HL7 Terminology (THO)
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CodeSystem: ISO 3166 3 Character Country Codes

Official URL: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ISO3166-2retired Version: 2.0.1
Retired as of 2019-03-20 Responsible: ISO Computable Name: ISO31662retired
Other Identifiers: urn:ietf:rfc:3986#Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)#urn:oid:2.16.2

Three character country codes

Note that this was erroneously entered into the HL7 system some years ago and has been replaced by 1.0.3166.1.2.3 at the request of ISO.

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

CodeURITypeDescription
SpecializesCodingThe 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.
GeneralizesCodingInverse of Specializes. Only included as a derived relationship.
internalIdhttp://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/utg-concept-properties#v3-internal-idcodeThe internal identifier for the concept in the HL7 Access database repository.

Concepts

This case-sensitive code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ISO3166-2retired defines the following codes in a Is-A heirarchy:

Code

History

DateActionCustodianAuthorComment
2022-07-22reviseTSMGJessica BotaAdd default value of TRUE for code systems missing caseSensitive element unless otherwise specified; UP-322
2020-10-26deprecateVocabulary WGTed KleindeprecationEffectiveVersion=584-20081027 This Code System was deprecated (retired) as of the Vocabulary Model version shown.