    "display" : "French"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12926",
    "display" : "Hungarian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12927",
    "display" : "Icelander"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12928",
    "display" : "Latvian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12929",
    "display" : "Lithuanian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12930",
    "display" : "Maltese"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12931",
    "display" : "Norwegian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12932",
    "display" : "Portuguese"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12933",
    "display" : "Romanian / Rumanian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12934",
    "display" : "Romani"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12935",
    "display" : "Russian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12937",
    "display" : "Slavic / Slav"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12938",
    "display" : "Slovak"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12939",
    "display" : "Spanish"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12940",
    "display" : "Swedish"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12941",
    "display" : "Swiss"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12942",
    "display" : "Ukrainian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12943",
    "display" : "American (US)"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12945",
    "display" : "Canadian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12947",
    "display" : "New Caledonian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12948",
    "display" : "South African European"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12949",
    "display" : "Afrikaner"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12950",
    "display" : "Zimbabwean European"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12999",
    "display" : "European NEC"
  },
  {
    "code" : "21111",
    "display" : "Māori"
  },
  {
    "code" : "30000",
    "display" : "Pacific peoples NFD"
  },
  {
    "code" : "31111",
    "display" : "Samoan"
  },
  {
    "code" : "32100",
    "display" : "Cook Islands Maori"
  },
  {
    "code" : "33111",
    "display" : "Tongan"
  },
  {
    "code" : "34111",
    "display" : "Niuean"
  },
  {
    "code" : "35111",
    "display" : "Tokelauan"
  },
  {
    "code" : "36111",
    "display" : "Fijian (except Fiji Indian / Indo-Fijian)"
  },
  {
    "code" : "37112",
    "display" : "Indigenous Australian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "37122",
    "display" : "Hawaiian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "37124",
    "display" : "I-Kiribati / Gilbertese"
  },
  {
    "code" : "37130",
    "display" : "Nauru Islander"
  },
  {
    "code" : "37135",
    "display" : "Papuan / New Guinean / Irian Jayan"
  },
  {
    "code" : "37137",
    "display" : "Pitcairn Islander"
  },
  {
    "code" : "37138",
    "display" : "Rotuman / Rotuman Islander"
  },
  {
    "code" : "37140",
    "display" : "Society Islander (including Tahitian)"
  },
  {
    "code" : "37141",
    "display" : "Solomon Islander"
  },
  {
    "code" : "37144",
    "display" : "Tuvalu Islander / Ellice Islander"
  },
  {
    "code" : "37145",
    "display" : "Vanuatu Islander / New Hebridean"
  },
  {
    "code" : "37199",
    "display" : "Other Pacific peoples NEC"
  },
  {
    "code" : "40000",
    "display" : "Asian NFD"
  },
  {
    "code" : "41000",
    "display" : "Southeast Asian NFD"
  },
  {
    "code" : "41111",
    "display" : "Filipino"
  },
  {
    "code" : "41211",
    "display" : "Khmer / Kampuchean / Cambodian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "41311",
    "display" : "Vietnamese"
  },
  {
    "code" : "41411",
    "display" : "Burmese"
  },
  {
    "code" : "41412",
    "display" : "Indonesian (including Javanese / Sundanese / Sumatran)"
  },
  {
    "code" : "41413",
    "display" : "Lao"
  },
  {
    "code" : "41414",
    "display" : "Malay / Malayan"
  },
  {
    "code" : "41415",
    "display" : "Thai / Tai / Siamese"
  },
  {
    "code" : "41416",
    "display" : "Karen"
  },
  {
    "code" : "41417",
    "display" : "Chin"
  },
  {
    "code" : "41499",
    "display" : "Other Southeast Asian NEC"
  },
  {
    "code" : "42100",
    "display" : "Chinese NFD"
  },
  {
    "code" : "42111",
    "display" : "Hong Kong Chinese"
  },
  {
    "code" : "42112",
    "display" : "Kampuchean Chinese"
  },
  {
    "code" : "42113",
    "display" : "Malaysian Chinese"
  },
  {
    "code" : "42114",
    "display" : "Singaporean Chinese"
  },
  {
    "code" : "42115",
    "display" : "Vietnamese Chinese"
  },
  {
    "code" : "42116",
    "display" : "Taiwanese Chinese"
  },
  {
    "code" : "42199",
    "display" : "Chinese NEC"
  },
  {
    "code" : "43100",
    "display" : "Indian NFD"
  },
  {
    "code" : "43111",
    "display" : "Bengali"
  },
  {
    "code" : "43112",
    "display" : "Fijian Indian / Indo-Fijian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "43114",
    "display" : "Tamil"
  },
  {
    "code" : "43115",
    "display" : "Punjabi"
  },
  {
    "code" : "43116",
    "display" : "Sikh"
  },
  {
    "code" : "43117",
    "display" : "Anglo Indian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "43118",
