---
type: "codesystem"
title: "Audit Event Action"
codesystem: "audit-event-action"
---
# Audit Event Action

- **Official URL**: http://hl7.org/fhir/audit-event-action
- **Version**: 6.0.0
- **Status**: active
- **Name**: AuditEventAction
- **Title**: Audit Event Action
- **Publisher**: HL7 International / Security
- **Description**: Indicator codes for type of action performed during the event that generated the event.
- **Case Sensitive**: true
- **Content**: complete

## Concepts

| Code | Display | Definition |
| --- | --- | --- |
| C | Create | Create a new database object, such as placing an order. |
| R | Read | Read data, such as to print or display to a doctor. |
| U | Update | Update data, such as revise patient information. |
| D | Delete | Delete items, such as a doctor master file record. |
| E | Execute | Perform a system or application function such as log-on, program execution or use of an object's method, or perform a query/search operation. |

## CodeSystem XML



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

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="audit-event-action"/>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="sec"/>
  </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="6"/>
  </extension>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/audit-event-action"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.453"/>
  </identifier>
  <identifier>
    <use value="old"/>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.446"/>
  </identifier>
  <identifier>
    <use value="old"/>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.263"/>
  </identifier>
  <version value="6.0.0"/>
  <name value="AuditEventAction"/>
  <title value="Audit Event Action"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <date value="2025-11-01"/>
  <publisher value="HL7 International / Security"/>
  <contact>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/secure"/>
    </telecom>
    <telecom>
      <system value="email"/>
      <value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description value="Indicator codes for type of action performed during the event that generated the event."/>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/audit-event-action"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="C"/>
    <display value="Create"/>
    <definition value="Create a new database object, such as placing an order."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="R"/>
    <display value="Read"/>
    <definition value="Read data, such as to print or display to a doctor."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="U"/>
    <display value="Update"/>
    <definition value="Update data, such as revise patient information."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="D"/>
    <display value="Delete"/>
    <definition value="Delete items, such as a doctor master file record."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="E"/>
    <display value="Execute"/>
    <definition value="Perform a system or application function such as log-on, program execution or use of an object's method, or perform a query/search operation."/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>
```