# NZ ethnic group codes - HL7® FHIR® New Zealand Base Implementation Guide v3.1.0

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* **NZ ethnic group codes**

## CodeSystem: NZ ethnic group codes 

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| *Official URL*:https://standards.digital.health.nz/ns/nz-ethnic-group-codes | *Version*:2.1.0 |
| Active as of 2026-03-12 | *Computable Name*:NZ_ethnic_group_codes |

 
Ethnicity New Zealand Standard Classification 2005. Ethnicity is the ethnic group or groups that people identify with or feel they belong to. 

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

* [Ethnicityfull](ValueSet-ethnicityfull.md)



## Resource Content

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    "display" : "European"
  },
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    "code" : "10",
    "display" : "European nfd"
  },
  {
    "code" : "100",
    "display" : "European nfd"
  },
  {
    "code" : "10000",
    "display" : "European nfd"
  },
  {
    "code" : "11",
    "display" : "New Zealand European"
  },
  {
    "code" : "111",
    "display" : "New Zealand European"
  },
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    "display" : "New Zealand European"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12",
    "display" : "Other European"
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    "code" : "121",
    "display" : "British and Irish"
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    "display" : "British nfd"
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    "display" : "Channel Islander"
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    "code" : "12117",
    "display" : "Manx"
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  {
    "code" : "12119",
    "display" : "Scottish"
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  {
    "code" : "12121",
    "display" : "Welsh"
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  {
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    "display" : "British nec"
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  {
    "code" : "122",
    "display" : "Dutch"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12211",
    "display" : "Dutch"
  },
  {
    "code" : "123",
    "display" : "Greek"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12311",
    "display" : "Greek"
  },
  {
    "code" : "124",
    "display" : "Polish"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12411",
    "display" : "Polish"
  },
  {
    "code" : "125",
    "display" : "South Slav"
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  {
    "code" : "12500",
    "display" : "South Slav nfd"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12511",
    "display" : "Croatian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12512",
    "display" : "Dalmatian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12513",
    "display" : "Macedonian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12514",
    "display" : "Serbian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12515",
    "display" : "Slovenian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12516",
    "display" : "Bosnian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12599",
    "display" : "South Slav nec"
  },
  {
    "code" : "126",
    "display" : "Italian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12611",
    "display" : "Italian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "127",
    "display" : "German"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12711",
    "display" : "German"
  },
  {
    "code" : "128",
    "display" : "Australian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12811",
    "display" : "Australian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "129",
    "display" : "Other European"
  },
  {
    "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 nfd"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12919",
    "display" : "Czech"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12920",
    "display" : "Danish"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12921",
    "display" : "Estonian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12922",
    "display" : "Finnish"
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  {
    "code" : "12923",
    "display" : "Flemish"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12924",
    "display" : "French"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12926",
    "display" : "Hungarian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12927",
    "display" : "Icelandic"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12928",
    "display" : "Latvian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12929",
    "display" : "Lithuanian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12930",
    "display" : "Maltese"
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    "code" : "12931",
    "display" : "Norwegian"
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  {
    "code" : "12932",
    "display" : "Portuguese"
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  {
    "code" : "12933",
    "display" : "Romanian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12934",
    "display" : "Romani"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12935",
    "display" : "Russian"
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  {
    "code" : "12937",
    "display" : "Slavic"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12938",
    "display" : "Slovak"
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  {
    "code" : "12939",
    "display" : "Spanish"
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    "code" : "12940",
    "display" : "Swedish"
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    "code" : "12941",
    "display" : "Swiss"
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    "code" : "12942",
    "display" : "Ukrainian"
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    "code" : "12943",
    "display" : "American"
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    "code" : "12945",
    "display" : "Canadian"
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    "code" : "12947",
    "display" : "New Caledonian"
