HL7 Terminology (THO)
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CodeSystem: Group Code

Official URL: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/group-code Version: 1.0.0
Standards status: Trial-use Maturity Level: 1 Responsible: HL7 (FHIR Project) Computable Name: GroupCode

A code that describes the use of the group. The use of the group usually dictates what kind of entities can be members of the group.

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

This case-sensitive code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/group-code defines the following codes:

CodeDisplayDefinition
patient-list Patient-List A list of patients for the purpose of some kind of clinical treatment.
family Family A group of persons and/or animals that constitute a family. The definition of family is not precisely fixed and subject to much variableness in interpretation.
household Household A group of persons and/or animals that reside in a singe house. Both the definitions of 'reside' and 'house' are not precisely fixed.
workplace Workplace A group of persons who work together in a single place.
event-attendee Event Attendee Group contains a set of persons and/or animals who were at the same place at the same time. This is typically used for an infection event
exposure-group Exposure Group Group contains a set of persons and/or animals who were exposed to some antigen or infectious agent.
herd Herd Group contains a set of animals that are treated as a coherent group.
locality Locality Group contains HealthcareService resources that are found in a single geographical location.
organization Organization A collection of healthcare services.
collection Collection A collection of entities for an arbitrary reason.

History

DateActionAuthorCustodianComment
2025-11-13createBryn RhodesFHIR-IAdd Group Code code system to THO; up-740