---
type: "codesystem"
title: "Property Type"
codesystem: "concept-property-type"
---
# Property Type

- **Official URL**: http://hl7.org/fhir/concept-property-type
- **Version**: 6.0.0
- **Status**: active
- **Name**: PropertyType
- **Title**: Property Type
- **Publisher**: HL7 International / Terminology Infrastructure
- **Description**: The type of a property value.
- **Case Sensitive**: true
- **Content**: complete

## Concepts

| Code | Display | Definition |
| --- | --- | --- |
| code | code (internal reference) | The property value is a code that identifies a concept defined in the code system. |
| Coding | Coding (external reference) | The property  value is a code defined in an external code system. This may be used for translations, but is not the intent. |
| string | string | The property value is a string. |
| integer | integer | The property value is an integer (often used to assign ranking values to concepts for supporting score assessments). |
| boolean | boolean | The property value is a boolean true | false. |
| dateTime | dateTime | The property is a date or a date + time. |
| decimal | decimal | The property value is a decimal number. |

## CodeSystem XML



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

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="concept-property-type"/>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="vocab"/>
  </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="5"/>
  </extension>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/concept-property-type"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.781"/>
  </identifier>
  <identifier>
    <use value="old"/>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.764"/>
  </identifier>
  <version value="6.0.0"/>
  <name value="PropertyType"/>
  <title value="Property Type"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <date value="2021-01-05T10:01:24+11:00"/>
  <publisher value="HL7 International / Terminology Infrastructure"/>
  <contact>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <contact>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/Vocab/index.cfm"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description value="The type of a property value."/>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/concept-property-type"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="code"/>
    <display value="code (internal reference)"/>
    <definition value="The property value is a code that identifies a concept defined in the code system."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="Coding"/>
    <display value="Coding (external reference)"/>
    <definition value="The property  value is a code defined in an external code system. This may be used for translations, but is not the intent."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="string"/>
    <display value="string"/>
    <definition value="The property value is a string."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="integer"/>
    <display value="integer"/>
    <definition value="The property value is an integer (often used to assign ranking values to concepts for supporting score assessments)."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="boolean"/>
    <display value="boolean"/>
    <definition value="The property value is a boolean true | false."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="dateTime"/>
    <display value="dateTime"/>
    <definition value="The property is a date or a date + time."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="decimal"/>
    <display value="decimal"/>
    <definition value="The property value is a decimal number."/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>
```