HL7 v2.8.1 Vocabulary
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## : Alternate Character Sets (2.8.1 - 1.4.0) - XML Representation

Active as of 2026-03-13

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    <CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
      <id value="alternateCharacterSets"/>
      <text>
        <status value="generated"/>
        <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><ul><li>Include all codes defined in <a href="CodeSystem-alternateCharacterSets.html"><code>http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/alternateCharacterSets</code></a></li></ul></div>
      </text>
      <extension
                 url="http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/StructureDefinition/codesystem-v2versionCreated">
        <valueString value="2.8.1"/>
      </extension>
      <extension
                 url="http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/StructureDefinition/codesystem-versionHistory">
        <valueString value="generate correct history somehow"/>
      </extension>
      <extension
                 url="http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/StructureDefinition/codesystem-tableNo">
        <valueString value="0211"/>
      </extension>
      <url
           value="http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/alternateCharacterSets"/>
      <identifier>
        <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
        <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.18.116"/>
      </identifier>
      <identifier>
        <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
        <value value="http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/v2-0211"/>
      </identifier>
      <version value="1.4.0"/>
      <name value="AlternateCharacterSets"/>
      <title value="Alternate Character Sets (2.8.1 - 1.4.0)"/>
      <status value="active"/>
      <experimental value="true"/>
      <date value="2026-03-13T11:11:38+00:00"/>
      <publisher value="HL7/FO"/>
      <contact>
        <name value="HL7/FO"/>
        <telecom>
          <system value="url"/>
          <value value="http://www.hl7.org"/>
        </telecom>
      </contact>
      <description
                   value="HL7-defined code system of concepts used to specify the character set(s) in use.  Includes both single-byte and double-byte characters sets, and used in Version 2.x messaging in the MSH segment."/>
      <copyright value="HL7 Inc., 2026"/>
      <caseSensitive value="true"/>
      <compositional value="false"/>
      <content value="complete"/>
      <property>
        <code value="versionIntroduced"/>
        <uri
             value="http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/Property#versionIntroduced"/>
        <description value="version when was this code introduced"/>
        <type value="string"/>
      </property>
      <property>
        <code value="versionDeprecated"/>
        <uri
             value="http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/Property#versionDeprecated"/>
        <description value="version when was this code deprecated"/>
        <type value="string"/>
      </property>
      <property>
        <code value="status"/>
        <uri value="http://hl7.org/fhir/concept-properties#status"/>
        <description
                     value="A code that indicates the status of the concept. Typical values are active, experimental, deprecated, and retired"/>
        <type value="code"/>
      </property>
      <property>
        <code value="comment"/>
        <uri
             value="http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/Property#comment"/>
        <description
                     value="A string that provides additional detail pertinent to the use or understanding of the concept"/>
        <type value="string"/>
      </property>
      <property>
        <code value="usage"/>
        <uri
             value="http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/Property#usage"/>
        <description value="usage notes for this code"/>
        <type value="string"/>
      </property>
      <property>
        <code value="modified"/>
        <uri
             value="http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/Property#modified"/>
        <description value="date of last modification"/>
        <type value="dateTime"/>
      </property>
      <concept>
        <code value="8859/1"/>
        <display
                 value="The printable characters from the ISO 8859/1 Character set"/>
        <definition
                    value="The printable characters from the ISO 8859/1 Character set"/>
        <property>
          <code value="versionIntroduced"/>
          <valueString value="2.3"/>
        </property>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="8859/15"/>
        <display
                 value="The printable characters from the ISO 8859/15 (Latin-15)"/>
        <definition
                    value="The printable characters from the ISO 8859/15 (Latin-15)"/>
        <property>
          <code value="versionIntroduced"/>
          <valueString value="2.6"/>
        </property>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="8859/2"/>
        <display
                 value="The printable characters from the ISO 8859/2 Character set"/>
        <definition
                    value="The printable characters from the ISO 8859/2 Character set"/>
        <property>
          <code value="versionIntroduced"/>
          <valueString value="2.3"/>
        </property>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="8859/3"/>
        <display
                 value="The printable characters from the ISO 8859/3 Character set"/>
        <definition
                    value="The printable characters from the ISO 8859/3 Character set"/>
        <property>
          <code value="versionIntroduced"/>
