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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 K.
Code | Description |
|---|---|
| 01 | White |
| 02 | Black or African American |
| 03 | American Indian or Alaska Native |
| 04 | Chinese |
| 05 | Japanese |
| 06 | Filipino |
| 07 | Native Hawaiian |
| 08 | Korean |
| 10 | Vietnamese |
| 11 | Laotian |
| 12 | Hmong |
| 13 | Cambodian |
| 14 | Thai |
| 15 | Asian Indian, NOS or Pakistani, NOS |
| 16 | Asian Indian |
| 17 | Pakistani |
| 21 | Chamorro |
| 22 | Guamanian, NOS |
| 25 | Polynesian, NOS |
| 26 | Tahitian |
| 27 | Samoan |
| 28 | Tongan |
| 30 | Melanesian, NOS |
| 31 | Fiji Islander |
32 | Papua New Guinean |
| 96 | Other Asian, including Asian, NOS |
| 97 | Pacific Islander, NOS |
| 98 | Some other race |
| 99 | Unknown by patient |
-White includes Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, and all other Caucasians.
-Black includes the designations Negro or Afro-American.
-Race is based on birth place information when place of birth is given as China, Japan, or the Philippines, and race is reported only as Asian, Oriental, or Mongolian.
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