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

## CodeSystem: Māori descent codes

Official URL: https://standards.digital.health.nz/ns/maori-descent-code | Version: 1.0.0
Active as of 2023-06-26 | Computable Name: MaoriDescentCodes
Other Identifiers: maoridescent

Codes for classifying Māori descent. Defined by Stats NZ - Māori descent v1.0.0

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

- MaoriDescent

version: 11; Last updated: 2026-05-07 19:33:50+1200

Tag: NZBase (Details: nzhts-usage-tags code NZBase)

This case-sensitive code system `https://standards.digital.health.nz/ns/maori-descent-code` defines the following codes:

Code | Display
1 | Māori descent
2 | No Māori descent
4 | Don't know
7 | Response unidentifiable
9 | Not stated
5 | Refused to answer
8 | Response outside scope