HL7 - Version 2.5


Table 0203: Identifier type

Interpretation: ID Klassifizierung
OID Table: 2.16.840.1.113883.12.203
Codesystem OID: 2.16.840.1.113883.18.108 Version 4
Value Set OID: 2.16.840.1.113883.21.120
Binding: representative
Expansion: all codes from codesystem
Vocabulary Domain: tbd
Table Type: HL7
Case insensitive: Falsch
Section 2.A.14.5

Value Description German Interpretation Comment Chapter
AM American Express American Express

AN Account number Kontonummer

ANON Anonymous identifier
Justification: For public health reporting purposes, anonymous identifiers are occasionally used for protecting patient identity in reporting certain results. For instance, a state health department may choose to use a scheme for generating an anonymous i
ANC Account number Creditor
Class: Financial
AND Account number debitor
Class: Financial
ANT Temporary Account Number
Temporary version of an Account Number.
APRN Advanced Practice Registered Nurse number


BA Bank Account Number


BC Bank Card Number
An identifier that is unique to a person_s bank card. Replaces AM, DI, DS, MS, and VS beginning in v 2.5.
BR Birth registry number Geburtsregisternummer

BRN Breed Registry Number


CC Cost Center number
Use Case: needed especially for transmitting information about invoices.
CY County number


DDS Dentist license number


DEA Drug Enforcement Administration registration number
Use case: This is a registration number that identifies an individual or organization relative to controlled substance regulation and transactions.
DI Diner's Club card Diners Club

DFN Drug Furnishing or prescriptive authority Number
Use Case: A nurse practitioner has authorization to furnish or prescribe pharmaceutical substances; this identifier is in component 1.
DL Driver's license number Führerscheinnummer

DN Doctor number Arztnummer

DPM Podiatrist license number


DO Osteopathic License number


DR Donor Registration Number


DS Discover Card Discover Card

EI Employee number Arbeitnehmernummer

EN Employer number Arbeitgebernummer

FI Facility ID


GI Guarantor internal identifier interne ID des Zahlungspflichtigen

GL General ledger number


GN Guarantor external identifier externe ID des Zahlungspflichtigen

HC Health Card Number


JHN Jurisdictional health number (Canada)
2 uses: a) UK jurisdictional CHI number; b) Canadian provincial health card number:
IND Indigenous/Aboriginal


LI Labor and industries number


LN License number


LR Local Registry ID


MA Patient Medicaid number Armennummer

MB Member Number
Use Case: Person is covered by an insurance policy. This person may or may not be the subscriber of the policy.
MC Patient's Medicare number Rentnernummer

MCD Practitioner Medicaid number


MCN Microchip Number


MCR Practitioner Medicare number


MD Medical License number
Use Case: These license numbers are sometimes used as identifiers. In some states, the same authority issues all three identifiers, e.g., medical, osteopathic, and physician assistant licenses all issued by one state medical board. For this case, the CX d
MI Military ID number


MR Medical record number Krankenaktennummer

MRT Temporary Medical Record Number
Use Case: An ancillary system that does not normally assign medical record numbers is the first time to register a patient. This ancillary system will generate a temporary medical record number that will only be used until an official medical record numbe
MS MasterCard MasterCard

NE National employer identifier


NH National Health Plan Identifier
Used for the UK NHS national identifier.
NI National unique individual identifier
In the US, the Assigning Authority for this value is typically CMS, but it may be used by all providers and insurance companies in HIPAA related transactions.
NII National Insurance Organization Identifier Institutskennzeichen der Krankenkasse Class: Insurance
NIIP National Insurance Payor Identifier (Payor) Vertragskassennummer (VKNR) Class: Insurance
NNxxx National Person Identifier where the xxx is the ISO table 3166 3-character (alphabetic) country code


NP Nurse practitioner number


NPI National provider identifier
In the US, the Assigning Authority for this value is typically CMS, but it may be used by all providers and insurance companies in HIPAA related transactions.
OD Optometrist license number


PA Physician Assistant number Assistenzarztnummer

PCN Penitentiary/correctional institution Number


PE Living Subject Enterprise Number


PEN Pension Number


PI Patient internal identifier interne Patienten-ID

PN Person number Personen-ID

PNT Temporary Living Subject Number


PPN Passport number Passnummer

PRC Permanent Resident Card Number


PRN Provider number
Use case: This allows PRN to represent either an individual (a nurse) or a group/organization (orthopedic surgery team).
PT Patient external identifier externe Patienten-ID

QA QA number


RI Resource identifier
Use Case: An identifier type is needed to accommodate what are commonly known as resources. The resources can include human (e.g. a respiratory therapist), non-human (e.g., a companion animal), inanimate object (e.g., an exam room), organization (e.g., di
RPH Pharmacist license number


RN Registered Nurse Number


RR Railroad Retirement number Seniorenkartennummer

RRI Regional registry ID


SL State license


SN Subscriber Number
An identifier for a subscriber of an insurance policy which is unique for, and usually assigned by, the insurance carrier.
SR State registry ID


SS Social Security number Sozialversicherungsnummer

TAX Tax ID number Steueridentifikationsnummer

TN Treaty Number/ (Canada)
Use Case: First Nation.
U Unspecified identifier


UPIN Medicare/CMS (formerly HCFA)'s Universal Physician Identification numbers


VN Visit number Fallnummer

VS VISA VISA

WC WIC identifier


WCN Workers' Comp Number


XX Organization identifier Organisations-ID

Comments made by the German HL7 User Group:

ID Klassifizierung

Used Within the following Data Elements

00180 Alternate Visit ID / Zusätzliche Fallnummer (3.4.3.50)

Used Within the following Data Structures

CX

PPN

XCN

XON

Used Within the following Components

83 Identifier Type Code (Typ des Identifikators)

258 Identifier Type Code (Typ des Identifikators)

397 Identifier Type Code (Typ des Identifikators)

414 Identifier Type Code (Typ des Identifikators)