# AIR Terms - Aotearoa Immunisation Register (AIR) FHIR Implementation Guide (API-V1) v1.27.0

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**Artifacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **AIR Terms**

## CodeSystem: AIR Terms 

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| *Official URL*:https://standards.digital.health.nz/ns/air-terms-code | *Version*:1.27.0 |
| Active as of 2026-08-05 | *Computable Name*:AIRTerms |

 
This is a code system for terms needed in AIR ImmSoT that don't come from an external standard 

 This Code system is referenced in the content logical definition of the following value sets: 

* [AIRIndicationCode](ValueSet-air-indication-code.md)
* [AIRPerformerHealthWorkerFunctionCode](ValueSet-air-performer-health-worker-function-code.md)
* [AIRRelatedPersonRelationshipCode](ValueSet-air-related-person-relationship-code.md)
* [AIRRouteCodeLegacy](ValueSet-air-route-code-legacy.md)
* [AIRSiteCode](ValueSet-air-site-code.md)



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "CodeSystem",
  "id" : "air-terms-code",
  "url" : "https://standards.digital.health.nz/ns/air-terms-code",
  "version" : "1.27.0",
  "name" : "AIRTerms",
  "title" : "AIR Terms",
  "status" : "active",
  "experimental" : false,
  "date" : "2026-08-05T01:54:22+00:00",
  "publisher" : "Te Whatu Ora",
  "contact" : [{
    "name" : "Te Whatu Ora",
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "https://tewhatuora.govt.nz"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "This is a code system for terms needed in AIR ImmSoT that don't come from an external standard",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
      "code" : "US",
      "display" : "New Zealand"
    }]
  }],
  "caseSensitive" : false,
  "content" : "complete",
  "count" : 68,
  "concept" : [{
    "code" : "AP",
    "display" : "Administering Provider",
    "concept" : [{
      "code" : "VC",
      "display" : "Vaccinator",
      "definition" : "A person who administers vaccinations and has an additional practicing credential, such as a nurse or doctor."
    },
    {
      "code" : "VHW",
      "display" : "Vaccinating health worker",
      "definition" : "A person who administers vaccinations but does not have a higher credential such as a nurse or doctor."
    },
    {
      "code" : "IP",
      "display" : "Immunisation Provider"
    },
    {
      "code" : "LMC",
      "display" : "Lead Maternity Caregiver"
    },
    {
      "code" : "OIS",
      "display" : "Outreach Immunisation Services"
    },
    {
      "code" : "PV",
      "display" : "Pharmacist Vaccinator"
    },
    {
      "code" : "V",
      "display" : "Vaccinator (NIR)"
    },
    {
      "code" : "WCP",
      "display" : "Well Child Provider"
    },
    {
      "code" : "ATND",
      "display" : "attender",
      "definition" : "The practitioner that has responsibility for overseeing a patient's care during a patient encounter. This function applies to a person who supervises the administration of vaccinations by someone else."
    },
    {
      "code" : "PPRF",
      "display" : "primary performer",
      "definition" : "The principal or primary performer of the act. This function applies to a person who administered a vaccine under supervision, such as a student doctor or vaccinating health worker undergoing training."
    }]
  },
  {
    "code" : "OP",
    "display" : "Ordering Provider",
    "concept" : [{
      "code" : "GP",
      "display" : "General practitioner",
      "definition" : "A General Practitioner"
    }]
  },
  {
    "code" : "ENT",
    "display" : "data entry person",
