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Enter the two digit code which describes the patient's race group. If the patient is multiracial, code all races using data fields Race2-Race5. Effective with 2004 diagnoses, use the race coding rules and tables in APPENDIX LK.

Code

Description
01White
02Black 
03American Indian, Aleutian, Eskimo
04Chinese
05Japanese
06Filipino
07Hawaiian
08Korean
10Vietnamese
11Laotian
12Hmong
13Kampuchean (Cambodian)
14Thai
15Asian Indian or Pakistani, NOS (formerly 09)
16Asian Indian
17Pakistani
21Chamorran
22Guamanian, NOS
25Polynesian, NOS
26Tahitian
27Samoan
28Tongan
30Melanesian, NOS
31Fiji Islander
96Other Asian including Asian, NOS and Oriental, NOS
98Other
99Unknown

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