III_2_9_1 Codes for Race Field

III.2.9.1 Codes for Race Field

Enter the most appropriate code for a patient's race(s) or ethnicity. See Section III.2.9 for coding instructions.

Code	Description
01	WHITE*
02	BLACK
03	AMERICAN INDIAN, ALEUTIAN, OR ESKIMO
04	CHINESE
05	JAPANESE
06	FILIPINO
07	HAWAIIAN
08	KOREAN
09	FORMERLY ASIAN INDIAN OR PAKISTANI, RETIRED EFFECTIVE 1/1/10. See replacement codes 15-17.
10	VIETNAMESE
11	LAOTIAN
12	HMONG
13	KAMPUCHEAN (CAMBODIAN)
14	THAI
15	ASIAN INDIAN OR PAKISTANI, NOS
16	ASIAN INDIAN
17	PAKISTANI
20	MICRONESIAN, NOS
21	CHAMORRO
22	GUAMANIAN, NOS
25	POLYNESIAN, NOS
26	TAHITIAN
27	SAMOAN
28	TONGAN
30	MELANESIAN, NOS
31	FIJI ISLANDER
32	NEW GUINEAN
88	NO FURTHER RACE DOCUMENTED (Do not use for coding the first race field)
90	OTHER SOUTH ASIAN, INCLUDING BANGLADESHI, BHUTANESE, NEPALESE, SIKKIMESE, SRI LANKAN (CEYLONESE)
96	OTHER ASIAN, INCLUDING BURMESE, INDONESIAN, ASIAN, NOS AND ORIENTAL, NOS
97	PACIFIC ISLANDER, NOS
98	OTHER
99	UNKNOWN

*The following are some of the ethnic groups included in the White category:

* Unless specified as Indian (code 03)

** Unless specified as Black (code 02)