---
type: "codesystem"
title: "Action Participant Type"
codesystem: "action-participant-type"
---
# Action Participant Type

- **Official URL**: http://hl7.org/fhir/action-participant-type
- **Version**: 6.0.0
- **Status**: active
- **Name**: ActionParticipantType
- **Title**: Action Participant Type
- **Publisher**: HL7 (FHIR Project)
- **Description**: The type of participant for the action.
- **Case Sensitive**: true
- **Content**: complete

## Concepts

| Code | Display | Definition |
| --- | --- | --- |
| careteam | CareTeam | The participant is a care team caring for the patient under evaluation. |
| device | Device | The participant is a system or device used in the care of the patient. |
| group | Group | The participant is a group of participants involved in the care of the patient. |
| healthcareservice | HealthcareService | The participant is an institution that can provide the given healthcare service used in the care of the patient. |
| location | Location | The participant is a location involved in the care of the patient. |
| organization | Organization | The participant is an organization involved in the care of the patient. |
| patient | Patient | The participant is the patient under evaluation. |
| practitioner | Practitioner | The participant is a practitioner involved in the patient's care. |
| practitionerrole | PractitionerRole | The participant is a particular practitioner role involved in the patient's care. |
| relatedperson | RelatedPerson | The participant is a person related to the patient. |

## CodeSystem XML



```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="action-participant-type"/>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="cds"/>
  </extension>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
    <valueCode value="normative"/>
  </extension>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="3"/>
  </extension>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/action-participant-type"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.812"/>
  </identifier>
  <identifier>
    <use value="old"/>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.795"/>
  </identifier>
  <version value="6.0.0"/>
  <name value="ActionParticipantType"/>
  <title value="Action Participant Type"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <date value="2021-01-05T10:01:24+11:00"/>
  <publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/>
  <contact>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/>
    </telecom>
    <telecom>
      <system value="email"/>
      <value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description value="The type of participant for the action."/>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/action-participant-type"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="careteam"/>
    <display value="CareTeam"/>
    <definition value="The participant is a care team caring for the patient under evaluation."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="device"/>
    <display value="Device"/>
    <definition value="The participant is a system or device used in the care of the patient."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="group"/>
    <display value="Group"/>
    <definition value="The participant is a group of participants involved in the care of the patient."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="healthcareservice"/>
    <display value="HealthcareService"/>
    <definition value="The participant is an institution that can provide the given healthcare service used in the care of the patient."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="location"/>
    <display value="Location"/>
    <definition value="The participant is a location involved in the care of the patient."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="organization"/>
    <display value="Organization"/>
    <definition value="The participant is an organization involved in the care of the patient."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="patient"/>
    <display value="Patient"/>
    <definition value="The participant is the patient under evaluation."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="practitioner"/>
    <display value="Practitioner"/>
    <definition value="The participant is a practitioner involved in the patient's care."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="practitionerrole"/>
    <display value="PractitionerRole"/>
    <definition value="The participant is a particular practitioner role involved in the patient's care."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="relatedperson"/>
    <display value="RelatedPerson"/>
    <definition value="The participant is a person related to the patient."/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>
```