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file URI for Canada Post 2-letter Canadian Provinces/Territories and US States

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7 years 1 month ago #2241 by Lloyd Mckenzie
We can submit a change proposal to add them. Probably late for inclusion in STU 3. All we'd need to agree on is the URL for the code system. I'd recommend *not* going the route they followed with the US code system, for a few reasons:
*Canada post defines codes for more than just Canadian provinces & territories
*Websites move around

So my leaning would be hl7.org/fhir/CodeSystem/ca-province-and-territory-codes
The code system could then make reference to the CanadaPost website page that's currently source of truth and also enumerate the codes.

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7 years 1 month ago - 7 years 1 month ago #2240 by Igor Sirkovich
It seems the one with the codes for Canadian provinces is missing in FHIR. There is a USPS Two Letter Alphabetic Codes for US states: build.fhir.org/valueset-usps-state.html. This value set is also part of a bigger Jurisdiction ValueSet: build.fhir.org/valueset-jurisdiction.html. In my opinion, Canadian provinces are supposed to be in included in the Jurisdiction ValueSet, but they are not (jurisdictions from Australia and other countries, other than the US, are missing too).
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7 years 1 month ago #2235 by Finnie Flores
Hi,

Has anyone assigned or is aware of code system and value set URIs (for use in FHIR) for the Canada Post 2-letter Canadian provinces/territories and US states?

Thanks
Finnie

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