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## : Level 4 ethnicity codes - JSON Representation

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    {
      "resourceType" : "CodeSystem",
      "id" : "ethnicityL4",
      "meta" : {
        "versionId" : "9",
        "lastUpdated" : "2026-05-07T22:06:39.847+12:00",
        "tag" : [
          {
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            "code" : "NZBase"
          }
        ]
      },
      "text" : {
        "status" : "generated",
        "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><h2>Level 4 ethnicity codes</h2><tt>https://standards.digital.health.nz/ns/ethnic-group-level-4-code</tt><p>Codes to record a person’s ethnicity, drawn from Level 4 of the Ethnicity code system \ndescribed [here](http://aria.stats.govt.nz/aria/#ClassificationView:uri=http://stats.govt.nz/cms/ClassificationVersion/YVqOcFHSlguKkT17)</p></div>"
      },
      "url" : "https://standards.digital.health.nz/ns/ethnic-group-level-4-code",
      "version" : "2.1.0",
      "name" : "EthnicityL4",
      "title" : "Level 4 ethnicity codes",
      "status" : "active",
      "experimental" : false,
      "date" : "2023-08-22T12:59:31.000Z",
      "publisher" : "HL7 New Zealand",
      "contact" : [
        {
          "name" : "HL7 New Zealand",
          "telecom" : [
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              "system" : "email",
              "value" : "mailto:admin@hl7.org.nz"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "description" : "Codes to record a person’s ethnicity, drawn from Level 4 of the Ethnicity code system \ndescribed [here](http://aria.stats.govt.nz/aria/#ClassificationView:uri=http://stats.govt.nz/cms/ClassificationVersion/YVqOcFHSlguKkT17)",
      "caseSensitive" : true,
      "valueSet" : "https://nzhts.digital.health.nz/fhir/ValueSet/ethnic-group-level-4-code",
      "content" : "complete",
      "count" : 186,
      "concept" : [
        {
          "code" : "10000",
          "display" : "European NFD"
        },
        {
          "code" : "11111",
          "display" : "New Zealand European"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12100",
          "display" : "British NFD"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12111",
          "display" : "Celtic"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12112",
          "display" : "Channel Islander"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12113",
          "display" : "Cornish"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12114",
          "display" : "English"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12116",
          "display" : "Irish"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12117",
          "display" : "Manx"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12119",
          "display" : "Scottish (Scots)"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12121",
          "display" : "Welsh"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12199",
          "display" : "British NEC"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12211",
          "display" : "Dutch/Netherlands"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12311",
          "display" : "Greek (including Greek Cypriot)"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12411",
          "display" : "Polish"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12500",
          "display" : "South Slav (formerly Yugoslav groups) NFD"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12511",
          "display" : "Croat/Croatian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12512",
          "display" : "Dalmatian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12513",
          "display" : "Macedonian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12514",
          "display" : "Serb/Serbian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12515",
          "display" : "Slovene/Slovenian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12516",
          "display" : "Bosnian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12599",
          "display" : "South Slav (formerly Yugoslav groups) NEC"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12611",
          "display" : "Italian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12711",
          "display" : "German"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12811",
          "display" : "Australian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12911",
          "display" : "Albanian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12912",
          "display" : "Armenian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12913",
          "display" : "Austrian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12914",
          "display" : "Belgian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12915",
          "display" : "Bulgarian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12916",
          "display" : "Belorussian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12918",
          "display" : "Cypriot Unspecified"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12919",
          "display" : "Czech"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12920",
          "display" : "Danish"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12921",
          "display" : "Estonian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12922",
          "display" : "Finnish"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12923",
          "display" : "Flemish"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12924",
          "display" : "French"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12926",
          "display" : "Hungarian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12927",
          "display" : "Icelander"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12928",
          "display" : "Latvian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12929",
          "display" : "Lithuanian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12930",
          "display" : "Maltese"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12931",
          "display" : "Norwegian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12932",