          <valueString value="2.3"/>
        </property>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="8859/4"/>
        <display
                 value="The printable characters from the ISO 8859/4 Character set"/>
        <definition
                    value="The printable characters from the ISO 8859/4 Character set"/>
        <property>
          <code value="versionIntroduced"/>
          <valueString value="2.3"/>
        </property>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="8859/5"/>
        <display
                 value="The printable characters from the ISO 8859/5 Character set"/>
        <definition
                    value="The printable characters from the ISO 8859/5 Character set"/>
        <property>
          <code value="versionIntroduced"/>
          <valueString value="2.3"/>
        </property>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="8859/6"/>
        <display
                 value="The printable characters from the ISO 8859/6 Character set"/>
        <definition
                    value="The printable characters from the ISO 8859/6 Character set"/>
        <property>
          <code value="versionIntroduced"/>
          <valueString value="2.3"/>
        </property>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="8859/7"/>
        <display
                 value="The printable characters from the ISO 8859/7 Character set"/>
        <definition
                    value="The printable characters from the ISO 8859/7 Character set"/>
        <property>
          <code value="versionIntroduced"/>
          <valueString value="2.3"/>
        </property>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="8859/8"/>
        <display
                 value="The printable characters from the ISO 8859/8 Character set"/>
        <definition
                    value="The printable characters from the ISO 8859/8 Character set"/>
        <property>
          <code value="versionIntroduced"/>
          <valueString value="2.3"/>
        </property>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="8859/9"/>
        <display
                 value="The printable characters from the ISO 8859/9 Character set"/>
        <definition
                    value="The printable characters from the ISO 8859/9 Character set"/>
        <property>
          <code value="versionIntroduced"/>
          <valueString value="2.3"/>
        </property>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="ASCII"/>
        <display value="The printable 7-bit ASCII character set"/>
        <definition value="The printable 7-bit ASCII character set"/>
        <property>
          <code value="usage"/>
          <valueString value="(This is the default if this field is omitted)"/>
        </property>
        <property>
          <code value="versionIntroduced"/>
          <valueString value="2.3"/>
        </property>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="BIG-5"/>
        <display value="Code for Taiwanese Character Set (BIG-5)"/>
        <definition value="Code for Taiwanese Character Set (BIG-5)"/>
        <property>
          <code value="usage"/>
          <valueString
                       value="Does not need an escape sequence.&lt;p&gt;BIG-5 does not need an escape sequence. ASCII is a 7 bit character set, which means that the top bit of the byte is &quot;0&quot;. The parser knows that when the top bit of the byte is &quot;0&quot;, the character set is ASCII. When it is.."/>
        </property>
        <property>
          <code value="versionIntroduced"/>
          <valueString value="2.5"/>
        </property>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="CNS 11643-1992"/>
        <display value="Code for Taiwanese Character Set (CNS 11643-1992)"/>
        <definition value="Code for Taiwanese Character Set (CNS 11643-1992)"/>
        <property>
          <code value="usage"/>
          <valueString value="Does not need an escape sequence."/>
        </property>
        <property>
          <code value="versionIntroduced"/>
          <valueString value="2.5"/>
        </property>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="GB 18030-2000"/>
        <display value="Code for Chinese Character Set (GB 18030-2000)"/>
        <definition value="Code for Chinese Character Set (GB 18030-2000)"/>
        <property>
          <code value="usage"/>
          <valueString value="Does not need an escape sequence."/>
        </property>
        <property>
          <code value="versionIntroduced"/>
          <valueString value="2.5"/>
        </property>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="ISO IR14"/>
        <display
                 value="Code for Information Exchange (one byte)(JIS X 0201-1976)."/>
        <definition
                    value="Code for Information Exchange (one byte)(JIS X 0201-1976)."/>
        <property>
          <code value="usage"/>
          <valueString
                       value="Note that the code contains a space, i.e., &quot;ISO IR14&quot;."/>
        </property>
        <property>
          <code value="versionIntroduced"/>
          <valueString value="2.3.1"/>
        </property>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="ISO IR159"/>
        <display
                 value="Code of the supplementary Japanese Graphic Character set for information interchange (JIS X 0212-1990)."/>
        <definition
                    value="Code of the supplementary Japanese Graphic Character set for information interchange (JIS X 0212-1990)."/>
        <property>
          <code value="comment"/>
          <valueString
                       value="Note that the code contains a space, i.e. &quot;ISO IR159&quot;."/>
        </property>
        <property>
          <code value="usage"/>
          <valueString
                       value="Note that the code contains a space, i.e., &quot;ISO IR159&quot;."/>
        </property>
