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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 6
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
Steward: InM
Status: Active
Section 2.C.2.71

Value Description German Interpretation Comment Chapter
ACSN Accession ID
Accession Identifier 2.C.2.71
AM American Express American Express Deprecated and replaced by BC in v 2.5. 2.C.2.71
AMA American Medical Association Number
A physician identifier assigned by the AMA. 2.C.2.71
AN Account number Kontonummer An identifier that is unique to an account. 2.C.2.71
ANON Anonymous identifier
An identifier for a living subject whose real identity is protected or suppressed

Justification: For public health reporting purposes, anonymous identifiers are occasionally used for protecting patient identity in reporting certain results. For instance

 2.C.2.71
ANC Account number Creditor
Class: Financial

A more precise definition of an account number: sometimes two distinct account numbers must be transmitted in the same message, one as the creditor, the other as the debitor.

Kreditorenkontonummer

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AND Account number debitor
Class: Financial

A more precise definition of an account number: sometimes two distinct account numbers must be transmitted in the same message, one as the creditor, the other as the debitor.

Debitorenkontonummer

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ANT Temporary Account Number
Class: Financial

Temporary version of an Account Number.

Use Case: An ancillary system that does not normally assign account numbers is the first time to register a patient. This ancillary system will generate a temporary account number that will only

 2.C.2.71
APRN Advanced Practice Registered Nurse number
An identifier that is unique to an advanced practice registered nurse within the jurisdiction of a certifying board 2.C.2.71
ASID Ancestor Specimen ID
A unique identifier for the ancestor specimen. All child, grandchild, etc. specimens of the ancestor specimen share the same Ancestor Specimen ID. 2.C.2.71
BA Bank Account Number
Class: Financial 2.C.2.71
BC Bank Card Number
Class: Financial

An identifier that is unique to a person's bank card. Replaces AM, DI, DS, MS, and VS beginning in v 2.5.

 2.C.2.71
BCT Birth Certificate
A number associated with a document identifying the event of a person's birth. 2.C.2.71
BR Birth registry number Geburtsregisternummer An identifier unique within the Assigning Authority that is the official legal record of a person's birth. 2.C.2.71
BRN Breed Registry Number

2.C.2.71
BSNR Primary physician office number
Betriebsstättennummer - for use in the German realm. 2.C.2.71
CC Cost Center number
Class: Financial

Use Case: needed especially for transmitting information about invoices.

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CONM Change of Name Document
A number associated with a document identifying a person's legal change of name. 2.C.2.71
CZ Citizenship Card
A number assigned by a person's country of residence to identify a person's citizenship. 2.C.2.71
CY County number

2.C.2.71
DDS Dentist license number
An identifier that is unique to a dentist within the jurisdiction of the licensing board 2.C.2.71
DEA Drug Enforcement Administration registration number
An identifier for an individual or organization relative to controlled substance regulation and transactions.

Use case: This is a registration number that identifies an individual or organization relative to controlled substance regulation and transacti

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DI Diner's Club card Diners Club Deprecated and replaced by BC in v 2.5. 2.C.2.71
DFN Drug Furnishing or prescriptive authority Number
An identifier issued to a health care provider authorizing the person to write drug orders

Use Case: A nurse practitioner has authorization to furnish or prescribe pharmaceutical substances; this identifier is in component 1.

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DL Driver's license number Führerscheinnummer
2.C.2.71
DN Doctor number Arztnummer
2.C.2.71
DO Osteopathic License number
An identifier that is unique to an osteopath within the jurisdiction of a licensing board. 2.C.2.71
DP Diplomatic Passport
A number assigned to a diplomatic passport. 2.C.2.71
DPM Podiatrist license number
An identifier that is unique to a podiatrist within the jurisdiction of the licensing board. 2.C.2.71
DR Donor Registration Number

2.C.2.71
DS Discover Card Discover Card Deprecated and replaced by BC in v 2.5. 2.C.2.71
EI Employee number Arbeitnehmernummer A number that uniquely identifies an employee to an employer. 2.C.2.71
EN Employer number Arbeitgebernummer
2.C.2.71
ESN Staff Enterprise Number
An identifier that is unique to a staff member within an enterprise (as identified by the Assigning Authority). 2.C.2.71
FI Facility ID

2.C.2.71
GI Guarantor internal identifier interne ID des Zahlungspflichtigen Class: Financial 2.C.2.71
GL General ledger number
Class: Financial 2.C.2.71
GN Guarantor external identifier externe ID des Zahlungspflichtigen Class: Financial 2.C.2.71
HC Health Card Number

