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