00125
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.
Length≤80
0189Ethnic Group
6 components
| 1 | O | identifier | ||
| 2 | O | - | text | |
| 3 | O | - | name of coding system | |
| 4 | O | - | alternate identifier | |
| 5 | O | - | alternate text | |
| 6 | O | - | name of alternate coding system |