1.0 09/09/2003 Approved by Recommendation 19a of the Commission for Norms in Healthcare Telematics Healthcare Party Type This indicates the type of healthcare party. We identify at least the following healthcare party types: - persons : physician, nurse, social worker, ... - organisations : hospital, public health institution, - medical specialties : cardiology, pneumology, ... That string is placed as the value of the element CD of the HCPARTY. The scheme used is specified in the attribute 'S' of the element CD. The version of the scheme used is specified in the attribute 'SV' of the element CD. National coded values CD-HCPARTY 1.0 orghospital Hospital application Software application orgpublichealth Public health organisation persphysician Physician perstechnician Technician persbiologist Biologist persnurse Nurse persparamedical Paramedical perssocialworker Social worker perspharmacist Pharmacist persdentist Dentist deptcardiology Cardiology deptbacteriology Bacteriology depttoxicology Toxicology deptgenetics Genetics deptmolecularbiology Molecular biology deptanatomopathology Anatomopathology deptpneumology Pneumology deptgastroenterology Gastro-enterology deptpharmacy Pharmacy deptradiology Radiology deptemergency Emergency deptoncology Oncology deptnephrology Nephrology deptrhumatology Rhumatology deptlaboratory Laboratory deptmedicine Internal medicine deptsurgery Surgery deptdermatology Dermatology deptanesthesiology Anesthesiology deptgeriatry Geriatry deptgynecology Gynecology deptnuclear Nuclear medicine deptkinesitherapy Kinesitherapy depthematology Hematology deptneurology Neurology deptophtalmology Ophtalmology deptnte Nose-Throat-Ear deptphysiotherapy Physiotherapy deptintensivecare Intensive care deptradiotherapy Radiotherapy deptstomatology Stomatology deptpediatry Pediatry depturology Urology deptdietetics Dietetics deptpsychatry Psychiatry deptneonatalogy Neonatalogy deptgeneralpractice General practice orginsurance Insurance orglaboratory Laboratory <hcparty><cd S="CD-HCPARTY" SV="1.0">physician</cd></hcparty> This means that the healthcare party is a physician.