Vocabulary Type | Concept Domain |
Concept Domain | Country Code |
Code System Name | |
Code System Identifier | |
Code System OID | |
HL7 Table Identifier | HL70399 |
Version | |
Status | Active |
Where Used | MSH-17, CX.9, PPN.23,VID.2, XAD.6, XCN.22 |
Purpose and Use | Table of codes that identifies a country of origin for a message. It will be used primarily to specify default elements, such as currency denominations. The values to be used are those of ISO 3166. The ISO 3166 table has three separate forms of the country code: HL7 specifies that the 3-character (alphabetic) form be used for the country code. |