{
  "description": "This CH ELM resource defines the codes which identify possible patient name schemas to be used.",
  "_filename": "CodeSystem-ch-elm-foph-patient-name-representation.json",
  "package_name": "ch.fhir.ig.ch-elm",
  "date": "2025-11-25T09:47:06+00:00",
  "publisher": "Federal Office of Public Health FOPH",
  "jurisdiction": [ {
    "coding": [ {
      "code": "CH",
      "system": "urn:iso:std:iso:3166"
    } ]
  } ],
  "content": "complete",
  "name": "ChElmFophPatientNameRepresentation",
  "copyright": "CC0-1.0",
  "type": null,
  "experimental": "false",
  "resourceType": "CodeSystem",
  "title": "CH ELM FOPH Patient Name Representation",
  "package_version": "1.13.0",
  "status": "active",
  "id": "ea978058-30c2-42ca-8008-347f4de50f86",
  "kind": null,
  "url": "http://fhir.ch/ig/ch-elm/CodeSystem/ch-elm-foph-patient-name-representation",
  "concept": [ {
    "code": "full-name",
    "display": "Full Name",
    "definition": "Full name of the patient (given name and family name)."
  }, {
    "code": "initials",
    "display": "Initials",
    "definition": "The first letter of the given name and family name. For compound names, only include the first part of the name."
  }, {
    "code": "hiv-code",
    "display": "HIV Code",
    "definition": "An HIV-specific code representing the patient. Consult the 'Guidance - Personal Data (Patient Name)' for details on constructing the HIV patient identification code."
  }, {
    "code": "initials-or-vctcode",
    "display": "Initials or VCT-Code",
    "definition": "Initials of the patient name (given name and family name) or VCT-Code (voluntary counselling and testing code)."
  }, {
    "code": "conditional",
    "display": "Conditional",
    "definition": "The leading code (Observation.code) does not define a patient-anonymization, it is dependent on further specification of the organism. Consult the Ordinance SR 818.101.126 (https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/2015/892/de) to determine the required patient-anonymization depending on the organism reported."
  } ],
  "caseSensitive": false,
  "version": "1.13.0",
  "contact": [ {
    "name": "Federal Office of Public Health FOPH",
    "telecom": [ {
      "value": "https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/en/home/das-bag/kontakt-standort.html",
      "system": "url"
    } ]
  } ]
}