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CodeSystem: alternateCharacterSets

Official URL: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0211		Version: 2.0.0
Active as of 2019-12-01	Responsible: Health Level Seven International	Computable Name: AlternateCharacterSets
Other Identifiers: OID:2.16.840.1.113883.18.116
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HL7-defined code system of concepts used to specify the character set(s) in use. Includes both single-byte and double-byte characters sets, and used in Version 2.x messaging in the MSH segment.

Underlying Master Code System for V2 table 0211 (Alternate Character Sets)

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

Hl7VSAlternateCharacterSets

Generated Narrative: CodeSystem v2-0211

Properties

This code system defines the following properties for its concepts

Name

Code

URI

Type

Description

status

http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/utg-concept-properties#status

code

Status of the concept

deprecated

http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/utg-concept-properties#v2-table-deprecated

code

Version of HL7 in which the code was deprecated

V2 Concept Comment

v2-concComment

http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/utg-concept-properties#v2-concComment

string

V2 Concept Comment

V2 Concept Comment As Published

v2-concCommentAsPub

http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/utg-concept-properties#v2-concCommentAsPub

string

V2 Concept Comment As Published

HL7 Concept Usage Notes

HL7usageNotes

http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/utg-concept-properties#HL7usageNotes

string

HL7 Concept Usage Notes

Concepts

This case-sensitive code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0211 defines the following codes in a Is-A hierarchy:

