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

- **Official URL**: http://hl7.org/fhir/group-type
- **Version**: 6.0.0
- **Status**: active
- **Name**: GroupType
- **Title**: Group Type
- **Publisher**: HL7 (FHIR Project)
- **Description**: Types of resources that are part of group.
- **Case Sensitive**: true
- **Content**: complete

## Concepts

| Code | Display | Definition |
| --- | --- | --- |
| person | Person | Group contains "person" Patient resources. |
| animal | Animal | Group contains "animal" Patient resources. |
| practitioner | Practitioner | Group contains healthcare practitioner resources (Practitioner or PractitionerRole). |
| device | Device | Group contains Device resources. |
| careteam | CareTeam | Group contains CareTeam resources. |
| healthcareservice | HealthcareService | Group contains HealthcareService resources. |
| location | Location | Group contains Location resources. |
| organization | Organization | Group contains Organization resources. |
| relatedperson | RelatedPerson | Group contains RelatedPerson resources. |
| specimen | Specimen | Group contains Specimen resources. |
| medication | Medication | Group contains Medication resources. |
| medicinalproductdefinition | MedicinalProductDefinition | Group contains MedicinalProductDefinition resources. |
| substance | Substance | Group contains Substance resources. |
| substancedefinition | SubstanceDefinition | Group contains SubstanceDefinition resources. |
| biologicallyDerivedProduct | BiologicallyDerivedProduct | Group contains BiologicallyDerivedProduct resources. |
| nutritionProduct | NutritionProduct | Group contains NutritionProduct resources. |

## CodeSystem XML



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

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="group-type"/>
  <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-type"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.285"/>
  </identifier>
  <identifier>
    <use value="old"/>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.278"/>
  </identifier>
  <identifier>
    <use value="old"/>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.156"/>
  </identifier>
  <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="Types of resources that are part of group."/>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/group-type"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="person"/>
    <display value="Person"/>
    <definition value="Group contains &quot;person&quot; Patient resources."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="animal"/>
    <display value="Animal"/>
    <definition value="Group contains &quot;animal&quot; Patient resources."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="practitioner"/>
    <display value="Practitioner"/>
    <definition value="Group contains healthcare practitioner resources (Practitioner or PractitionerRole)."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="device"/>
    <display value="Device"/>
    <definition value="Group contains Device resources."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="careteam"/>
    <display value="CareTeam"/>
    <definition value="Group contains CareTeam resources."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="healthcareservice"/>
    <display value="HealthcareService"/>
    <definition value="Group contains HealthcareService resources."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="location"/>
    <display value="Location"/>
    <definition value="Group contains Location resources."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="organization"/>
    <display value="Organization"/>
    <definition value="Group contains Organization resources."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="relatedperson"/>
    <display value="RelatedPerson"/>
    <definition value="Group contains RelatedPerson resources."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="specimen"/>
    <display value="Specimen"/>
    <definition value="Group contains Specimen resources."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="medication"/>
    <display value="Medication"/>
    <definition value="Group contains Medication resources."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="medicinalproductdefinition"/>
    <display value="MedicinalProductDefinition"/>
    <definition value="Group contains MedicinalProductDefinition resources."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="substance"/>
    <display value="Substance"/>
    <definition value="Group contains Substance resources."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="substancedefinition"/>
    <display value="SubstanceDefinition"/>
    <definition value="Group contains SubstanceDefinition resources."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="biologicallyDerivedProduct"/>
    <display value="BiologicallyDerivedProduct"/>
    <definition value="Group contains BiologicallyDerivedProduct resources."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="nutritionProduct"/>
    <display value="NutritionProduct"/>
    <definition value="Group contains NutritionProduct resources."/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>
```