          "display" : "Portuguese"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12933",
          "display" : "Romanian / Rumanian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12934",
          "display" : "Romani"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12935",
          "display" : "Russian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12937",
          "display" : "Slavic / Slav"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12938",
          "display" : "Slovak"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12939",
          "display" : "Spanish"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12940",
          "display" : "Swedish"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12941",
          "display" : "Swiss"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12942",
          "display" : "Ukrainian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12943",
          "display" : "American (US)"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12945",
          "display" : "Canadian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12947",
          "display" : "New Caledonian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12948",
          "display" : "South African European"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12949",
          "display" : "Afrikaner"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12950",
          "display" : "Zimbabwean European"
        },
        {
          "code" : "12999",
          "display" : "European NEC"
        },
        {
          "code" : "21111",
          "display" : "Māori"
        },
        {
          "code" : "30000",
          "display" : "Pacific peoples NFD"
        },
        {
          "code" : "31111",
          "display" : "Samoan"
        },
        {
          "code" : "32100",
          "display" : "Cook Islands Maori"
        },
        {
          "code" : "33111",
          "display" : "Tongan"
        },
        {
          "code" : "34111",
          "display" : "Niuean"
        },
        {
          "code" : "35111",
          "display" : "Tokelauan"
        },
        {
          "code" : "36111",
          "display" : "Fijian (except Fiji Indian / Indo-Fijian)"
        },
        {
          "code" : "37112",
          "display" : "Indigenous Australian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "37122",
          "display" : "Hawaiian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "37124",
          "display" : "I-Kiribati / Gilbertese"
        },
        {
          "code" : "37130",
          "display" : "Nauru Islander"
        },
        {
          "code" : "37135",
          "display" : "Papuan / New Guinean / Irian Jayan"
        },
        {
          "code" : "37137",
          "display" : "Pitcairn Islander"
        },
        {
          "code" : "37138",
          "display" : "Rotuman / Rotuman Islander"
        },
        {
          "code" : "37140",
          "display" : "Society Islander (including Tahitian)"
        },
        {
          "code" : "37141",
          "display" : "Solomon Islander"
        },
        {
          "code" : "37144",
          "display" : "Tuvalu Islander / Ellice Islander"
        },
        {
          "code" : "37145",
          "display" : "Vanuatu Islander / New Hebridean"
        },
        {
          "code" : "37199",
          "display" : "Other Pacific peoples NEC"
        },
        {
          "code" : "40000",
          "display" : "Asian NFD"
        },
        {
          "code" : "41000",
          "display" : "Southeast Asian NFD"
        },
        {
          "code" : "41111",
          "display" : "Filipino"
        },
        {
          "code" : "41211",
          "display" : "Khmer / Kampuchean / Cambodian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "41311",
          "display" : "Vietnamese"
        },
        {
          "code" : "41411",
          "display" : "Burmese"
        },
        {
          "code" : "41412",
          "display" : "Indonesian (including Javanese / Sundanese / Sumatran)"
        },
        {
          "code" : "41413",
          "display" : "Lao"
        },
        {
          "code" : "41414",
          "display" : "Malay / Malayan"
        },
        {
          "code" : "41415",
          "display" : "Thai / Tai / Siamese"
        },
        {
          "code" : "41416",
          "display" : "Karen"
        },
        {
          "code" : "41417",
          "display" : "Chin"
        },
        {
          "code" : "41499",
          "display" : "Other Southeast Asian NEC"
        },
        {
          "code" : "42100",
          "display" : "Chinese NFD"
        },
        {
          "code" : "42111",
          "display" : "Hong Kong Chinese"
        },
        {
          "code" : "42112",
          "display" : "Kampuchean Chinese"
        },
        {
          "code" : "42113",
          "display" : "Malaysian Chinese"
        },
        {
          "code" : "42114",
          "display" : "Singaporean Chinese"
        },
        {
          "code" : "42115",
          "display" : "Vietnamese Chinese"
        },
        {
          "code" : "42116",
          "display" : "Taiwanese Chinese"
        },
        {
          "code" : "42199",
          "display" : "Chinese NEC"
        },
        {
          "code" : "43100",
          "display" : "Indian NFD"
        },
        {
          "code" : "43111",
          "display" : "Bengali"
        },
        {
          "code" : "43112",
          "display" : "Fijian Indian / Indo-Fijian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "43114",
          "display" : "Tamil"
        },
        {
          "code" : "43115",
          "display" : "Punjabi"
        },
        {
          "code" : "43116",
          "display" : "Sikh"
        },
        {
          "code" : "43117",
          "display" : "Anglo Indian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "43118",
          "display" : "Malaysian Indian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "43119",
          "display" : "South African Indian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "43199",
          "display" : "Indian NEC"
        },
        {
          "code" : "44100",
          "display" : "Sri Lankan NFD"
        },
        {
          "code" : "44111",