Code	Display	Definition	deprecated	V2 Concept Comment	V2 Concept Comment As Published	HL7 Concept Usage Notes
JAS2020	A subset of ISO2020 used for most Kanjii transmissions	A subset of ISO2020 used for most Kanjii transmissions	2.9
JIS X 0202	ISO 2022 with escape sequences for Kanjii	ISO 2022 with escape sequences for Kanjii	2.9
ASCII	The printable 7-bit ASCII character set.	The printable 7-bit ASCII character set.		(This is the default if this field is omitted)	(This is the default if this field is omitted)
8859/1	The printable characters from the ISO 8859/1 Character set	The printable characters from the ISO 8859/1 Character set
8859/2	The printable characters from the ISO 8859/2 Character set	The printable characters from the ISO 8859/2 Character set
8859/3	The printable characters from the ISO 8859/3 Character set	The printable characters from the ISO 8859/3 Character set
8859/4	The printable characters from the ISO 8859/4 Character set	The printable characters from the ISO 8859/4 Character set
8859/5	The printable characters from the ISO 8859/5 Character set	The printable characters from the ISO 8859/5 Character set
8859/6	The printable characters from the ISO 8859/6 Character set	The printable characters from the ISO 8859/6 Character set
8859/7	The printable characters from the ISO 8859/7 Character set	The printable characters from the ISO 8859/7 Character set
8859/8	The printable characters from the ISO 8859/8 Character set	The printable characters from the ISO 8859/8 Character set
8859/9	The printable characters from the ISO 8859/9 Character set	The printable characters from the ISO 8859/9 Character set
8859/15	The printable characters from the ISO 8859/15 (Latin-15)	The printable characters from the ISO 8859/15 (Latin-15)
ISO IR6	ASCII graphic character set consisting of 94 characters.	ASCII graphic character set consisting of 94 characters.		http://www.itscj.ipsj.or.jp/ISO-IR/006.pdf	http://www.itscj.ipsj.or.jp/ISO-IR/006.pdf
ISO IR14	Code for Information Exchange (one byte)(JIS X 0201-1976).	Code for Information Exchange (one byte)(JIS X 0201-1976).		Note that the code contains a space, i.e., "ISO IR14".	Note that the code contains a space, i.e., "ISO IR14".
ISO IR87	Code for the Japanese Graphic Character set for information interchange (JIS X 0208-1990),	Code for the Japanese Graphic Character set for information interchange (JIS X 0208-1990),		Note that the code contains a space, i.e., “ISO IR87”. The JIS X 0208 needs an escape sequence. In Japan, the escape technique is ISO 2022. From basic ASCII, escape sequence “escape” $ B (in HEX, 1B 24 42) lets the parser know that following bytes should be handled 2-byte wise. Back to ASCII is 1B 28 42.	Note that the code contains a space, i.e., “ISO IR87”. The JIS X 0208 needs an escape sequence. In Japan, the escape technique is ISO 2022. From basic ASCII, escape sequence “escape” $ B (in HEX, 1B 24 42) lets the parser know that following bytes should be handled 2-byte wise. Back to ASCII is 1B 28 42.
ISO IR159	Code of the supplementary Japanese Graphic Character set for information interchange (JIS X 0212-1990).	Code of the supplementary Japanese Graphic Character set for information interchange (JIS X 0212-1990).		Note that the code contains a space, i.e., "ISO IR159".	Note that the code contains a space, i.e., "ISO IR159".
GB 18030-2000	Code for Chinese Character Set (GB 18030-2000)	Code for Chinese Character Set (GB 18030-2000)		Does not need an escape sequence.	Does not need an escape sequence.
KS X 1001	Code for Korean Character Set (KS X 1001)	Code for Korean Character Set (KS X 1001)
CNS 11643-1992	Code for Taiwanese Character Set (CNS 11643-1992)	Code for Taiwanese Character Set (CNS 11643-1992)		Does not need an escape sequence.	Does not need an escape sequence.
BIG-5	Code for Taiwanese Character Set (BIG-5)	Code for Taiwanese Character Set (BIG-5)		Does not need an escape sequence. BIG-5 does not need an escape sequence. ASCII is a 7 bit character set, which means that the top bit of the byte is “0”. The parser knows that when the top bit of the byte is “0”, the character set is ASCII. When it is “1”, the following bytes should be handled as 2 bytes (or more). No escape technique is needed. However, since some servers do not correctly interpret when they receive a top bit “1”, it is advised, in internet RFC, to not use these kind of non-safe non-escape extension.	Does not need an escape sequence. BIG-5 does not need an escape sequence. ASCII is a 7 bit character set, which means that the top bit of the byte is “0”. The parser knows that when the top bit of the byte is “0”, the character set is ASCII. When it is “1”, the following bytes should be handled as 2 bytes (or more). No escape technique is needed. However, since some servers do not correctly interpret when they receive a top bit “1”, it is advised, in internet RFC, to not use these kind of non-safe non-escape extension.
UNICODE	The world wide character standard from ISO/IEC 10646-1-1993	The world wide character standard from ISO/IEC 10646-1-1993		Deprecated. Retained for backward compatibility only as v 2.5. Replaced by specific Unicode encoding codes.	Deprecated. Retained for backward compatibility only as v 2.5. Replaced by specific Unicode encoding codes.	Available from The Unicode Consortium, P.O. Box 700519, San Jose, CA 95170-0519. See http://www.unicode.org/unicode/consortium/consort.html
UNICODE UTF-8	UCS Transformation Format, 8-bit form	UCS Transformation Format, 8-bit form		UTF-8 is a variable-length encoding, each code value is represented by 1,2 or 3 bytes, depending on the code value. 7 bit ASCII is a proper subset of UTF-8. Note that the code contains a space before UTF but not before and after the hyphen. Since UTF-8 represents the full UNICODE character set, the following restriction apply to its use: 1. UTF-8 must be the default encoding of the message, UTF-8 cannot be specified as an additional character set in MSH-18 2. There are no other character sets allowed in a message where UTF-8 is the default encoding in the message. In other words, UNICODE UTF-8 can only be specified as a single value in MSH-18 3. A message encoded in UTF-8 must not use a Byte Order Mark (BOM).	UTF-8 is a variable-length encoding, each code value is represented by 1,2 or 3 bytes, depending on the code value. 7 bit ASCII is a proper subset of UTF-8. Note that the code contains a space before UTF but not before and after the hyphen. Since UTF-8 represents the full UNICODE character set, the following restriction apply to its use: 1. UTF-8 must be the default encoding of the message, UTF-8 cannot be specified as an additional character set in MSH-18 2. There are no other character sets allowed in a message where UTF-8 is the default encoding in the message. In other words, UNICODE UTF-8 can only be specified as a single value in MSH-18 3. A message encoded in UTF-8 must not use a Byte Order Mark (BOM).
UNICODE UTF-16	UCS Transformation Format, 16-bit form	UCS Transformation Format, 16-bit form	2.9		UTF-16 is identical to ISO/IEC 10646 UCS-2. Note that the code contains a space before UTF but not before and after the hyphen.	UTF-16 is identical to ISO/IEC 10646 UCS-2. Note that the code contains a space before UTF but not before and after the hyphen.
UNICODE UTF-32	UCS Transformation Format, 32-bit form	UCS Transformation Format, 32-bit form	2.9		UTF-32 is defined by Unicode Technical Report #19, and is an officially recognized encoding as of Unicode Version 3.1. UTF-32 is a proper subset of ISO/IEC 10646 UCS-4. Note that the code contains a space before UTF but not before and after the hyphen.	UTF-32 is defined by Unicode Technical Report #19, and is an officially recognized encoding as of Unicode Version 3.1. UTF-32 is a proper subset of ISO/IEC 10646 UCS-4. Note that the code contains a space before UTF but not before and after the hyphen.