    "display" : "Malaysian Indian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "43119",
    "display" : "South African Indian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "43199",
    "display" : "Indian NEC"
  },
  {
    "code" : "44100",
    "display" : "Sri Lankan NFD"
  },
  {
    "code" : "44111",
    "display" : "Sinhalese"
  },
  {
    "code" : "44112",
    "display" : "Sri Lankan Tamil"
  },
  {
    "code" : "44199",
    "display" : "Sri Lankan NEC"
  },
  {
    "code" : "44211",
    "display" : "Japanese"
  },
  {
    "code" : "44311",
    "display" : "Korean"
  },
  {
    "code" : "44411",
    "display" : "Afghan"
  },
  {
    "code" : "44412",
    "display" : "Bangladeshi"
  },
  {
    "code" : "44413",
    "display" : "Nepali"
  },
  {
    "code" : "44414",
    "display" : "Pakistani"
  },
  {
    "code" : "44415",
    "display" : "Tibetan"
  },
  {
    "code" : "44416",
    "display" : "Eurasian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "44417",
    "display" : "Bhutanese"
  },
  {
    "code" : "44418",
    "display" : "Maldivian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "44419",
    "display" : "Mongolian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "44499",
    "display" : "Other Asian NEC"
  },
  {
    "code" : "51100",
    "display" : "Middle Eastern NFD"
  },
  {
    "code" : "51111",
    "display" : "Algerian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "51112",
    "display" : "Arab"
  },
  {
    "code" : "51113",
    "display" : "Assyrian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "51114",
    "display" : "Egyptian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "51115",
    "display" : "Iranian / Persian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "51116",
    "display" : "Iraqi"
  },
  {
    "code" : "51117",
    "display" : "Israeli / Jewish / Hebrew"
  },
  {
    "code" : "51118",
    "display" : "Jordanian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "51119",
    "display" : "Kurd"
  },
  {
    "code" : "51120",
    "display" : "Lebanese"
  },
  {
    "code" : "51122",
    "display" : "Moroccan"
  },
  {
    "code" : "51124",
    "display" : "Palestinian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "51125",
    "display" : "Syrian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "51127",
    "display" : "Turkish (including Turkish Cypriot)"
  },
  {
    "code" : "51199",
    "display" : "Middle Eastern NEC"
  },
  {
    "code" : "52100",
    "display" : "Latin American / Hispanic NFD"
  },
  {
    "code" : "52111",
    "display" : "Argentinian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "52112",
    "display" : "Bolivian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "52113",
    "display" : "Brazilian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "52114",
    "display" : "Chilean"
  },
  {
    "code" : "52115",
    "display" : "Colombian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "52118",
    "display" : "Ecuadorian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "52123",
    "display" : "Mexican"
  },
  {
    "code" : "52127",
    "display" : "Peruvian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "52128",
    "display" : "Puerto Rican"
  },
  {
    "code" : "52129",
    "display" : "Uruguayan"
  },
  {
    "code" : "52130",
    "display" : "Venezuelan"
  },
  {
    "code" : "52199",
    "display" : "Latin American / Hispanic NEC"
  },
  {
    "code" : "53100",
    "display" : "African NFD"
  },
  {
    "code" : "53113",
    "display" : "Jamaican"
  },
  {
    "code" : "53114",
    "display" : "Kenyan"
  },
  {
    "code" : "53115",
    "display" : "Nigerian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "53116",
    "display" : "African American"
  },
  {
    "code" : "53118",
    "display" : "Caribbean"
  },
  {
    "code" : "53119",
    "display" : "Somali"
  },
  {
    "code" : "53120",
    "display" : "Eritrean"
  },
  {
    "code" : "53121",
    "display" : "Ethiopian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "53122",
    "display" : "Ghanaian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "53123",
    "display" : "Burundian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "53124",
    "display" : "Congolese"
  },
  {
    "code" : "53125",
    "display" : "Sudanese"
  },
  {
    "code" : "53126",
    "display" : "Zambian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "53127",
    "display" : "Other Zimbabwean"
  },
  {
    "code" : "53199",
    "display" : "Other African NEC"
  },
  {
    "code" : "61113",
    "display" : "Indigenous North American"
  },
  {
    "code" : "61115",
    "display" : "Mauritian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "61116",
    "display" : "Seychelles Islander"
  },
  {
    "code" : "61117",
    "display" : "Other South African"
  },
  {
    "code" : "61118",
    "display" : "New Zealander"
  },
  {
    "code" : "61199",
    "display" : "Other NEC"
  },
  {
    "code" : "94444",
    "display" : "Don't know"
  },
  {
    "code" : "95555",
    "display" : "Refused to answer"
  },
  {
    "code" : "96666",
    "display" : "Repeated Value"
  },
  {
    "code" : "97777",
    "display" : "Response unidentifiable"
  },
  {
    "code" : "98888",
    "display" : "Response Outside Scope"
  },
  {
    "code" : "99999",
    "display" : "Not stated"
  }]
}

```