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    "code" : "12948",
    "display" : "South African European"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12949",
    "display" : "Afrikaner"
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  {
    "code" : "12950",
    "display" : "Zimbabwean European"
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  {
    "code" : "12999",
    "display" : "European nec"
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    "code" : "2",
    "display" : "Māori"
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    "code" : "21",
    "display" : "Māori"
  },
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    "code" : "211",
    "display" : "Māori"
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    "code" : "21111",
    "display" : "Māori"
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    "code" : "3",
    "display" : "Pacific Peoples"
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  {
    "code" : "30",
    "display" : "Pacific Peoples nfd"
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    "code" : "300",
    "display" : "Pacific Peoples nfd"
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    "code" : "30000",
    "display" : "Pacific Peoples nfd"
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    "code" : "31",
    "display" : "Samoan"
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    "code" : "311",
    "display" : "Samoan"
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  {
    "code" : "31111",
    "display" : "Samoan"
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    "code" : "32",
    "display" : "Cook Islands Maori"
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    "code" : "321",
    "display" : "Cook Islands Maori"
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    "code" : "32100",
    "display" : "Cook Islands Maori"
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    "code" : "33",
    "display" : "Tongan"
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    "code" : "331",
    "display" : "Tongan"
  },
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    "code" : "33111",
    "display" : "Tongan"
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  {
    "code" : "34",
    "display" : "Niuean"
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  {
    "code" : "341",
    "display" : "Niuean"
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    "code" : "34111",
    "display" : "Niuean"
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  {
    "code" : "35",
    "display" : "Tokelauan"
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  {
    "code" : "351",
    "display" : "Tokelauan"
  },
  {
    "code" : "35111",
    "display" : "Tokelauan"
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  {
    "code" : "36",
    "display" : "Fijian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "361",
    "display" : "Fijian"
  },
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    "code" : "36111",
    "display" : "Fijian"
  },
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    "code" : "37",
    "display" : "Other Pacific Peoples"
  },
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    "code" : "371",
    "display" : "Other Pacific Peoples"
  },
  {
    "code" : "37112",
    "display" : "Indigenous Australian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "37122",
    "display" : "Hawaiian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "37124",
    "display" : "Kiribati"
  },
  {
    "code" : "37130",
    "display" : "Nauruan"
  },
  {
    "code" : "37135",
    "display" : "Papua New Guinean"
  },
  {
    "code" : "37137",
    "display" : "Pitcairn Islander"
  },
  {
    "code" : "37138",
    "display" : "Rotuman"
  },
  {
    "code" : "37140",
    "display" : "Tahitian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "37141",
    "display" : "Solomon Islander"
  },
  {
    "code" : "37144",
    "display" : "Tuvaluan"
  },
  {
    "code" : "37145",
    "display" : "Ni Vanuatu"
  },
  {
    "code" : "37199",
    "display" : "Pacific Peoples nec"
  },
  {
    "code" : "4",
    "display" : "Asian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "40",
    "display" : "Asian nfd"
  },
  {
    "code" : "400",
    "display" : "Asian nfd"
  },
  {
    "code" : "40000",
    "display" : "Asian nfd"
  },
  {
    "code" : "41",
    "display" : "Southeast Asian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "410",
    "display" : "Southeast Asian nfd"
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  {
    "code" : "41000",
    "display" : "Southeast Asian nfd"
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  {
    "code" : "411",
    "display" : "Filipino"
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  {
    "code" : "41111",
    "display" : "Filipino"
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    "code" : "412",
    "display" : "Cambodian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "41211",
    "display" : "Cambodian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "413",
    "display" : "Vietnamese"
  },
  {
    "code" : "41311",
    "display" : "Vietnamese"
  },
  {
    "code" : "414",
    "display" : "Other Southeast Asian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "41411",
    "display" : "Burmese"
  },
  {
    "code" : "41412",
    "display" : "Indonesian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "41413",
    "display" : "Lao"
  },
  {
    "code" : "41414",
    "display" : "Malay"
  },
  {
    "code" : "41415",
    "display" : "Thai"
  },
  {
    "code" : "41416",
    "display" : "Karen"
  },
  {
    "code" : "41417",
    "display" : "Chin"
  },
  {
    "code" : "41499",
    "display" : "Southeast Asian nec"
  },
  {
    "code" : "42",
    "display" : "Chinese"
  },
  {
    "code" : "421",
    "display" : "Chinese"
  },
  {
    "code" : "42100",
    "display" : "Chinese nfd"
  },
  {
    "code" : "42111",
    "display" : "Hong Kong Chinese"
  },
  {
    "code" : "42112",
    "display" : "Cambodian Chinese"
  },
  {
    "code" : "42113",
    "display" : "Malaysian Chinese"
  },
  {
    "code" : "42114",
    "display" : "Singaporean Chinese"
  },
  {
    "code" : "42115",
    "display" : "Vietnamese Chinese"
