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Ethnic Group

1999-04-14
Components: <identifier (ST)> ^ <text (ST)> ^ <name of coding system (ST)> ^ <alternate identifier (ST)> ^ <alternate text (ST)> ^ <name of alternate coding system (ST)>

Definition: This field further defines the patient's ancestry. User-defined table 0189 - Ethnic group is used as the HL7 identifier for the user-defined table of values for this field. ERISA has a published list of ethnic classifications that may be used by local agreement at a site. The second triplet of the CE data type for ethnic group (alternate identifier, alternate text, and name of alternate coding system) is reserved for governmentally assigned codes.

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0189Ethnic Group
6 components
1Oidentifier
2O-text
3O-name of coding system
4O-alternate identifier
5O-alternate text
6O-name of alternate coding system

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