HL7® FHIR® New Zealand Base Implementation Guide
3.0.1 - Draft

HL7® FHIR® New Zealand Base Implementation Guide - Local Development build (v3.0.1) built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) Build Tools. See the Directory of published versions

## Extension: NZ Ethnicity

Official URL: http://hl7.org.nz/fhir/StructureDefinition/nz-ethnicity | Version: 0.1.0
Active as of 2020-07-20 | Computable Name: Nz_ethnicity
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The ethnic group or groups that a person identifies with or feels they belong to. Ethnicity is a measure of cultural affiliation as opposed to race, ancestry, nationality or citizen. Ethnicity is self-perceived and a person can belong to more than one group.

The Stats New Zealand standard can be found here.

Context of Use

This extension may be used on the following element(s):

- Element ID Patient
- Element ID Practitioner
- Element ID RelatedPerson

Example of extension

      <extension url="http://hl7.org.nz/fhir/StructureDefinition/nz-ethnicity">
        <valueCodeableConcept>
          <coding>
            <system value="https://standards.digital.health.nz/ns/ethnic-group-level-4-code"/>
            <code value="21111"/>
            <display value="Maori"/>
          </coding>
        </valueCodeableConcept>
      </extension>

Codes to record a person's ethnicity, drawn from Level 4 of the Ethnicity code system described here

Example instances

Patient with ethnicity

Usage info

Usage:

- Use this Extension: NZ Patient and Practitioner resource for use in NZ
- Examples for this Extension: Patient/patient-nz-ethnicity

### Formal Views of Extension Content

Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots, and how the XML and JSON presentations work.

- Text Summary
- Differential Table
- Snapshot Table
- All

This structure is derived from Extension

Summary

Simple Extension of type CodeableConcept: The ethnic group or groups that a person identifies with or feels they belong to. Ethnicity is a measure of cultural affiliation as opposed to race, ancestry, nationality or citizen. Ethnicity is self-perceived and a person can belong to more than one group.

The Stats New Zealand standard can be found here.

This structure is derived from Extension

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Extension |  | 0..* | Extension | NZ Ethnicity
extension |  | 0..0 |  |
url |  | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org.nz/fhir/StructureDefinition/nz-ethnicity"
value[x] |  | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | Value of extension Binding: Ethnicity of a person (L4) (preferred)
Documentation for this format

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Extension |  | 0..* | Extension | NZ Ethnicity
id |  | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing
extension |  | 0..0 |  |
url |  | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org.nz/fhir/StructureDefinition/nz-ethnicity"
value[x] |  | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | Value of extension Binding: Ethnicity of a person (L4) (preferred)
Documentation for this format

This structure is derived from Extension

Summary

Simple Extension of type CodeableConcept: The ethnic group or groups that a person identifies with or feels they belong to. Ethnicity is a measure of cultural affiliation as opposed to race, ancestry, nationality or citizen. Ethnicity is self-perceived and a person can belong to more than one group.

The Stats New Zealand standard can be found here.

Differential View

This structure is derived from Extension

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Extension |  | 0..* | Extension | NZ Ethnicity
extension |  | 0..0 |  |
url |  | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org.nz/fhir/StructureDefinition/nz-ethnicity"
value[x] |  | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | Value of extension Binding: Ethnicity of a person (L4) (preferred)
Documentation for this format

Snapshot View

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Extension |  | 0..* | Extension | NZ Ethnicity
id |  | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing
extension |  | 0..0 |  |
url |  | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org.nz/fhir/StructureDefinition/nz-ethnicity"
value[x] |  | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | Value of extension Binding: Ethnicity of a person (L4) (preferred)
Documentation for this format

Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron

#### Terminology Bindings

Path | Conformance | ValueSet | URI
Extension.value[x] | preferred | Ethnicity (a valid code from Level 4 ethnicity codes) `https://nzhts.digital.health.nz/fhir/ValueSet/ethnic-group-level-4-code` from this IG