OMB Race Categories
activeURL
http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/ValueSet/omb-race-category
Version7.0.0
PublisherHL7 International / Cross-Group ProjectsDate2022-09-29DescriptionThe codes for the concepts 'Unknown', 'Asked but Unknown', 'Other Race'* and the codes for the five race categories - 'American Indian' or 'Alaska Native', 'Asian', 'Black or African American', 'Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander', and 'White' - as defined by the [OMB Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity, Statistical Policy Directive No. 15, as revised, October 30, 1997](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1997-10-30/pdf/97-28653.pdf) \* The use of 'Other Race' is discouraged for statistical analysis.
Expansion
| Code | Display | System |
|---|---|---|
| 1002-5 | urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.6.238 | |
| 2028-9 | urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.6.238 | |
| 2054-5 | urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.6.238 | |
| 2076-8 | urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.6.238 | |
| 2106-3 | urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.6.238 | |
| 2131-1 | urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.6.238 | |
| UNK | http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-NullFlavor | |
| ASKU | http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-NullFlavor |