US Military Service Period

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    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\" xml:lang=\"en\" lang=\"en\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: CodeSystem us-military-service-period</b></p><a name=\"us-military-service-period\"> </a><a name=\"hcus-military-service-period\"> </a><div style=\"display: inline-block; background-color: #d9e0e7; padding: 6px; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid #8da1b4; border-radius: 5px; line-height: 60%\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Last updated: 2026-05-11 00:00:00+0000; Language: en</p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Profile: <a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R5/shareablecodesystem.html\">Shareable CodeSystem</a></p></div><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/us-military-service-period</code> defines the following codes:</p><table class=\"codes\"><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">post-911<a name=\"us-military-service-period-post-911\"> </a></td><td>September 2001 or later (Post 9/11)</td><td>Military service occurring on or after September 2001, encompassing the post-9/11 era.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">persian-gulf-war<a name=\"us-military-service-period-persian-gulf-war\"> </a></td><td>August 1990 through August 2001 (including the Persian Gulf War)</td><td>Military service occurring between August 1990 and August 2001, encompassing the Persian Gulf War era.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">period-1975-1990<a name=\"us-military-service-period-period-1975-1990\"> </a></td><td>June 1975 through July 1990</td><td>Military service occurring between June 1975 and July 1990.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">vietnam-war<a name=\"us-military-service-period-vietnam-war\"> </a></td><td>August 1964 through May 1975 (including the Vietnam War)</td><td>Military service occurring between August 1964 and May 1975, encompassing the Vietnam War era.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">period-1955-1964<a name=\"us-military-service-period-period-1955-1964\"> </a></td><td>February 1955 through July 1964</td><td>Military service occurring between February 1955 and July 1964.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">korean-war<a name=\"us-military-service-period-korean-war\"> </a></td><td>June 1950 through January 1955 (including the Korean War)</td><td>Military service occurring between June 1950 and January 1955, encompassing the Korean War era.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">period-1947-1950<a name=\"us-military-service-period-period-1947-1950\"> </a></td><td>January 1947 through May 1950</td><td>Military service occurring between January 1947 and May 1950.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">world-war-ii<a name=\"us-military-service-period-world-war-ii\"> </a></td><td>December 1941 through December 1946 (including World War II)</td><td>Military service occurring between December 1941 and December 1946, encompassing World War II.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">pre-1941<a name=\"us-military-service-period-pre-1941\"> </a></td><td>November 1941 or earlier</td><td>Military service occurring on or before November 1941.</td></tr></table></div>",
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