---
type: "codesystem"
title: "Group Involvement"
codesystem: "group-involvement"
---
# Group Involvement

- **Official URL**: http://hl7.org/fhir/group-involvement
- **Version**: 6.0.0
- **Status**: active
- **Name**: GroupInvolvement
- **Title**: Group Involvement
- **Publisher**: HL7 (FHIR Project)
- **Description**: A code that describes how a member of the group participates in the group.
- **Case Sensitive**: true
- **Content**: complete

## Concepts

| Code | Display | Definition |
| --- | --- | --- |
| index-case | Index Case | The first case that is the reason for creating the group. Usually the first known infection, but other kinds of first are known. |
| primary-exposure | Primary Exposure | Patient is included in the list on the grounds of being a primary exposure case (sometimes, but not neceessarily, direct exposure to the index case, or a known infected person). |
| secondary-exposure | Secondary Exposure | Patient is included in the list on the grounds of being a secondary exposure case - that is, exposed to a potentially infected patient or person of interest. |
| primary-contact | Primary Contact | Patient is included in the list on the grounds of being the primary contact point for a family, household, workplace, etc. |
| family-member | Family Member | Patient is included in the list on the grounds of being a family member in a family group. See [Relationships inside the group](group.html#relationships) for more detailed family relationships. |
| owner | Owner | Household member is a legally / officially registered owner of the dwelling that contains the household. Or at least, considers themselves the rightful owner. |
| resident | Resident | Household member is a resident - that is, they consistently reside in the dwelling. |
| visitor | Visitor | Household member is transiently visiting the dwelling during (part of) the period of interest, or, for a workplace, a person who was/is in the workplace but not an employee |
| staff | Staff | Household member is a member of the staff working in the dwelling (and by implication, not a resident). |
| pet | Pet | Group member is animal kept as a pet by the family/household. |
| full-time | Full-Time Employee | This is the group member's primary workplace on a consistent basis. |
| part-time | Part Time | The group member works in the workplace, but on an occasional basis. |
| casual | Casual | The group member was working in the workplace, but is not consistently present. |

## CodeSystem XML



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

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="group-involvement"/>
  <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="informative"/>
  </extension>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="0"/>
  </extension>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/group-involvement"/>
  <version value="6.0.0"/>
  <name value="GroupInvolvement"/>
  <title value="Group Involvement"/>
  <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"/>
    </telecom>
    <telecom>
      <system value="email"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description value="A code that describes how a member of the group participates in the group."/>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/group-involvement"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <property>
    <code value="group-type"/>
    <uri value="http://hl7.org/fhir/group-involvement#group-type"/>
    <description value="Which group code this relationship is considered appropriate to use with"/>
    <type value="code"/>
  </property>
  <concept>
    <code value="index-case"/>
    <display value="Index Case"/>
    <definition value="The first case that is the reason for creating the group. Usually the first known infection, but other kinds of first are known."/>
    <property>
      <code value="group-type"/>
      <valueCode value="patient-list"/>
    </property>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="primary-exposure"/>
    <display value="Primary Exposure"/>
    <definition value="Patient is included in the list on the grounds of being a primary exposure case (sometimes, but not neceessarily, direct exposure to the index case, or a known infected person)."/>
    <property>
      <code value="group-type"/>
      <valueCode value="patient-list"/>
    </property>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="secondary-exposure"/>
    <display value="Secondary Exposure"/>
    <definition value="Patient is included in the list on the grounds of being a secondary exposure case - that is, exposed to a potentially infected patient or person of interest."/>
    <property>
      <code value="group-type"/>
      <valueCode value="patient-list"/>
    </property>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="primary-contact"/>
    <display value="Primary Contact"/>
    <definition value="Patient is included in the list on the grounds of being the primary contact point for a family, household, workplace, etc."/>
    <property>
      <code value="group-type"/>
      <valueCode value="family"/>
    </property>
    <property>
      <code value="group-type"/>
      <valueCode value="household"/>
    </property>
    <property>
      <code value="group-type"/>
      <valueCode value="workplace"/>
    </property>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="family-member"/>
    <display value="Family Member"/>
    <definition value="Patient is included in the list on the grounds of being a family member in a family group. See [Relationships inside the group](group.html#relationships) for more detailed family relationships."/>
    <property>
      <code value="group-type"/>
      <valueCode value="household"/>
    </property>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="owner"/>
    <display value="Owner"/>
    <definition value="Household member is a legally / officially registered owner of the dwelling that contains the household. Or at least, considers themselves the rightful owner."/>
    <property>
      <code value="group-type"/>
      <valueCode value="household"/>
    </property>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="resident"/>
    <display value="Resident"/>
    <definition value="Household member is a resident - that is, they consistently reside in the dwelling."/>
    <property>
      <code value="group-type"/>
      <valueCode value="household"/>
    </property>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="visitor"/>
    <display value="Visitor"/>
    <definition value="Household member is transiently visiting the dwelling during (part of) the period of interest, or, for a workplace, a person who was/is in the workplace but not an employee"/>
    <property>
      <code value="group-type"/>
      <valueCode value="household"/>
    </property>
    <property>
      <code value="group-type"/>
      <valueCode value="workplace"/>
    </property>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="staff"/>
    <display value="Staff"/>
    <definition value="Household member is a member of the staff working in the dwelling (and by implication, not a resident)."/>
    <property>
      <code value="group-type"/>
      <valueCode value="household"/>
    </property>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="pet"/>
    <display value="Pet"/>
    <definition value="Group member is animal kept as a pet by the family/household."/>
    <property>
      <code value="group-type"/>
      <valueCode value="famkily"/>
    </property>
    <property>
      <code value="group-type"/>
      <valueCode value="household"/>
    </property>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="full-time"/>
    <display value="Full-Time Employee"/>
    <definition value="This is the group member's primary workplace on a consistent basis."/>
    <property>
      <code value="group-type"/>
      <valueCode value="workplace"/>
    </property>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="part-time"/>
    <display value="Part Time"/>
    <definition value="The group member works in the workplace, but on an occasional basis."/>
    <property>
      <code value="group-type"/>
      <valueCode value="workplace"/>
    </property>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="casual"/>
    <display value="Casual"/>
    <definition value="The group member was working in the workplace, but is not consistently present."/>
    <property>
      <code value="group-type"/>
      <valueCode value="workplace"/>
    </property>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>
```