          "display" : "Sinhalese"
        },
        {
          "code" : "44112",
          "display" : "Sri Lankan Tamil"
        },
        {
          "code" : "44199",
          "display" : "Sri Lankan NEC"
        },
        {
          "code" : "44211",
          "display" : "Japanese"
        },
        {
          "code" : "44311",
          "display" : "Korean"
        },
        {
          "code" : "44411",
          "display" : "Afghan"
        },
        {
          "code" : "44412",
          "display" : "Bangladeshi"
        },
        {
          "code" : "44413",
          "display" : "Nepali"
        },
        {
          "code" : "44414",
          "display" : "Pakistani"
        },
        {
          "code" : "44415",
          "display" : "Tibetan"
        },
        {
          "code" : "44416",
          "display" : "Eurasian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "44417",
          "display" : "Bhutanese"
        },
        {
          "code" : "44418",
          "display" : "Maldivian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "44419",
          "display" : "Mongolian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "44499",
          "display" : "Other Asian NEC"
        },
        {
          "code" : "51100",
          "display" : "Middle Eastern NFD"
        },
        {
          "code" : "51111",
          "display" : "Algerian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "51112",
          "display" : "Arab"
        },
        {
          "code" : "51113",
          "display" : "Assyrian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "51114",
          "display" : "Egyptian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "51115",
          "display" : "Iranian / Persian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "51116",
          "display" : "Iraqi"
        },
        {
          "code" : "51117",
          "display" : "Israeli / Jewish / Hebrew"
        },
        {
          "code" : "51118",
          "display" : "Jordanian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "51119",
          "display" : "Kurd"
        },
        {
          "code" : "51120",
          "display" : "Lebanese"
        },
        {
          "code" : "51122",
          "display" : "Moroccan"
        },
        {
          "code" : "51124",
          "display" : "Palestinian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "51125",
          "display" : "Syrian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "51127",
          "display" : "Turkish (including Turkish Cypriot)"
        },
        {
          "code" : "51199",
          "display" : "Middle Eastern NEC"
        },
        {
          "code" : "52100",
          "display" : "Latin American / Hispanic NFD"
        },
        {
          "code" : "52111",
          "display" : "Argentinian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "52112",
          "display" : "Bolivian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "52113",
          "display" : "Brazilian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "52114",
          "display" : "Chilean"
        },
        {
          "code" : "52115",
          "display" : "Colombian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "52118",
          "display" : "Ecuadorian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "52123",
          "display" : "Mexican"
        },
        {
          "code" : "52127",
          "display" : "Peruvian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "52128",
          "display" : "Puerto Rican"
        },
        {
          "code" : "52129",
          "display" : "Uruguayan"
        },
        {
          "code" : "52130",
          "display" : "Venezuelan"
        },
        {
          "code" : "52199",
          "display" : "Latin American / Hispanic NEC"
        },
        {
          "code" : "53100",
          "display" : "African NFD"
        },
        {
          "code" : "53113",
          "display" : "Jamaican"
        },
        {
          "code" : "53114",
          "display" : "Kenyan"
        },
        {
          "code" : "53115",
          "display" : "Nigerian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "53116",
          "display" : "African American"
        },
        {
          "code" : "53118",
          "display" : "Caribbean"
        },
        {
          "code" : "53119",
          "display" : "Somali"
        },
        {
          "code" : "53120",
          "display" : "Eritrean"
        },
        {
          "code" : "53121",
          "display" : "Ethiopian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "53122",
          "display" : "Ghanaian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "53123",
          "display" : "Burundian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "53124",
          "display" : "Congolese"
        },
        {
          "code" : "53125",
          "display" : "Sudanese"
        },
        {
          "code" : "53126",
          "display" : "Zambian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "53127",
          "display" : "Other Zimbabwean"
        },
        {
          "code" : "53199",
          "display" : "Other African NEC"
        },
        {
          "code" : "61113",
          "display" : "Indigenous North American"
        },
        {
          "code" : "61115",
          "display" : "Mauritian"
        },
        {
          "code" : "61116",
          "display" : "Seychelles Islander"
        },
        {
          "code" : "61117",
          "display" : "Other South African"
        },
        {
          "code" : "61118",
          "display" : "New Zealander"
        },
        {
          "code" : "61199",
          "display" : "Other NEC"
        },
        {
          "code" : "94444",
          "display" : "Don't know"
        },
        {
          "code" : "95555",
          "display" : "Refused to answer"
        },
        {
          "code" : "96666",
          "display" : "Repeated Value"
        },
        {
          "code" : "97777",
          "display" : "Response unidentifiable"
        },
        {
          "code" : "98888",
          "display" : "Response Outside Scope"
        },
        {
          "code" : "99999",
          "display" : "Not stated"
        }
      ]
    }