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CodeSystem: Education Level

Official URL: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-EducationLevel Version: 3.0.0
Active as of 2019-03-20 Responsible: Health Level Seven International Computable Name: EducationLevel
Other Identifiers: OID:2.16.840.1.113883.5.1077

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Years of education that a person has completed

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

Generated Narrative: CodeSystem v3-EducationLevel

Language: en

Properties

This code system defines the following properties for its concepts

NameCodeURITypeDescription
Specializes Specializes Coding The child code is a more narrow version of the concept represented by the parent code. I.e. Every child concept is also a valid parent concept. Used to allow determination of subsumption. Must be transitive, irreflexive, antisymmetric.
Generalizes Generalizes Coding Inverse of Specializes. Only included as a derived relationship.
internalId internalId http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/utg-concept-properties#v3-internal-id code The internal identifier for the concept in the HL7 Access database repository.
Status status http://hl7.org/fhir/concept-properties#status code Designation of a concept's state. Normally is not populated unless the state is retired.

Concepts

This case-sensitive code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-EducationLevel defines the following codes in a Is-A hierarchy:

CodeDisplayDefinitioninternalIdStatus
ASSOC Associate's or technical degree complete Associate's or technical degree complete 19180 active
BD College or baccalaureate degree complete College or baccalaureate degree complete 19181 active
ELEM Elementary School Elementary School 19176 active
GD Graduate or professional Degree complete Graduate or professional Degree complete 19183 active
HS High School or secondary school degree complete High School or secondary school degree complete 19178 active
PB Some post-baccalaureate education Some post-baccalaureate education 19182 active
POSTG Doctoral or post graduate education Doctoral or post graduate education 19184 active
SCOL Some College education Some College education 19179 active
SEC Some secondary or high school education Some secondary or high school education 19177 active

History

DateActionAuthorCustodianComment
2023-11-14reviseMarc DuteauTSMGAdd standard copyright and contact to internal content; up-476
2022-10-18reviseMarc DuteauTSMGFixing missing metadata; up-349
2022-02-17 00:00:32+1100reviseGrahame GrieveVocabulary WGPopulate Missing caseSensitive property; UP-286
2020-05-06reviseTed KleinVocabulary WGMigrated to the UTG maintenance environment and publishing tooling.