New Zealand Health Terminology Service (NZHTS) Implementation Guide
0.1.0 - ci-build
New Zealand Health Terminology Service (NZHTS) Implementation Guide
0.1.0 - ci-build
New Zealand Health Terminology Service (NZHTS) Implementation Guide, published by Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 0.1.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/tewhatuora/nzhts-ig/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions
| Official URL: https://fhir-ig.digital.health.nz/nzhts/ImplementationGuide/tewhatuora.nzhts | Version: 0.1.0 | |||
| Draft as of 2026-02-26 | Computable Name: nzhts | |||
Important note: This implementation guide is not for general use yet - it is being used to test the approach of creating a FHIR IG/Package for the NZHTS service.
This FHIR IG contains terminology artefacts from the New Zealand Health Terminology service that are used in FHIR NZ FHIR implementation guides, so the terminology can be included as a package dependency in IGs that use NZHTS mastered terminology.
The IG will be generated from a snapshot downloaded from the NZHTS FHIR API. The intention would be to release a new version of the IG/package with each NZHTS release (currently monthly).
This is an R4 IG. None of the features it uses are changed in R4B, so it can be used as is with R4B systems. Packages for both R4 (tewhatuora.nzhts.r4) and R4B (tewhatuora.nzhts.r4b) are available.
| IG | Package | FHIR | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
  New Zealand Health Terminology Service (NZHTS) Implementation Guide | tewhatuora.nzhts#0.1.0 | R4 | |
 HL7 Terminology (THO) | hl7.terminology.r4#7.0.1 | R4 | Automatically added as a dependency - all IGs depend on HL7 Terminology |
  FHIR Extensions Pack | hl7.fhir.uv.extensions.r4#5.2.0 | R4 | |
 FHIR Tooling Extensions IG | hl7.fhir.uv.tools.r4#0.9.0 | R4 | for example references |
Package hl7.fhir.uv.extensions.r4#5.2.0 This IG defines the global extensions - the ones defined for everyone. These extensions are always in scope wherever FHIR is being used (built Mon, Feb 10, 2025 21:45+1100+11:00) |
Package hl7.fhir.uv.tools.r4#0.9.0 This IG defines the extensions that the tools use internally. Some of these extensions are content that are being evaluated for elevation into the main spec, and others are tooling concerns (built Tue, Dec 16, 2025 23:18+1100+11:00) |
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