HL7 Terminology
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Ethnicity

Summary

Defining URL:http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-Ethnicity
Version:2.0.0
Name:Ethnicity
Title:Ethnicity
Status:Active
Content:All the concepts defined by the code system are included in the code system resource
Definition:

In the United States, federal standards for classifying data on ethnicity determine the categories used by federal agencies and exert a strong influence on categorization by state and local agencies and private sector organizations. The federal standards do not conceptually define ethnicity, and they recognize the absence of an anthropological or scientific basis for ethnicity classification. Instead, the federal standards acknowledge that ethnicity is a social-political construct in which an individual's own identification with a particular ethnicity is preferred to observer identification. The standards specify two minimum ethnicity categories: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino. The standards define a Hispanic or Latino as a person of "Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central America, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race." The standards stipulate that ethnicity data need not be limited to the two minimum categories, but any expansion must be collapsible to those categories. In addition, the standards stipulate that an individual can be Hispanic or Latino or can be Not Hispanic or Latino, but cannot be both.

Publisher:Health Level 7
OID:2.16.840.1.113883.5.50 (for OID based terminology systems)
Content Mode:Complete
Source Resource:XML / JSON / Turtle

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

Ethnicity

In the United States, federal standards for classifying data on ethnicity determine the categories used by federal agencies and exert a strong influence on categorization by state and local agencies and private sector organizations. The federal standards do not conceptually define ethnicity, and they recognize the absence of an anthropological or scientific basis for ethnicity classification. Instead, the federal standards acknowledge that ethnicity is a social-political construct in which an individual's own identification with a particular ethnicity is preferred to observer identification. The standards specify two minimum ethnicity categories: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino. The standards define a Hispanic or Latino as a person of "Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central America, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race." The standards stipulate that ethnicity data need not be limited to the two minimum categories, but any expansion must be collapsible to those categories. In addition, the standards stipulate that an individual can be Hispanic or Latino or can be Not Hispanic or Latino, but cannot be both.

Properties

CodeURLDescriptionType
SpecializesThe 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.Coding
GeneralizesInverse of Specializes. Only included as a derived relationship.Coding
internalIdhttp://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/utg-concept-properties#v3-internal-idThe internal identifier for the concept in the HL7 Access database repository.code
statushttp://hl7.org/fhir/concept-properties#statusDesignation of a concept's state. Normally is not populated unless the state is retired.code

This code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-Ethnicity defines the following codes:

LvlCodeDisplayDefinitioninternalIdstatus
12135-2 Hispanic or Latino15837active
2  2137-8 Spaniard15838active
3    2138-6 Andalusian15839active
3    2139-4 Asturian15840active
3    2140-2 Castillian15841active
3    2141-0 Catalonian15842active
3    2142-8 Belearic Islander15843active
3    2143-6 Gallego15844active
3    2144-4 Valencian15845active
3    2145-1 Canarian15846active
3    2146-9 Spanish Basque15847active
2  2148-5 Mexican15848active
3    2149-3 Mexican American15849active
3    2150-1 Mexicano15850active
3    2151-9 Chicano15851active
3    2152-7 La Raza15852active
3    2153-5 Mexican American Indian15853active
2  2155-0 Central American15854active
3    2156-8 Costa Rican15855active
3    2157-6 Guatemalan15856active
3    2158-4 Honduran15857active
3    2159-2 Nicaraguan15858active
3    2160-0 Panamanian15859active
3    2161-8 Salvadoran15860active
3    2162-6 Central American Indian15861active
3    2163-4 Canal Zone15862active
2  2165-9 South American15863active
3    2166-7 Argentinean15864active
3    2167-5 Bolivian15865active
3    2168-3 Chilean15866active
3    2169-1 Colombian15867active
3    2170-9 Ecuadorian15868active
3    2171-7 Paraguayan15869active
3    2172-5 Peruvian15870active
3    2173-3 Uruguayan15871active
3    2174-1 Venezuelan15872active
3    2175-8 South American Indian15873active
3    2176-6 Criollo15874active
2  2178-2 Latin American15875active
2  2180-8 Puerto Rican15876active
2  2182-4 Cuban15877active
2  2184-0 Dominican15878active
12186-5 Not Hispanic or LatinoNote that this term remains in the table for completeness, even though within HL7, the notion of "not otherwise coded" term is deprecated.15879active

History

DateActionCustodianAuthorComment
2020-05-06reviseVocabulary WGTed KleinMigrated to the UTG maintenance environment and publishing tooling.