Country - HL7 Terminology (THO) v5.5.0

HL7 Terminology (THO)
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CodeSystem: Country

Official URL: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-Country		Version: 2.0.1
Retired as of 2019-03-20	Responsible: HL7	Computable Name: Country
Other Identifiers: urn:ietf:rfc:3986#Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)#urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.5.28

The territory of a sovereign nation.

Note that this has been deprecated in favor of using the ISO 3166 Country codes - 1.0.3166.1 iso3166-1

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

This CodeSystem is not used here; it may be used elsewhere (e.g. specifications and/or implementations that use this content)

Properties

This code system defines the following properties for its concepts

Code

URI

Type

Description

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

Coding

Inverse of Specializes. Only included as a derived relationship.

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.

Concepts

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

Code

History

Date