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Terminology

Various coded values which are used to describe clinical concepts within health records as well as codes used within messages to meet the structural requirements of interfaces.

*Please note that these are Code System and/or Value set created by Ontario Health


Value Sets defined by this implementation guide:

Value Set Description Profile Binding Strength
AddressType Codes supported by eHealth Ontario differentiating mailing from physical addresses used in EMPI Match Request. For patient response, the FHIR AddressType valueset is used. Patient:address.type Required
AddressUse Codes supported by eHealth Ontario indicating how the patient address is used for EMPI Match Request. For patient response, the FHIR AddressUse valueset is used. Patient:address.use Required
AdministrativeGender Administrative genders for patients supported by the eHealth Ontario PCR and PPR interface Patient:gender Required
ContactPointUse Codes supported by eHealth Ontario differentiating uses of contact points for EMPI Match request. For patient response, the FHIR ContactPointUse valueset is used. Patient:contactpoint.use Required
ContactPointSystem Codes supported by eHealth Ontario differentiating types of contact point systems used in EMPI Match Request. For patient response, the FHIR ContactPointSystem valueset is used. Patient:contactpoint.system Required
Countrycodes 3-character ISO country codes for use in addresses by the eHealth Ontario PPR and PCR interface Patient:address.country Required
Language Languages understood or supported by Ontario clients, practitioners and organizations. This value set represents the subset of all ISO living languages as of April 22, 2020. Patient:communication.language Extensible
MasterDataExceptionCode Error and warning codes returned by the back-end eHealth Ontario Provincial Client Registry
NameUse Codes supported by eHealth Ontario differentiating types of name uses for patient response. For EMPI Match request, only official name is supported. Patient:name.use Required
PatientIdentifierType Codes supported by eHealth Ontario differentiating types of patient identifier types Patient:identifier.type
PatientSecurity Codes to indicate whether the patient's data is subject to additional security restrictions Patient:security
Province-StateCode Codes for provinces, states and territories supported by the eHealth Ontario PCR and PPR interface Patient:province.code