HL7 v2.8.2 Vocabulary
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CodeSystem: Religion (2.8.2 - 2.1.0) (Experimental)

Official URL: http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/religion2 Version: 2.1.0
Active as of 2026-01-27 Computable Name: Religion2
Other Identifiers: OID:2.16.840.1.113883.18.8

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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:

Properties

This code system defines the following properties for its concepts

NameCodeURITypeDescriptionValue Set
versionIntroduced versionIntroduced http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/Property#versionIntroduced string version when was this code introduced
versionDeprecated versionDeprecated http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/Property#versionDeprecated string version when was this code deprecated
status status http://hl7.org/fhir/concept-properties#status code A code that indicates the status of the concept. Typical values are active, experimental, deprecated, and retired
comment comment http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/Property#comment string A string that provides additional detail pertinent to the use or understanding of the concept
usage usage http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/Property#usage string usage notes for this code
modified modified http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/Property#modified dateTime date of last modification
parent parent http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/Property#parent code parent http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/ValueSet/hl7VShl7VSreligion2

Concepts

This case-sensitive code system http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/religion2 defines the following codes:

CodeDisplayDefinitionversionIntroducedmodifiedDeutsch (German, de)
ABC Christian: American Baptist Church Christian: American Baptist Church 2.4 2015-07-13
AGN Agnostic Agnostic 2.4 2015-07-13
AME Christian: African Methodist Episcopal Zion Christian: African Methodist Episcopal Zion 2.4 2015-07-13
AMT Christian: African Methodist Episcopal Christian: African Methodist Episcopal 2.4 2015-07-13
ANG Christian: Anglican Christian: Anglican 2.4 2015-07-13
AOG Christian: Assembly of God Christian: Assembly of God 2.4 2015-07-13
ATH Atheist Atheist 2.4 2015-07-13 Atheist
BAH Baha'i Baha'i 2.4 2015-07-13
BAP Christian: Baptist Christian: Baptist 2.4 2015-07-13
BMA Buddhist: Mahayana Buddhist: Mahayana 2.4 2015-07-13
BOT Buddhist: Other Buddhist: Other 2.4 2015-07-13
BRE Brethren Brethren 2.6 2015-07-13
BTA Buddhist: Tantrayana Buddhist: Tantrayana 2.4 2015-07-13
BTH Buddhist: Theravada Buddhist: Theravada 2.4 2015-07-13
BUD Buddhist Buddhist 2.4 2015-07-13 Buddhist
CAT Christian: Roman Catholic Christian: Roman Catholic 2.4 2015-07-13 römisch-katholisch
CFR Chinese Folk Religionist Chinese Folk Religionist 2.4 2015-07-13
CHR Christian Christian 2.4 2015-07-13
CHS Christian: Christian Science Christian: Christian Science 2.4 2015-07-13
CMA Christian: Christian Missionary Alliance Christian: Christian Missionary Alliance 2.4 2015-07-13
CNF Confucian Confucian 2.4 2015-07-13
COC Christian: Church of Christ Christian: Church of Christ 2.4 2015-07-13
COG Christian: Church of God Christian: Church of God 2.4 2015-07-13
COI Christian: Church of God in Christ Christian: Church of God in Christ 2.4 2015-07-13
COL Christian: Congregational Christian: Congregational 2.4 2015-07-13
COM Christian: Community Christian: Community 2.4 2015-07-13
COP Christian: Other Pentecostal Christian: Other Pentecostal 2.4 2015-07-13
