---
type: "codesystem"
title: "Organization Affiliation Role"
codesystem: "organization-role"
---
# Organization Affiliation Role

- **Official URL**: http://hl7.org/fhir/organization-role
- **Version**: 6.0.0
- **Status**: active
- **Name**: OrganizationAffiliationRole
- **Title**: Organization Affiliation Role
- **Description**: This example code system defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate the role of one Organization in relation to its affiliation with another.
- **Case Sensitive**: true
- **Content**: complete

## Concepts

| Code | Display | Definition |
| --- | --- | --- |
| provider | Provider | An organization that delivers care services (e.g. hospitals, clinics, community and social services, etc.). |
| agency | Agency | An organization such as a public health agency, community/social services provider, etc. |
| research | Research | An organization providing research-related services such as conducting research, recruiting research participants, analyzing data, etc. |
| payer | Payer | An organization providing reimbursement, payment, or related services |
| diagnostics | Diagnostics | An organization providing diagnostic testing/laboratory services |
| supplier | Supplier | An organization that provides medical supplies (e.g. medical devices, equipment, pharmaceutical products, etc.) |
| HIE/HIO | HIE/HIO | An organization that facilitates electronic clinical data exchange between entities |
| member | Member | A type of non-ownership relationship between entities (encompasses partnerships, collaboration, joint ventures, etc.) |

## CodeSystem XML



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

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="organization-role"/>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="pa"/>
  </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="1"/>
  </extension>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/organization-role"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.881"/>
  </identifier>
  <version value="6.0.0"/>
  <name value="OrganizationAffiliationRole"/>
  <title value="Organization Affiliation Role"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <description value="This example code system defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate the role of one Organization in relation to its affiliation with another."/>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="provider"/>
    <display value="Provider"/>
    <definition value="An organization that delivers care services (e.g. hospitals, clinics, community and social services, etc.)."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="agency"/>
    <display value="Agency"/>
    <definition value="An organization such as a public health agency, community/social services provider, etc."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="research"/>
    <display value="Research"/>
    <definition value="An organization providing research-related services such as conducting research, recruiting research participants, analyzing data, etc."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="payer"/>
    <display value="Payer"/>
    <definition value="An organization providing reimbursement, payment, or related services"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="diagnostics"/>
    <display value="Diagnostics"/>
    <definition value="An organization providing diagnostic testing/laboratory services"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="supplier"/>
    <display value="Supplier"/>
    <definition value="An organization that provides medical supplies (e.g. medical devices, equipment, pharmaceutical products, etc.)"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="HIE/HIO"/>
    <display value="HIE/HIO"/>
    <definition value="An organization that facilitates electronic clinical data exchange between entities"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="member"/>
    <display value="Member"/>
    <definition value="A type of non-ownership relationship between entities (encompasses partnerships, collaboration, joint ventures, etc.)"/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>
```