        <property>
          <code value="versionIntroduced"/>
          <valueString value="2.3.1"/>
        </property>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="ISO IR6"/>
        <display
                 value="ASCII graphic character set consisting of 94 characters."/>
        <definition
                    value="ASCII graphic character set consisting of 94 characters."/>
        <property>
          <code value="usage"/>
          <valueString value="http://www.itscj.ipsj.or.jp/ISO-IR/006.pdf"/>
        </property>
        <property>
          <code value="versionIntroduced"/>
          <valueString value="2.7"/>
        </property>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="ISO IR87"/>
        <display
                 value="Code for the Japanese Graphic Character set for information interchange (JIS X 0208-1990),"/>
        <definition
                    value="Code for the Japanese Graphic Character set for information interchange (JIS X 0208-1990),"/>
        <property>
          <code value="usage"/>
          <valueString
                       value="Note that the code contains a space, i.e., &quot;ISO IR87&quot;.&lt;p&gt;The JIS X 0208 needs an escape sequence. In Japan, the escape technique is ISO 2022. From basic ASCII, escape sequence &quot;escape&quot; $ B (in HEX, 1B 24 42) lets the parser know that following bytes shoul"/>
        </property>
        <property>
          <code value="versionIntroduced"/>
          <valueString value="2.3.1"/>
        </property>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="JAS2020"/>
        <display value="A subset of ISO2020 used for most Kanjii transmissions"/>
        <definition
                    value="A subset of ISO2020 used for most Kanjii transmissions"/>
        <property>
          <code value="modified"/>
          <valueDateTime value="2025-07-30"/>
        </property>
        <property>
          <code value="versionIntroduced"/>
          <valueString value="2.3"/>
        </property>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="JIS X 0202"/>
        <display value="ISO 2022 with escape sequences for Kanjii"/>
        <definition value="ISO 2022 with escape sequences for Kanjii"/>
        <property>
          <code value="modified"/>
          <valueDateTime value="2025-07-30"/>
        </property>
        <property>
          <code value="versionIntroduced"/>
          <valueString value="2.3"/>
        </property>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="KS X 1001"/>
        <display value="Code for Korean Character Set (KS X 1001)"/>
        <definition value="Code for Korean Character Set (KS X 1001)"/>
        <property>
          <code value="versionIntroduced"/>
          <valueString value="2.5"/>
        </property>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="UNICODE"/>
        <display
                 value="The world wide character standard from ISO/IEC 10646-1-1993"/>
        <definition
                    value="The world wide character standard from ISO/IEC 10646-1-1993"/>
        <property>
          <code value="usage"/>
          <valueString
                       value="Deprecated. Retained for backward compatibility only as v 2.5. Replaced by specific Unicode encoding codes."/>
        </property>
        <property>
          <code value="versionIntroduced"/>
          <valueString value="2.3"/>
        </property>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="UNICODE UTF-16"/>
        <display value="UCS Transformation Format, 16-bit form"/>
        <definition value="UCS Transformation Format, 16-bit form"/>
        <property>
          <code value="usage"/>
          <valueString
                       value="UTF-16 is identical to ISO/IEC 10646 UCS-2. Note that the code contains a space before UTF but not before and after the hyphen."/>
        </property>
        <property>
          <code value="status"/>
          <valueCode value="inactive"/>
        </property>
        <property>
          <code value="modified"/>
          <valueDateTime value="2023-08-10"/>
        </property>
        <property>
          <code value="versionIntroduced"/>
          <valueString value="2.5"/>
        </property>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="UNICODE UTF-32"/>
        <display value="UCS Transformation Format, 32-bit form"/>
        <definition value="UCS Transformation Format, 32-bit form"/>
        <property>
          <code value="usage"/>
          <valueString
                       value="UTF-32 is defined by Unicode Technical Report #19, and is an officially recognized encoding as of Unicode Version 3.1. UTF-32 is a proper subset of ISO/IEC 10646 UCS-4. Note that the code contains a space before UTF but not before and after the hyphen."/>
        </property>
        <property>
          <code value="status"/>
          <valueCode value="inactive"/>
        </property>
        <property>
          <code value="modified"/>
          <valueDateTime value="2023-08-10"/>
        </property>
        <property>
          <code value="versionIntroduced"/>
          <valueString value="2.5"/>
        </property>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="UNICODE UTF-8"/>
        <display value="UCS Transformation Format, 8-bit form"/>
        <definition value="UCS Transformation Format, 8-bit form"/>
        <property>
          <code value="usage"/>
          <valueString
                       value="UTF-8 is a variable-length encoding, each code value is represented by 1,2 or 3 bytes, depending on the code value. 7 bit ASCII is a proper subset of UTF-8. Note that the code contains a space before UTF but not before and after the hyphen. Since UTF-8 re"/>
        </property>
        <property>
          <code value="versionIntroduced"/>
          <valueString value="2.5"/>
        </property>
      </concept>
    </CodeSystem>