NHS North West Genomics
2.1.4 - ci-build
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| 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
References
This value set includes codes based on the following rules:
https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/CodeSystem/UKCore-EthnicCategoryEngland version 📦1.1.1| Code | Display |
| L | Asian or Asian British - Any other Asian background |
| K | Asian or Asian British - Bangladeshi |
| H | Asian or Asian British - Indian |
| J | Asian or Asian British - Pakistani |
| N | Black or Black British - African |
| P | Black or Black British - Any other Black background |
| M | Black or Black British - Caribbean |
| G | Mixed - Any other mixed background |
| F | Mixed - White and Asian |
| E | Mixed - White and Black African |
| D | Mixed - White and Black Caribbean |
| S | Other Ethnic Groups - Any other ethnic group |
| C | White - Any other White background |
| A | White - British |
| B | White - Irish |
https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/CodeSystem/UKCore-EthnicCategoryWales version 📦1.1.1
| Code | Display |
| T | Arab |
| R | Chinese |
| B | Gypsy or Irish Traveller |
https://fhir.nwgenomics.nhs.uk/CodeSystem/NWGMSA version 📦2.1.4
| Code | Display |
| SouthEastAsian | South East Asian |
| NorthernEuropean | Northern European |
| JewishNOS | Jewish NOS |
| IrishTraveller | Gypsy/Traveller/ Irish Traveller |
| Traveller | Gypsy/Traveller |
| Roma | Roma |
| AshkenaziJew | Ashkenazi Jew, follower of religion (person) |
http://loinc.org version Not Stated (use latest from terminology server)
| Code | Display |
| LA28803-7 | Prefer not to say |
Expansion from tx.fhir.org based on:
This value set contains 26 concepts
| System | Code | Display (en) | JSON | XML |
https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/CodeSystem/UKCore-EthnicCategoryEngland | L | Asian or Asian British - Any other Asian background | ||
https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/CodeSystem/UKCore-EthnicCategoryEngland | K | Asian or Asian British - Bangladeshi | ||
https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/CodeSystem/UKCore-EthnicCategoryEngland | H | Asian or Asian British - Indian | ||
https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/CodeSystem/UKCore-EthnicCategoryEngland | J | Asian or Asian British - Pakistani | ||
https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/CodeSystem/UKCore-EthnicCategoryEngland | N | Black or Black British - African | ||
https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/CodeSystem/UKCore-EthnicCategoryEngland | P | Black or Black British - Any other Black background | ||
https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/CodeSystem/UKCore-EthnicCategoryEngland | M | Black or Black British - Caribbean | ||
https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/CodeSystem/UKCore-EthnicCategoryEngland | G | Mixed - Any other mixed background | ||
https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/CodeSystem/UKCore-EthnicCategoryEngland | F | Mixed - White and Asian | ||
https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/CodeSystem/UKCore-EthnicCategoryEngland | E | Mixed - White and Black African | ||
https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/CodeSystem/UKCore-EthnicCategoryEngland | D | Mixed - White and Black Caribbean | ||
https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/CodeSystem/UKCore-EthnicCategoryEngland | S | Other Ethnic Groups - Any other ethnic group | ||
https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/CodeSystem/UKCore-EthnicCategoryEngland | C | White - Any other White background | ||
https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/CodeSystem/UKCore-EthnicCategoryEngland | A | White - British | ||
https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/CodeSystem/UKCore-EthnicCategoryEngland | B | White - Irish | ||
https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/CodeSystem/UKCore-EthnicCategoryWales | T | Arab | ||
https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/CodeSystem/UKCore-EthnicCategoryWales | R | Chinese | ||
https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/CodeSystem/UKCore-EthnicCategoryWales | B | Gypsy or Irish Traveller | ||
https://fhir.nwgenomics.nhs.uk/CodeSystem/NWGMSA | SouthEastAsian | South East Asian | ||
https://fhir.nwgenomics.nhs.uk/CodeSystem/NWGMSA | NorthernEuropean | Northern European | ||
https://fhir.nwgenomics.nhs.uk/CodeSystem/NWGMSA | JewishNOS | Jewish NOS | ||
https://fhir.nwgenomics.nhs.uk/CodeSystem/NWGMSA | IrishTraveller | Gypsy/Traveller/ Irish Traveller | ||
https://fhir.nwgenomics.nhs.uk/CodeSystem/NWGMSA | Traveller | Gypsy/Traveller | ||
https://fhir.nwgenomics.nhs.uk/CodeSystem/NWGMSA | Roma | Roma | ||
https://fhir.nwgenomics.nhs.uk/CodeSystem/NWGMSA | AshkenaziJew | Ashkenazi Jew, follower of religion (person) | ||
http://loinc.org | LA28803-7 | Prefer not to say |