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Alternate Character Sets
Vocabulary Type Code System - Universal
Concept Domain Alternate Character Sets
Code System Name
Code System Identifier
Code System OID
HL7 Table Identifier HL70211
Version
Status Active
Where Used MSH-18
Purpose and Use Table of codes that identify one of a number of possible standard alternate character sets for a message, either single-byte or double-byte.


Alternate Character Sets - Code System
Code Display Definition Deprecated
JAS2020 A subset of ISO2020 used for most Kanjii transmissions A subset of ISO2020 used for most Kanjii transmissions 2.9
JIS X 0202 ISO 2022 with escape sequences for Kanjii ISO 2022 with escape sequences for Kanjii 2.9
ASCII The printable 7-bit ASCII character set. The printable 7-bit ASCII character set.
8859/1 The printable characters from the ISO 8859/1 Character set The printable characters from the ISO 8859/1 Character set
8859/2 The printable characters from the ISO 8859/2 Character set The printable characters from the ISO 8859/2 Character set
8859/3 The printable characters from the ISO 8859/3 Character set The printable characters from the ISO 8859/3 Character set
8859/4 The printable characters from the ISO 8859/4 Character set The printable characters from the ISO 8859/4 Character set
8859/5 The printable characters from the ISO 8859/5 Character set The printable characters from the ISO 8859/5 Character set
8859/6 The printable characters from the ISO 8859/6 Character set The printable characters from the ISO 8859/6 Character set
8859/7 The printable characters from the ISO 8859/7 Character set The printable characters from the ISO 8859/7 Character set
8859/8 The printable characters from the ISO 8859/8 Character set The printable characters from the ISO 8859/8 Character set
8859/9 The printable characters from the ISO 8859/9 Character set The printable characters from the ISO 8859/9 Character set
8859/15 The printable characters from the ISO 8859/15 (Latin-15) The printable characters from the ISO 8859/15 (Latin-15)
ISO IR6 ASCII graphic character set consisting of 94 characters. ASCII graphic character set consisting of 94 characters.
ISO IR14 Code for Information Exchange (one byte)(JIS X 0201-1976). Code for Information Exchange (one byte)(JIS X 0201-1976).
ISO IR87 Code for the Japanese Graphic Character set for information interchange (JIS X 0208-1990), Code for the Japanese Graphic Character set for information interchange (JIS X 0208-1990),
ISO IR159 Code of the supplementary Japanese Graphic Character set for information interchange (JIS X 0212-1990). Code of the supplementary Japanese Graphic Character set for information interchange (JIS X 0212-1990).
GB 18030-2000 Code for Chinese Character Set (GB 18030-2000) Code for Chinese Character Set (GB 18030-2000)
KS X 1001 Code for Korean Character Set (KS X 1001) Code for Korean Character Set (KS X 1001)
CNS 11643-1992 Code for Taiwanese Character Set (CNS 11643-1992) Code for Taiwanese Character Set (CNS 11643-1992)
BIG-5 Code for Taiwanese Character Set (BIG-5) Code for Taiwanese Character Set (BIG-5)
UNICODE The world wide character standard from ISO/IEC 10646-1-1993 The world wide character standard from ISO/IEC 10646-1-1993
UNICODE UTF-8 UCS Transformation Format, 8-bit form UCS Transformation Format, 8-bit form
UNICODE UTF-16 UCS Transformation Format, 16-bit form UCS Transformation Format, 16-bit form 2.9
UNICODE UTF-32 UCS Transformation Format, 32-bit form UCS Transformation Format, 32-bit form 2.9