http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-race|8.0.0-ballot
Concepts classifying the person into a named category of humans sharing common history, traits, geographical origin or nationality. The race codes used to represent these concepts are based upon the [CDC Race and Ethnicity Code Set Version 1.0](http://www.cdc.gov/phin/resources/vocabulary/index.html#3) which includes over 900 concepts for representing race and ethnicity of which 921 reference race. The race concepts are grouped by and pre-mapped to the 5 OMB race categories:\n\n - American Indian or Alaska Native\n - Asian\n - Black or African American\n - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander\n - White.
| type | destination |
|---|---|
| baseDefinition | http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension |
| type | http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension |
| Extension.extension.type | http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension |
| Extension.extension.url.type | http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/uri |
| Extension.extension.value[x].type | http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Coding |
| Extension.extension.value[x].binding.valueSet | http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/ValueSet/omb-race-category |
| Extension.extension.type | http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension |
| Extension.extension.url.type | http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/uri |
| Extension.extension.value[x].type | http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Coding |
| Extension.extension.value[x].binding.valueSet | http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/ValueSet/detailed-race |
| Extension.extension.type | http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension |
| Extension.extension.url.type | http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/uri |
| Extension.extension.value[x].type | http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/string |