  },
  {
    "code" : "42116",
    "display" : "Taiwanese"
  },
  {
    "code" : "42199",
    "display" : "Chinese nec"
  },
  {
    "code" : "43",
    "display" : "Indian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "431",
    "display" : "Indian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "43100",
    "display" : "Indian nfd"
  },
  {
    "code" : "43111",
    "display" : "Bengali"
  },
  {
    "code" : "43112",
    "display" : "Fijian Indian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "43114",
    "display" : "Indian 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" : "44",
    "display" : "Other Asian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "441",
    "display" : "Sri Lankan"
  },
  {
    "code" : "44100",
    "display" : "Sri Lankan nfd"
  },
  {
    "code" : "44111",
    "display" : "Sinhalese"
  },
  {
    "code" : "44112",
    "display" : "Sri Lankan Tamil"
  },
  {
    "code" : "44199",
    "display" : "Sri Lankan nec"
  },
  {
    "code" : "442",
    "display" : "Japanese"
  },
  {
    "code" : "44211",
    "display" : "Japanese"
  },
  {
    "code" : "443",
    "display" : "Korean"
  },
  {
    "code" : "44311",
    "display" : "Korean"
  },
  {
    "code" : "444",
    "display" : "Other Asian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "44411",
    "display" : "Afghan"
  },
  {
    "code" : "44412",
    "display" : "Bangladeshi"
  },
  {
    "code" : "44413",
    "display" : "Nepali"
  },
  {
    "code" : "44414",
    "display" : "Pakistani"
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  {
    "code" : "44415",
    "display" : "Tibetan"
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  {
    "code" : "44416",
    "display" : "Eurasian"
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    "code" : "44417",
    "display" : "Bhutanese"
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    "code" : "44418",
    "display" : "Maldivian"
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    "code" : "44419",
    "display" : "Mongolian"
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    "code" : "44499",
    "display" : "Asian nec"
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    "code" : "5",
    "display" : "Middle Eastern/Latin American/African"
  },
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    "code" : "51",
    "display" : "Middle Eastern"
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  {
    "code" : "511",
    "display" : "Middle Eastern"
  },
  {
    "code" : "51100",
    "display" : "Middle Eastern nfd"
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  {
    "code" : "51111",
    "display" : "Algerian"
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  {
    "code" : "51112",
    "display" : "Arab"
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  {
    "code" : "51113",
    "display" : "Assyrian"
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    "code" : "51114",
    "display" : "Egyptian"
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    "code" : "51115",
    "display" : "Iranian/Persian"
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  {
    "code" : "51116",
    "display" : "Iraqi"
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  {
    "code" : "51117",
    "display" : "Israeli/Jewish"
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  {
    "code" : "51118",
    "display" : "Jordanian"
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  {
    "code" : "51119",
    "display" : "Kurd"
  },
  {
    "code" : "51120",
    "display" : "Lebanese"
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  {
    "code" : "51122",
    "display" : "Moroccan"
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    "code" : "51124",
    "display" : "Palestinian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "51125",
    "display" : "Syrian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "51127",
    "display" : "Turkish"
  },
  {
    "code" : "51199",
    "display" : "Middle Eastern nec"
  },
  {
    "code" : "52",
    "display" : "Latin American"
  },
  {
    "code" : "521",
    "display" : "Latin American"
  },
  {
    "code" : "52100",
    "display" : "Latin American 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 nec"
  },
  {
    "code" : "53",
    "display" : "African"
  },
  {
    "code" : "531",
    "display" : "African"
  },
  {
    "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" : "African nec"
  },
  {
    "code" : "6",
    "display" : "Other Ethnicity"
  },
  {
    "code" : "61",
    "display" : "Other Ethnicity"
  },
  {
    "code" : "611",
    "display" : "Other Ethnicity"
  },
  {
    "code" : "61113",
    "display" : "Indigenous American"
  },
  {
    "code" : "61115",
    "display" : "Mauritian"
  },
  {
    "code" : "61116",
    "display" : "Seychellois"
  },
  {
    "code" : "61117",
    "display" : "Other South African"
  },
  {
    "code" : "61118",
    "display" : "New Zealander"
  },
  {
    "code" : "61199",
    "display" : "Other Ethnicity nec"
  },
  {
    "code" : "9",
    "display" : "Residual Categories"
  },
  {
    "code" : "94",
    "display" : "Don't Know"
  },
  {
    "code" : "944",
    "display" : "Don't Know"
  },
  {
    "code" : "94444",
    "display" : "Don't Know"
  },
  {
    "code" : "95",
    "display" : "Refused to Answer"
  },
  {
    "code" : "955",
    "display" : "Refused to Answer"
  },
  {
    "code" : "95555",
    "display" : "Refused to Answer"
  },
  {
    "code" : "96",
    "display" : "Repeated Value"
  },
  {
    "code" : "966",
    "display" : "Repeated Value"
  },
  {
    "code" : "96666",
    "display" : "Repeated Value"
  },
  {
    "code" : "97",
    "display" : "Response Unidentifiable"
  },
  {
    "code" : "977",
    "display" : "Response Unidentifiable"
  },
  {
    "code" : "97777",
    "display" : "Response Unidentifiable"
  },
  {
    "code" : "98",
    "display" : "Response Outside Scope"
  },
  {
    "code" : "988",
    "display" : "Response Outside Scope"
  },
  {
    "code" : "98888",
    "display" : "Response Outside Scope"
  },
  {
    "code" : "99",
    "display" : "Not Stated"
  },
  {
    "code" : "999",
    "display" : "Not Stated"
  },
  {
    "code" : "99999",
    "display" : "Not Stated"
  }]
}

```
