Details
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Change Request
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Resolution: Not Persuasive with Modification
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Medium
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EU Laboratory Report (FHIR)
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0.1.0-ballot [deprecated]
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HL7 Europe
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Address (EU)
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Alexander Henket / Hynek Kruzik: 16-0-0
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Enhancement
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Compatible, substantive
Description
Country code is specified in FHIR as a string with suggested use of ISO 3166 2 or 3 letter codes. Use of ISO 3166 2 letter codes is recommended
I propose to add preferred binding of the country element of address to ISO 3166-1 Alpha2.
- country from "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/iso3166-1-2" (preferred) or even (required)
This would strengthen control of the country element content and improve interoperability by limiting duality in coding by alpha2 and alpha3 codes for the same country.
We should also consider to strengthen the binding to (required).