Submitted by nedragarrett_CDC on 2022-04-29
CDC's comment on behalf of ASTHO (WA DOH)
- Subject: Additional values in the valueset
- Cantonese
- Dari
- Mixteco
- Patient declined to respond/Asked but unknown
- Unknown
Data used to categorize individuals for identification, records matching, and other purposes.
Data Element |
Additional Information |
|---|---|
| Preferred Language |
Applicable Vocabulary Standard(s) Applicable Standards
Request for Comment (RFC) 5646, “Tags for Identifying Languages”, September 2009 Adopted at 45 CFR 170.207(g) |
Comment
Submitted by pwilson@ncpdp.org on 2022-03-25
NCPDP Comments on USCDI draft V3
NCPDP recommends the use of ISO 369 values (http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/ascii_8bits.html ).Submitted by ravi.kafle@doh… on 2021-09-29
Additional values in the value set
Recommending use of ‘ISO 639-3 code table’ value set and addition of the following values not available in the value set:- Cantonese
- Dari
- Mixteco
- Patient declined to respond/Asked but unknown
- Unknown
Submitted by pwilson@ncpdp.org on 2021-04-15
Submitted by pwilson@ncpdp.org on 2022-09-30
NCPDP Comments
NCPDP recommends the use of ISO 639-2 values http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/ascii_8bits.html. Use of these values will support the concise and codifiable identification of most languages for which literature exists.