# Logical Record Architecture for Health and Social Care

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# Controlled Vocabulary for: EntityNameUse ## LRA Vocabulary Id 003eb0a9-ebe9-4b29-8dc4-59ae080434d3 ## Vocabulary Properties
Version: | 2.0
Status | created
Date | 2010-07-16
## Description A set of codes to indicate to a system or user which name in a set of like names to select for a given purpose. This code set extends a subset of the codes defined by the HL7 v3 EntityNameUse Enumeration (urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.5.45) to meet the specific requirements of the NHS in England. ## Concept set
Level | Code | Description | Notes
--- | --- | --- | ---
0 | L | legal | Known as/conventional/the one you use
0 | A | artist/stage | Includes writer's pseudonym, stage name, etc
0 | PREFERRED | preferred name | Preferred name as specified by the NHS NPfIT MIM Data Types Implementation Manual and NHS Data Model and Dictionary.
0 | PREVIOUS | other previous name | Other previous name as specified by the NHS NPfIT MIM Data Types Implementation Manual.
0 | PREVIOUS-BIRTH | birth name | Birth name as specified by the NHS NPfIT MIM Data Types Implementation Manual and NHS Data Model and Dictionary.
0 | PREVIOUS-BACHELOR | bachelor name | Bachelor name as specified by the NHS NPfIT MIM Data Types Implementation Manual.
0 | PREVIOUS-MAIDEN | maiden name | Maiden name as specified by the NHS NPfIT MIM Data Types Implementation Manual.
0 | MARRIED | married name | Married name as specified by the NHS Data Model and Dictionary.