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ValueSet: Ethnicity

Official URL: https://fhir.nwgenomics.nhs.uk/ValueSet/ethnicity Version: 2.1.4
Draft as of 2026-07-24 Computable Name: Ethnicity

NHS Data Model and Dictionary ETHNIC CATEGORY This extends UKCoreEthnicCategory to include other categories for reasons stated in Wikipedia: Classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom

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Logical Definition (CLD)

This value set includes codes based on the following rules:

 

Expansion

This value set contains 26 concepts

SystemCodeDisplay (en)JSONXML
https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/CodeSystem/UKCore-EthnicCategoryEngland  LAsian or Asian British - Any other Asian background
https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/CodeSystem/UKCore-EthnicCategoryEngland  KAsian or Asian British - Bangladeshi
https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/CodeSystem/UKCore-EthnicCategoryEngland  HAsian or Asian British - Indian
https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/CodeSystem/UKCore-EthnicCategoryEngland  JAsian or Asian British - Pakistani
https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/CodeSystem/UKCore-EthnicCategoryEngland  NBlack or Black British - African
https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/CodeSystem/UKCore-EthnicCategoryEngland  PBlack or Black British - Any other Black background
https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/CodeSystem/UKCore-EthnicCategoryEngland  MBlack or Black British - Caribbean
https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/CodeSystem/UKCore-EthnicCategoryEngland  GMixed - Any other mixed background
https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/CodeSystem/UKCore-EthnicCategoryEngland  FMixed - White and Asian
https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/CodeSystem/UKCore-EthnicCategoryEngland  EMixed - White and Black African
https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/CodeSystem/UKCore-EthnicCategoryEngland  DMixed - White and Black Caribbean
https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/CodeSystem/UKCore-EthnicCategoryEngland  SOther Ethnic Groups - Any other ethnic group
https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/CodeSystem/UKCore-EthnicCategoryEngland  CWhite - Any other White background
https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/CodeSystem/UKCore-EthnicCategoryEngland  AWhite - British
https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/CodeSystem/UKCore-EthnicCategoryEngland  BWhite - Irish
https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/CodeSystem/UKCore-EthnicCategoryWales  TArab
https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/CodeSystem/UKCore-EthnicCategoryWales  RChinese
https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/CodeSystem/UKCore-EthnicCategoryWales  BGypsy or Irish Traveller
https://fhir.nwgenomics.nhs.uk/CodeSystem/NWGMSA  SouthEastAsianSouth East Asian
https://fhir.nwgenomics.nhs.uk/CodeSystem/NWGMSA  NorthernEuropeanNorthern European
https://fhir.nwgenomics.nhs.uk/CodeSystem/NWGMSA  JewishNOSJewish NOS
https://fhir.nwgenomics.nhs.uk/CodeSystem/NWGMSA  IrishTravellerGypsy/Traveller/ Irish Traveller
https://fhir.nwgenomics.nhs.uk/CodeSystem/NWGMSA  TravellerGypsy/Traveller
https://fhir.nwgenomics.nhs.uk/CodeSystem/NWGMSA  RomaRoma
https://fhir.nwgenomics.nhs.uk/CodeSystem/NWGMSA  AshkenaziJewAshkenazi Jew, follower of religion (person)
http://loinc.org  LA28803-7Prefer not to say

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