Blue Button 2.0 Implementation Guide

Race Codes

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  <id value="race"/>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><h2>Race Codes</h2><div><p>Blue Button Race Codes. Source: (https://bluebutton.cms.gov/resources/variables/race/)</p>
</div><p>This code system https://bluebutton.cms.gov/assets/ig/CodeSystem-race defines the following codes:</p><table class="codes"><tr><td><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td>0<a name="race-0"> </a></td><td>Unknown</td><td>Unknown</td></tr><tr><td>1<a name="race-1"> </a></td><td>White</td><td>White</td></tr><tr><td>2<a name="race-2"> </a></td><td>Black</td><td>Black</td></tr><tr><td>3<a name="race-3"> </a></td><td>Other</td><td>Other</td></tr><tr><td>4<a name="race-4"> </a></td><td>Asian</td><td>Asian</td></tr><tr><td>5<a name="race-5"> </a></td><td>Hispanic</td><td>Hispanic</td></tr><tr><td>6<a name="race-6"> </a></td><td>North American Native</td><td>North American Native</td></tr></table></div>
  </text>
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    <value value="https://bluebutton.cms.gov/assets/ig/CodeSystem-race.html"/>
  </identifier>
  <version value="1.1.1"/>
  <name value="Race Codes"/>
  <title value="Race Codes"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <date value="2018-11-27T15:56:35+00:00"/>
  <publisher value="CMS Blue Button 2.0 Team"/>
  <description
               value="Blue Button Race Codes. Source: (https://bluebutton.cms.gov/resources/variables/race/)"/>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <valueSet value="https://bluebutton.cms.gov/assets/ig/ValueSet-race"/>
  <hierarchyMeaning value="is-a"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <count value="7"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="0"/>
    <display value="Unknown"/>
    <definition value="Unknown"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="1"/>
    <display value="White"/>
    <definition value="White"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="2"/>
    <display value="Black"/>
    <definition value="Black"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="3"/>
    <display value="Other"/>
    <definition value="Other"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="4"/>
    <display value="Asian"/>
    <definition value="Asian"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="5"/>
    <display value="Hispanic"/>
    <definition value="Hispanic"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="6"/>
    <display value="North American Native"/>
    <definition value="North American Native"/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>