---
type: "codesystem"
title: "Group Type"
codesystem: "group-code"
---
# Group Type

- **Official URL**: http://hl7.org/fhir/group-code
- **Version**: 6.0.0
- **Status**: active
- **Name**: GroupType
- **Title**: Group Type
- **Publisher**: HL7 (FHIR Project)
- **Description**: A code that describes the use of the group. The use of the group usually dictates what kind of entities can be members of the group.
- **Case Sensitive**: true
- **Content**: complete

## Concepts

| Code | Display | Definition |
| --- | --- | --- |
| patient-list | Patient-List | A list of patients for the purpose of some kind of clinical treatment. |
| family | Family | A group of persons and/or animals that constitute a family. The definition of family is not precisely fixed and subject to much variableness in interpretation. |
| household | Household | A group of persons and/or animals that reside in a singe house. Both the definitions of 'reside' and 'house' are not precisely fixed. |
| workplace | Workplace | A group of persons who work together in a single place. |
| event-attendee | Event Attendee | Group contains a set of persons and/or animals who were at the same place at the same time. This is typically used for an infection event |
| exposure-group | Exposure Group | Group contains a set of persons and/or animals who were exposed to some antigen or infectious agent. |
| herd | Herd | Group contains a set of animals that are treated as a coherent group. |
| locality | Locality | Group contains HealthcareService resources that are found in a single geographical location. |
| organization | Organization | A collection of healthcare services. |
| collection | Collection | A collection of entities for an arbitrary reason. |

## CodeSystem XML



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

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="group-code"/>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="fhir"/>
  </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="0"/>
  </extension>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/group-code"/>
  <version value="6.0.0"/>
  <name value="GroupType"/>
  <title value="Group 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="A code that describes the use of the group. The use of the group usually dictates what kind of entities can be members of the group."/>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/group-code"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="patient-list"/>
    <display value="Patient-List"/>
    <definition value="A list of patients for the purpose of some kind of clinical treatment."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="family"/>
    <display value="Family"/>
    <definition value="A group of persons and/or animals that constitute a family. The definition of family is not precisely fixed and subject to much variableness in interpretation."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="household"/>
    <display value="Household"/>
    <definition value="A group of persons and/or animals that reside in a singe house. Both the definitions of 'reside' and 'house' are not precisely fixed."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="workplace"/>
    <display value="Workplace"/>
    <definition value="A group of persons who work together in a single place."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="event-attendee"/>
    <display value="Event Attendee"/>
    <definition value="Group contains a set of persons and/or animals who were at the same place at the same time. This is typically used for an infection event"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="exposure-group"/>
    <display value="Exposure Group"/>
    <definition value="Group contains a set of persons and/or animals who were exposed to some antigen or infectious agent."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="herd"/>
    <display value="Herd"/>
    <definition value="Group contains a set of animals that are treated as a coherent group."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="locality"/>
    <display value="Locality"/>
    <definition value="Group contains HealthcareService resources that are found in a single geographical location."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="organization"/>
    <display value="Organization"/>
    <definition value="A collection of healthcare services."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="collection"/>
    <display value="Collection"/>
    <definition value="A collection of entities for an arbitrary reason."/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>
```