COT Christian: Other Christian: Other 2.4 2015-07-13
CRR Christian: Christian Reformed Christian: Christian Reformed 2.4 2015-07-13
DOC Disciples of Christ Disciples of Christ 2.6 2015-07-13
EOT Christian: Eastern Orthodox Christian: Eastern Orthodox 2.4 2015-07-13
EPI Christian: Episcopalian Christian: Episcopalian 2.4 2015-07-13
ERL Ethnic Religionist Ethnic Religionist 2.4 2015-07-13
EVC Christian: Evangelical Church Christian: Evangelical Church 2.4 2015-07-13 evangelisch
FRQ Christian: Friends Christian: Friends 2.4 2015-07-13
FUL Christian: Full Gospel Christian: Full Gospel 2.6 2015-07-13
FWB Christian: Free Will Baptist Christian: Free Will Baptist 2.4 2015-07-13
GRE Christian: Greek Orthodox Christian: Greek Orthodox 2.4 2015-07-13
HIN Hindu Hindu 2.4 2015-07-13 Hindu
HOT Hindu: Other Hindu: Other 2.4 2015-07-13
HSH Hindu: Shaivites Hindu: Shaivites 2.4 2015-07-13
HVA Hindu: Vaishnavites Hindu: Vaishnavites 2.4 2015-07-13
JAI Jain Jain 2.4 2015-07-13
JCO Jewish: Conservative Jewish: Conservative 2.4 2015-07-13
JEW Jewish Jewish 2.4 2015-07-13 jüdisch
JOR Jewish: Orthodox Jewish: Orthodox 2.4 2015-07-13
JOT Jewish: Other Jewish: Other 2.4 2015-07-13
JRC Jewish: Reconstructionist Jewish: Reconstructionist 2.4 2015-07-13
JRF Jewish: Reform Jewish: Reform 2.4 2015-07-13
JRN Jewish: Renewal Jewish: Renewal 2.4 2015-07-13
JWN Christian: Jehovah's Witness Christian: Jehovah's Witness 2.4 2015-07-13
LMS Christian: Lutheran Missouri Synod Christian: Lutheran Missouri Synod 2.4 2015-07-13
LUT Christian: Lutheran Christian: Lutheran 2.4 2015-07-13
MEN Christian: Mennonite Christian: Mennonite 2.4 2015-07-13
MET Christian: Methodist Christian: Methodist 2.4 2015-07-13
MOM Christian: Latter-day Saints Christian: Latter-day Saints 2.4 2015-07-13
MOS Muslim Muslim 2.4 2015-07-13 Muslim
MOT Muslim: Other Muslim: Other 2.4 2015-07-13
MSH Muslim: Shiite Muslim: Shiite 2.4 2015-07-13
MSU Muslim: Sunni Muslim: Sunni 2.4 2015-07-13
NAM Native American Native American 2.4 2015-07-13
NAZ Christian: Church of the Nazarene Christian: Church of the Nazarene 2.4 2015-07-13
NOE Nonreligious Nonreligious 2.4 2015-07-13 nicht-religiös
NRL New Religionist New Religionist 2.4 2015-07-13
ORT Christian: Orthodox Christian: Orthodox 2.4 2015-07-13
OTH Other Other 2.4 2015-07-13 andere
PEN Christian: Pentecostal Christian: Pentecostal 2.4 2015-07-13
PRC Christian: Other Protestant Christian: Other Protestant 2.4 2015-07-13
PRE Christian: Presbyterian Christian: Presbyterian 2.4 2015-07-13
PRO Christian: Protestant Christian: Protestant 2.4 2015-07-13 Protestant
REC Christian: Reformed Church Christian: Reformed Church 2.4 2015-07-13
REO Christian: Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ-LDS Christian: Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ-LDS 2.4 2015-07-13
SAA Christian: Salvation Army Christian: Salvation Army 2.4 2015-07-13
SEV Christian: Seventh Day Adventist Christian: Seventh Day Adventist 2.4 2015-07-13
SHN Shintoist Shintoist 2.4 2015-07-13
SIK Sikh Sikh 2.4 2015-07-13 Sikh
SOU Christian: Southern Baptist Christian: Southern Baptist 2.4 2015-07-13
SPI Spiritist Spiritist 2.4 2015-07-13
UCC Christian: United Church of Christ Christian: United Church of Christ 2.4 2015-07-13
UMD Christian: United Methodist Christian: United Methodist 2.4 2015-07-13
UNI Christian: Unitarian Christian: Unitarian 2.4 2015-07-13
UNU Christian: Unitarian Universalist Christian: Unitarian Universalist 2.4 2015-07-13
VAR Unknown Unknown 2.4 2015-07-13 unbekannt
WES Christian: Wesleyan Christian: Wesleyan 2.4 2015-07-13
WMC Christian: Wesleyan Methodist Christian: Wesleyan Methodist 2.4 2015-07-13