The RELIGIOUS OR OTHER BELIEF SYSTEM AFFILIATION of a PERSON, as specified by a PERSON.

Note: This is the Religious Affiliation of a PERSON, not their Religion.

Where applicable, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER BELIEF SYSTEM AFFILIATION CODE is aligned with descriptors for "Religious and Other Belief System Affiliation" in SNOMED CT® as follows:

SNOMED CT Subset Metadata:

• Subset Name: Religious or Other Belief System Affiliation
• Subset Original Id: 10791000000130
• Refset FSN: Religious or other belief system affiliation simple reference set (foundation metadata concept)
• Refset Id: 999000531000000100

For further details relating to the SNOMED CT Subset Metadata, see the Data Dictionary for Care (DD4C) website at: Religious or Other Belief System Affiliation.

National Codes:

Note:

*  Where the PATIENT has been asked for their RELIGIOUS OR OTHER BELIEF SYSTEM AFFILIATION but they are unsure what it is: Agnostic should be used

** Where the PATIENT has been asked for their RELIGIOUS OR OTHER BELIEF SYSTEM AFFILIATION and it is one that is not listed: Religion (Other Not Listed) should be used

*** Where the PATIENT has not been asked for their RELIGIOUS OR OTHER BELIEF SYSTEM AFFILIATION: Patient Religion Unknown should be used

This attribute is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
snomedctsubsetoriginalid	10791000000130
snomedctrefsetname	Religious or other belief system affiliation simple reference set (foundation metadata concept)
snomedctsubsetname	Religious or Other Belief System Affiliation
plural	RELIGIOUS OR OTHER BELIEF SYSTEMS AFFILIATION CODES
snomedctrefsetid	999000531000000100