# Religion (2.5.1 - 2.0.0) - HL7 v2.5.1 Vocabulary v0.1.0

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* [**Artifacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **Religion (2.5.1 - 2.0.0)**

## CodeSystem: Religion (2.5.1 - 2.0.0) (Experimental) 

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| *Official URL*:http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/religion2 | *Version*:2.0.0 |
| Active as of 2026-01-27 | *Computable Name*:Religion2 |
| *Other Identifiers:*OID:2.16.840.1.113883.18.8 | |
| **Copyright/Legal**: HL7 Inc., 2026 | |

 
Code system of concepts specifying a person's religion. Used in HL7 Version 2.x messaging in the PID segment. 

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

* [Hl7VSreligion2](ValueSet-hl7VSreligion2.md)



## Resource Content

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      "valueString" : "2.5.1"
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      "url" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/StructureDefinition/codesystem-versionHistory",
      "valueString" : "generate correct history somehow"
    },
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      "definition" : "Christian: African Methodist Episcopal Zion",
      "property" : [
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    {
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      "definition" : "Buddhist: Mahayana",
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        {
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    {
      "code" : "BTA",
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      "definition" : "Christian: Roman Catholic",
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        }
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      "definition" : "Chinese Folk Religionist",
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      "definition" : "Christian",
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        }
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      "definition" : "Christian: Christian Science",
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          "valueString" : "2.4"
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      ]
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      "code" : "CMA",
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      "definition" : "Christian: Christian Missionary Alliance",
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      "definition" : "Confucian",
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      "definition" : "Christian: Church of Christ",
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        }
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    {
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      "definition" : "Christian: Church of God",
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    {
      "code" : "COI",
      "display" : "Christian: Church of God in Christ",
      "definition" : "Christian: Church of God in Christ",
      "property" : [
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    {
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      "definition" : "Christian: Congregational",
      "property" : [
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      "definition" : "Christian: Community",
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    {
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      "definition" : "Christian: Other Pentecostal",
      "property" : [
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        }
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    },
    {
      "code" : "COT",
      "display" : "Christian: Other",
      "definition" : "Christian: Other",
      "property" : [
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          "valueString" : "2.4"
        }
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    },
    {
      "code" : "CRR",
      "display" : "Christian: Christian Reformed",
      "definition" : "Christian: Christian Reformed",
      "property" : [
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        }
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    {
      "code" : "EOT",
      "display" : "Christian: Eastern Orthodox",
      "definition" : "Christian: Eastern Orthodox",
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          "valueString" : "2.4"
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    {
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      "display" : "Christian: Episcopalian",
      "definition" : "Christian: Episcopalian",
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        {
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          "valueString" : "2.4"
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    {
      "code" : "ERL",
      "display" : "Ethnic Religionist",
      "definition" : "Ethnic Religionist",
      "property" : [
        {
          "code" : "versionIntroduced",
          "valueString" : "2.4"
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    {
      "code" : "EVC",
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      "definition" : "Christian: Evangelical Church",
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        {
          "language" : "de",
          "value" : "evangelisch"
        }
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      "definition" : "Christian: Friends",
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        {
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    {
      "code" : "FWB",
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      "definition" : "Christian: Free Will Baptist",
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        }
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    },
    {
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      "definition" : "Christian: Greek Orthodox",
      "property" : [
        {
          "code" : "versionIntroduced",
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    {
      "code" : "HIN",
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        {
          "language" : "de",
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        }
      ],
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      "definition" : "Hindu: Other",
      "property" : [
        {
          "code" : "versionIntroduced",
          "valueString" : "2.4"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code" : "HSH",
      "display" : "Hindu: Shaivites",
      "definition" : "Hindu: Shaivites",
      "property" : [
        {
          "code" : "versionIntroduced",
          "valueString" : "2.4"
        }
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    },
    {
      "code" : "HVA",
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      "definition" : "Hindu: Vaishnavites",
      "property" : [
        {
          "code" : "versionIntroduced",
          "valueString" : "2.4"
        }
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    },
    {
      "code" : "JAI",
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      "definition" : "Jain",
      "property" : [
        {
          "code" : "versionIntroduced",
          "valueString" : "2.4"
        }
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    },
    {
      "code" : "JCO",
      "display" : "Jewish: Conservative",
      "definition" : "Jewish: Conservative",
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        {
          "code" : "versionIntroduced",
          "valueString" : "2.4"
        }
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    },
