<status value="active"/> <date value="2014-03-26"/> <description value="Used to represent the role(s) of those who can serve as subjects of the contents of a clinical document."/> <compose> <include> <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-RoleClass"/> <concept> <code value="PAT"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="PRS"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="SPEC"/> </concept> </include> </compose> </ValueSet>

Code	Display	Definition
PAT	patient	A Role of a LivingSubject (player) as an actual or potential recipient of health care services from a healthcare provider organization (scoper). Usage Note: Communication about relationships between patients and specific healthcare practitioners (people) is not done via scoper. Instead this is generally done using the CareProvision act. This allows linkage between patient and a particular healthcare practitioner role and also allows description of the type of care involved in the relationship.
PRS	personal relationship	Links two entities with classCode PSN (person) in a personal relationship. The character of the relationship must be defined by a PersonalRelationshipRoleType code. The player and scoper are determined by PersonalRelationshipRoleType code as well.
SPEC	specimen	A role played by a material entity that is a specimen for an act. It is scoped by the source of the specimen.