HL7 v2.6 Vocabulary
0.2.0 - ci-build

HL7 v2.6 Vocabulary, published by HL7/FO. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 0.2.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/frankoemig/hl7.v2.terminology.v26/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

## ValueSet: Alternate Character Sets (2.6 - 1.3.0) (Experimental)

Official URL: http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/ValueSet/hl7VSalternateCharacterSets | Version: 1.3.0
Active as of 2026-03-13 | Computable Name: Hl7VSalternateCharacterSets
Other Identifiers: OID:2.16.840.1.113883.21.128, urn:ietf:rfc:3986#Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)#http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/ValueSet/v2-0211
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Value Set of codes that identify one of a number of possible standard alternate character sets for a message, either single-byte or double-byte.

References

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

### Logical Definition (CLD)

- Include all codes defined in `http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/alternateCharacterSets` version 📍1.3.0

### Expansion

Expansion performed internally based on codesystem Alternate Character Sets (2.6 - 1.3.0) v1.3.0 (CodeSystem)

This value set contains 24 concepts

System | Code | Display (en) | Definition | JSON | XML
`http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/alternateCharacterSets` | 8859/1 | The printable characters from the ISO 8859/1 Character set | The printable characters from the ISO 8859/1 Character set |  |
`http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/alternateCharacterSets` | 8859/15 | The printable characters from the ISO 8859/15 (Latin-15) | The printable characters from the ISO 8859/15 (Latin-15) |  |
`http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/alternateCharacterSets` | 8859/2 | The printable characters from the ISO 8859/2 Character set | The printable characters from the ISO 8859/2 Character set |  |
`http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/alternateCharacterSets` | 8859/3 | The printable characters from the ISO 8859/3 Character set | The printable characters from the ISO 8859/3 Character set |  |
`http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/alternateCharacterSets` | 8859/4 | The printable characters from the ISO 8859/4 Character set | The printable characters from the ISO 8859/4 Character set |  |
`http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/alternateCharacterSets` | 8859/5 | The printable characters from the ISO 8859/5 Character set | The printable characters from the ISO 8859/5 Character set |  |
`http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/alternateCharacterSets` | 8859/6 | The printable characters from the ISO 8859/6 Character set | The printable characters from the ISO 8859/6 Character set |  |
`http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/alternateCharacterSets` | 8859/7 | The printable characters from the ISO 8859/7 Character set | The printable characters from the ISO 8859/7 Character set |  |
`http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/alternateCharacterSets` | 8859/8 | The printable characters from the ISO 8859/8 Character set | The printable characters from the ISO 8859/8 Character set |  |
`http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/alternateCharacterSets` | 8859/9 | The printable characters from the ISO 8859/9 Character set | The printable characters from the ISO 8859/9 Character set |  |
`http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/alternateCharacterSets` | ASCII | The printable 7-bit ASCII character set | The printable 7-bit ASCII character set |  |
`http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/alternateCharacterSets` | BIG-5 | Code for Taiwanese Character Set (BIG-5) | Code for Taiwanese Character Set (BIG-5) |  |
`http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/alternateCharacterSets` | CNS 11643-1992 | Code for Taiwanese Character Set (CNS 11643-1992) | Code for Taiwanese Character Set (CNS 11643-1992) |  |
`http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/alternateCharacterSets` | GB 18030-2000 | Code for Chinese Character Set (GB 18030-2000) | Code for Chinese Character Set (GB 18030-2000) |  |
`http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/alternateCharacterSets` | ISO IR14 | Code for Information Exchange (one byte)(JIS X 0201-1976). | Code for Information Exchange (one byte)(JIS X 0201-1976). |  |
`http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/alternateCharacterSets` | ISO IR159 | Code of the supplementary Japanese Graphic Character set for information interchange (JIS X 0212-1990). | Code of the supplementary Japanese Graphic Character set for information interchange (JIS X 0212-1990). |  |
`http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/alternateCharacterSets` | ISO IR87 | Code for the Japanese Graphic Character set for information interchange (JIS X 0208-1990), | Code for the Japanese Graphic Character set for information interchange (JIS X 0208-1990), |  |
`http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/alternateCharacterSets` | JAS2020 | A subset of ISO2020 used for most Kanjii transmissions | A subset of ISO2020 used for most Kanjii transmissions |  |
`http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/alternateCharacterSets` | JIS X 0202 | ISO 2022 with escape sequences for Kanjii | ISO 2022 with escape sequences for Kanjii |  |
`http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/alternateCharacterSets` | KS X 1001 | Code for Korean Character Set (KS X 1001) | Code for Korean Character Set (KS X 1001) |  |
`http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/alternateCharacterSets` | UNICODE | The world wide character standard from ISO/IEC 10646-1-1993 | The world wide character standard from ISO/IEC 10646-1-1993 |  |
`http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/alternateCharacterSets` | UNICODE UTF-16 | UCS Transformation Format, 16-bit form | UCS Transformation Format, 16-bit form |  |
`http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/alternateCharacterSets` | UNICODE UTF-32 | UCS Transformation Format, 32-bit form | UCS Transformation Format, 32-bit form |  |
`http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/alternateCharacterSets` | UNICODE UTF-8 | UCS Transformation Format, 8-bit form | UCS Transformation Format, 8-bit form |  |

Explanation of the columns that may appear on this page:

Level | A few code lists that FHIR defines are hierarchical - each code is assigned a level. In this scheme, some codes are under other codes, and imply that the code they are under also applies
System | The source of the definition of the code (when the value set draws in codes defined elsewhere)
Code | The code (used as the code in the resource instance)
Display | The display (used in the display element of a Coding). If there is no display, implementers should not simply display the code, but map the concept into their application
Definition | An explanation of the meaning of the concept
Comments | Additional notes about how to use the code