    "definition" : "A person entering the data into the originating system. The data entry person is collected optionally for internal quality control purposes."
  },
  {
    "code" : "1",
    "display" : "Influenza, eligible 65 years and over"
  },
  {
    "code" : "2",
    "display" : "Influenza, eligible under 18 years"
  },
  {
    "code" : "3",
    "display" : "Influenza, eligible criteria"
  },
  {
    "code" : "4",
    "display" : "Sexual or household contact"
  },
  {
    "code" : "5",
    "display" : "Primary course"
  },
  {
    "code" : "6",
    "display" : "Booster"
  },
  {
    "code" : "7",
    "display" : "Post partum"
  },
  {
    "code" : "8",
    "display" : "Low birth weight"
  },
  {
    "code" : "9",
    "display" : "HepB carrier mother"
  },
  {
    "code" : "10",
    "display" : "At risk for TB"
  },
  {
    "code" : "11",
    "display" : "Pre-post splenectomy schedule"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12",
    "display" : "At risk, no previous history"
  },
  {
    "code" : "13",
    "display" : "At risk, previous PCV history"
  },
  {
    "code" : "14",
    "display" : "At risk, previous 23PPV"
  },
  {
    "code" : "15",
    "display" : "Pre-emergency"
  },
  {
    "code" : "16",
    "display" : "Pregnant"
  },
  {
    "code" : "21",
    "display" : "PCV catch up"
  },
  {
    "code" : "Pre",
    "display" : "Pre-primary course"
  },
  {
    "code" : "Stn",
    "display" : "Funded, if not otherwise specified"
  },
  {
    "code" : "6W",
    "display" : "6 weeks"
  },
  {
    "code" : "3M",
    "display" : "3 months"
  },
  {
    "code" : "5M",
    "display" : "5 months"
  },
  {
    "code" : "12M",
    "display" : "12 months"
  },
  {
    "code" : "15M",
    "display" : "15 months"
  },
  {
    "code" : "4Y",
    "display" : "4 years"
  },
  {
    "code" : "11Y",
    "display" : "11 years"
  },
  {
    "code" : "14Y",
    "display" : "14 years"
  },
  {
    "code" : "45Y",
    "display" : "45 years"
  },
  {
    "code" : "65Y",
    "display" : "65 years"
  },
  {
    "code" : "96",
    "display" : "HepB high risk, booster or extra dose"
  },
  {
    "code" : "TPW",
    "display" : "Tetanus-prone wound"
  },
  {
    "code" : "5P",
    "display" : "Privately funded, primary course"
  },
  {
    "code" : "6P",
    "display" : "Privately funded, booster"
  },
  {
    "code" : "PO",
    "display" : "Oral"
  },
  {
    "code" : "IM",
    "display" : "Intramuscular"
  },
  {
    "code" : "SC",
    "display" : "Subcutaneous"
  },
  {
    "code" : "ID",
    "display" : "Intradermal"
  },
  {
    "code" : "LD",
    "display" : "Left Deltoid"
  },
  {
    "code" : "LVL",
    "display" : "Left Vastus Lateralis"
  },
  {
    "code" : "RD",
    "display" : "Right Deltoid"
  },
  {
    "code" : "RVL",
    "display" : "Right Vastus Lateralis"
  },
  {
    "code" : "OTH",
    "display" : "Other"
  },
  {
    "code" : "LA",
    "display" : "Left Arm"
  },
  {
    "code" : "RA",
    "display" : "Right Arm"
  },
  {
    "code" : "LUA",
    "display" : "Left Upper Arm"
  },
  {
    "code" : "RUA",
    "display" : "Right Upper Arm"
  },
  {
    "code" : "LG",
    "display" : "Left Gluteus Medius"
  },
  {
    "code" : "RG",
    "display" : "Right Gluteus Medius"
  },
  {
    "code" : "LT",
    "display" : "Left Thigh"
  },
  {
    "code" : "RT",
    "display" : "Right Thigh"
  },
  {
    "code" : "LVG",
    "display" : "Left Ventragluteal"
  },
  {
    "code" : "RVG",
    "display" : "Right Ventragluteal"
  },
  {
    "code" : "BU",
    "display" : "Buttock"
  },
  {
    "code" : "WHANGAI",
    "display" : "whāngai"
  }]
}

```
