# Assigning Authority (2.4 - 1.0.0) - HL7 v2.4 Vocabulary v0.1.0

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* [**Artifacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **Assigning Authority (2.4 - 1.0.0)**

## CodeSystem: Assigning Authority (2.4 - 1.0.0) (Experimental) 

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| *Official URL*:http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/assigningAuthority | *Version*:1.0.0 |
| Active as of 2026-01-27 | *Computable Name*:AssigningAuthority |
| *Other Identifiers:*OID:2.16.840.1.113883.18.221 | |
| **Copyright/Legal**: HL7 Inc., 2026 | |

 
HL7-defined code system of example values ONLY for Assigning Authority, and only pubished in HL7 Version 2.4; coded values for fields that are intended to specify Assinging Authority are intended to be locally user defined codes. 

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

* [Hl7VSassigningAuthority](ValueSet-hl7VSassigningAuthority.md)



## Resource Content

```json
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  "id" : "assigningAuthority",
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      "valueString" : "2.4"
    },
    {
      "url" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/StructureDefinition/codesystem-versionHistory",
      "valueString" : "generate correct history somehow"
    },
    {
      "url" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/StructureDefinition/codesystem-tableNo",
      "valueString" : "0363"
    }
  ],
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    }
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          "value" : "http://www.hl7.org"
        }
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    }
  ],
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  "copyright" : "HL7 Inc., 2026",
  "caseSensitive" : true,
  "compositional" : false,
  "content" : "complete",
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      "type" : "string"
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    },
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    },
    {
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      "uri" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/Property#usage",
      "description" : "usage notes for this code",
      "type" : "string"
    },
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    }
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      "code" : "AUSDVA",
      "display" : "Australia - Dept. of Veterans Affairs",
      "definition" : "Australia - Dept. of Veterans Affairs"
    },
    {
      "code" : "AUSHIC",
      "display" : "Australia - Health Insurance Commission",
      "definition" : "Australia - Health Insurance Commission"
    },
    {
      "code" : "CANAB",
      "display" : "Canada - Alberta",
      "definition" : "Canada - Alberta"
    },
    {
      "code" : "CANBC",
      "display" : "Canada - British Columbia",
      "definition" : "Canada - British Columbia"
    },
    {
      "code" : "CANMB",
      "display" : "Canada - Manitoba",
      "definition" : "Canada - Manitoba"
    },
    {
      "code" : "CANNB",
      "display" : "Canada - New Brunswick",
      "definition" : "Canada - New Brunswick"
    },
    {
      "code" : "CANNF",
      "display" : "Canada - Newfoundland",
      "definition" : "Canada - Newfoundland"
    },
    {
      "code" : "CANNS",
      "display" : "Canada - Nova Scotia",
      "definition" : "Canada - Nova Scotia"
    },
    {
      "code" : "CANNT",
      "display" : "Canada - Northwest Territories",
      "definition" : "Canada - Northwest Territories"
    },
    {
      "code" : "CANNU",
      "display" : "Canada - Nanavut",
      "definition" : "Canada - Nanavut"
    },
    {
      "code" : "CANON",
      "display" : "Canada - Ontario",
      "definition" : "Canada - Ontario"
    },
    {
      "code" : "CANPE",
      "display" : "Canada - Prince Edward Island",
      "definition" : "Canada - Prince Edward Island"
    },
    {
      "code" : "CANQC",
      "display" : "Canada - Quebec",
      "definition" : "Canada - Quebec"
    },
    {
      "code" : "CANSK",
      "display" : "Canada - Saskatchewan",
      "definition" : "Canada - Saskatchewan"
    },
    {
      "code" : "CANYT",
      "display" : "Canada - Yukon Territories",
      "definition" : "Canada - Yukon Territories"
    },
    {
      "code" : "NLVWS",
      "display" : "NL - Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport",
      "definition" : "NL - Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport"
    },
    {
      "code" : "USCDC",
      "display" : "US Center for Disease Control",
      "definition" : "US Center for Disease Control"
    },
    {
      "code" : "USHCFA",
      "display" : "US Healthcare Finance Authority",
      "definition" : "US Healthcare Finance Authority"
    },
    {
      "code" : "USSSA",
      "display" : "US Social Security Administration",
      "definition" : "US Social Security Administration"
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}

```