    {
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      "definition" : "Jewish",
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        {
          "language" : "de",
          "value" : "jüdisch"
        }
      ],
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          "code" : "versionIntroduced",
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    {
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      "definition" : "Jewish: Orthodox",
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        {
          "code" : "versionIntroduced",
          "valueString" : "2.4"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code" : "JOT",
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      "definition" : "Jewish: Other",
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        {
          "code" : "versionIntroduced",
          "valueString" : "2.4"
        }
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    },
    {
      "code" : "JRC",
      "display" : "Jewish: Reconstructionist",
      "definition" : "Jewish: Reconstructionist",
      "property" : [
        {
          "code" : "versionIntroduced",
          "valueString" : "2.4"
        }
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    },
    {
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      "definition" : "Jewish: Reform",
      "property" : [
        {
          "code" : "versionIntroduced",
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    {
      "code" : "JRN",
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          "code" : "versionIntroduced",
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    },
    {
      "code" : "JWN",
      "display" : "Christian: Jehovah's Witness",
      "definition" : "Christian: Jehovah's Witness",
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      "definition" : "Christian: Lutheran Missouri Synod",
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          "valueString" : "2.4"
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      "code" : "LUT",
      "display" : "Christian: Lutheran",
      "definition" : "Christian: Lutheran",
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        {
          "code" : "versionIntroduced",
          "valueString" : "2.4"
        }
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    },
    {
      "code" : "MEN",
      "display" : "Christian: Mennonite",
      "definition" : "Christian: Mennonite",
      "property" : [
        {
          "code" : "versionIntroduced",
          "valueString" : "2.4"
        }
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    },
    {
      "code" : "MET",
      "display" : "Christian: Methodist",
      "definition" : "Christian: Methodist",
      "property" : [
        {
          "code" : "versionIntroduced",
          "valueString" : "2.4"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code" : "MOM",
      "display" : "Christian: Latter-day Saints",
      "definition" : "Christian: Latter-day Saints",
      "property" : [
        {
          "code" : "versionIntroduced",
          "valueString" : "2.4"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code" : "MOS",
      "display" : "Muslim",
      "definition" : "Muslim",
      "designation" : [
        {
          "language" : "de",
          "value" : "Muslim"
        }
      ],
      "property" : [
        {
          "code" : "versionIntroduced",
          "valueString" : "2.4"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code" : "MOT",
      "display" : "Muslim: Other",
      "definition" : "Muslim: Other",
      "property" : [
        {
          "code" : "versionIntroduced",
          "valueString" : "2.4"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code" : "MSH",
      "display" : "Muslim: Shiite",
      "definition" : "Muslim: Shiite",
      "property" : [
        {
          "code" : "versionIntroduced",
          "valueString" : "2.4"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code" : "MSU",
      "display" : "Muslim: Sunni",
      "definition" : "Muslim: Sunni",
      "property" : [
        {
          "code" : "versionIntroduced",
          "valueString" : "2.4"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code" : "NAM",
      "display" : "Native American",
      "definition" : "Native American",
      "property" : [
        {
          "code" : "versionIntroduced",
          "valueString" : "2.4"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code" : "NAZ",
      "display" : "Christian: Church of the Nazarene",
      "definition" : "Christian: Church of the Nazarene",
      "property" : [
        {
          "code" : "versionIntroduced",
          "valueString" : "2.4"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code" : "NOE",
      "display" : "Nonreligious",
      "definition" : "Nonreligious",
      "designation" : [
        {
          "language" : "de",
          "value" : "nicht-religiös"
        }
      ],
      "property" : [
        {
          "code" : "versionIntroduced",
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        }
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    },
    {
      "code" : "NRL",
      "display" : "New Religionist",
      "definition" : "New Religionist",
      "property" : [
        {
          "code" : "versionIntroduced",
          "valueString" : "2.4"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code" : "ORT",
      "display" : "Christian: Orthodox",
      "definition" : "Christian: Orthodox",
      "property" : [
        {
          "code" : "versionIntroduced",
          "valueString" : "2.4"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code" : "OTH",
      "display" : "Other",
      "definition" : "Other",
      "designation" : [
        {
          "language" : "de",
          "value" : "andere"
        }
      ],
      "property" : [
        {
          "code" : "versionIntroduced",
          "valueString" : "2.4"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code" : "PEN",
      "display" : "Christian: Pentecostal",
      "definition" : "Christian: Pentecostal",
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        {
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          "valueString" : "2.4"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code" : "PRC",
      "display" : "Christian: Other Protestant",
      "definition" : "Christian: Other Protestant",
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        }
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    },
    {
      "code" : "PRE",
      "display" : "Christian: Presbyterian",
      "definition" : "Christian: Presbyterian",
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          "valueString" : "2.4"
        }
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    },
    {
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      "definition" : "Christian: Protestant",
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        {
          "language" : "de",
          "value" : "Protestant"
        }
      ],
      "property" : [
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          "code" : "versionIntroduced",
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        }
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    },
    {
      "code" : "REC",
      "display" : "Christian: Reformed Church",
      "definition" : "Christian: Reformed Church",
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        }
      ]
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}

```
