Nigeria Core - FHIR Implementation Guide
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Nigeria Core - FHIR Implementation Guide, published by NDHI. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 0.0.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/digitalhealth-gov-ng/Nigeria-Core/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

CodeSystem: NG Practitioner Identifier CS

Official URL: https://fhir-ig.digitalhealth.gov.ng/CodeSystem/nigeria-mdcn Version: 0.0.0
Active as of 2026-04-20 Computable Name: NGMDCNCS

This CodeSystem IMMZ.C.DE14 defines placeholder codes to manage physician identifiers in Nigeria.

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

  • This CodeSystem is not used here; it may be used elsewhere (e.g. specifications and/or implementations that use this content)

This case-sensitive code system https://fhir-ig.digitalhealth.gov.ng/CodeSystem/nigeria-mdcn defines the following codes in a Grouped By hierarchy:

CodeDisplay
MDCN/R/45231 First Doctor
MDCN/R/12345 Second Doctor
MDCN/R/12346 Old Doctor
MDCN/R/12347 Young Doctor
CHEW-12346 Test CHEW
CHEW-12347 Dentist
PRSN-9C4E-7B12-OB01 Pseudonymized Doctor