description: Concepts classifying the person into a named category of humans sharing common history, traits, geographical origin or nationality.  The race codes used to represent these concepts are based upon the [CDC Race and Ethnicity Code Set Version 1.0](http://www.cdc.gov/phin/resources/vocabulary/index.html) which includes over 900 concepts for representing race and ethnicity of which 921 reference race.  The race concepts are grouped by and pre-mapped to the 5 OMB race categories:\r- American Indian or Alaska Native\r- Asian\r- Black or African American\r- Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander\r- White.
package_name: hl7.fhir.us.core
derivation: constraint
name: US Core Race Extension
type: Extension
elements:
  extension:
    min: 1
    isModifier: false
    short: American Indian or Alaska Native|Asian|Black or African American|Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander|White
    index: 0
    slicing:
      slices:
        ombCategory:
          match: {}
          schema:
            min: 1
            isModifier: false
            short: American Indian or Alaska Native|Asian|Black or African American|Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander|White
            index: 0
            type: Extension
            array: true
            elements:
              value:
                choices: [valueCoding]
                index: 2
              valueCoding: {type: Coding, choiceOf: value, index: 3}
            _required: true
            max: 5
        detailed:
          match: {}
          schema:
            isModifier: false
            short: Extended race codes
            type: Extension
            array: true
            index: 4
            elements:
              value:
                choices: [valueCoding]
                index: 6
              valueCoding: {type: Coding, choiceOf: value, index: 7}
        text:
          match: {}
          schema:
            isModifier: false
            short: Race Text
            type: Extension
            index: 8
            elements:
              value:
                choices: [valueString]
                index: 10
              valueString: {type: string, choiceOf: value, index: 11}
    type: Extension
    array: true
    max: 5
  url:
    pattern: {type: Uri, value: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-race'}
    index: 12
  value:
    choices: []
    index: 14
package_version: 0.0.0
extensions:
  ombCategory:
    min: 1
    isModifier: false
    short: American Indian or Alaska Native|Asian|Black or African American|Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander|White
    index: 0
    type: Extension
    array: true
    elements:
      value:
        choices: [valueCoding]
        index: 2
      valueCoding: {type: Coding, choiceOf: value, index: 3}
    _required: true
    max: 5
    url: null
  detailed:
    url: null
    isModifier: false
    short: Extended race codes
    type: Extension
    array: true
    index: 4
    elements:
      value:
        choices: [valueCoding]
        index: 6
      valueCoding: {type: Coding, choiceOf: value, index: 7}
  text:
    url: null
    isModifier: false
    short: Race Text
    type: Extension
    index: 8
    elements:
      value:
        choices: [valueString]
        index: 10
      valueString: {type: string, choiceOf: value, index: 11}
class: extension
kind: complex-type
url: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-race
base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension
version: null
required: [extension]