2.C.2.71
JHN Jurisdictional health number (Canada)
Class: Insurance

2 uses: a) UK jurisdictional CHI number; b) Canadian provincial health card number:

 2.C.2.71
IND Indigenous/Aboriginal
A number assigned to a member of an indigenous or aboriginal group outside of Canada. 2.C.2.71
LACSN Laboratory Accession ID
A laboratory accession id is used in the laboratory domain. The concept of accession is used in other domains such as radiology, so the LACSN is used to distinguish a lab accession id from an radiology accession id 2.C.2.71
LANR Lifelong physician number
Lebenslange Arztnummer - for use in German realm. 2.C.2.71
LI Labor and industries number

2.C.2.71
LN License number

2.C.2.71
LR Local Registry ID

2.C.2.71
MA Patient Medicaid number Armennummer Class: Insurance 2.C.2.71
MB Member Number
An identifier for the insured of an insurance policy (this insured always has a subscriber), usually assigned by the insurance carrier.

Use Case: Person is covered by an insurance policy. This person may or may not be the subscriber of the policy.

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MC Patient's Medicare number Rentnernummer Class: Insurance 2.C.2.71
MCD Practitioner Medicaid number
Class: Insurance 2.C.2.71
MCN Microchip Number

2.C.2.71
MCR Practitioner Medicare number
Class: Insurance 2.C.2.71
MCT Marriage Certificate
A number associated with a document identifying the event of a person's marriage. 2.C.2.71
MD Medical License number
An identifier that is unique to a medical doctor within the jurisdiction of a licensing board.

Use Case: These license numbers are sometimes used as identifiers. In some states, the same authority issues all three identifiers, e.g., medical, osteopathic

 2.C.2.71
MI Military ID number
A number assigned to an individual who has had military duty, but is not currently on active duty. The number is assigned by the DOD or Veterans' Affairs (VA). 2.C.2.71
MR Medical record number Krankenaktennummer An identifier that is unique to a patient within a set of medical records, not necessarily unique within an application. 2.C.2.71
MRT Temporary Medical Record Number
Temporary version of a 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

 2.C.2.71
MS MasterCard MasterCard Deprecated and replaced by BC in v 2.5. 2.C.2.71
NBSNR Secondary physician office number
Nebenbetriebsstättennummer - for use in the German realm. 2.C.2.71
NCT Naturalization Certificate
A number associated with a document identifying a person's retention of citizenship in a particular country. 2.C.2.71
NE National employer 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. 2.C.2.71
NH National Health Plan Identifier
Class: Insurance

Used for the UK NHS national 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.

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NI National unique individual identifier
Class: Insurance

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.

 2.C.2.71
NII National Insurance Organization Identifier Institutskennzeichen der Krankenkasse Class: Insurance

In Germany a national identifier for an insurance company. It is printed on the insurance card (health card). It is not to be confused with the health card number itself.

Krankenkassen-ID der KV-Karte

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NIIP National Insurance Payor Identifier (Payor) Vertragskassennummer (VKNR) Class: Insurance

In Germany the insurance identifier addressed as the payor.

Krankenkassen-ID des Rechnungsempfängers

Use case: a subdivision issues the card with their identifier, but the main division is going to pay the invoices.

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NNxxx National Person Identifier where the xxx is the ISO table 3166 3-character (alphabetic) country code

2.C.2.71
NP Nurse practitioner number
An identifier that is unique to a nurse practitioner within the jurisdiction of a certifying board. 2.C.2.71
NPI National provider identifier
Class: Insurance

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.

 2.C.2.71
OD Optometrist license number
A number that is unique to an individual optometrist within the jurisdiction of the licensing board. 2.C.2.71
PA Physician Assistant number Assistenzarztnummer An identifier that is unique to a physician assistant within the jurisdiction of a licensing board 2.C.2.71
PC Parole Card
A number identifying a person on parole. 2.C.2.71
PCN Penitentiary/correctional institution Number
A number assigned to individual who is incarcerated. 2.C.2.71
PE Living Subject Enterprise Number
An identifier that is unique to a living subject within an enterprise (as identified by the Assigning Authority). 2.C.2.71
PEN Pension Number

2.C.2.71
PI Patient internal identifier interne Patienten-ID A number that is unique to a patient within an Assigning Authority. 2.C.2.71
PN Person number Personen-ID A number that is unique to a living subject within an Assigning Authority. 2.C.2.71
PNT Temporary Living Subject Number
Temporary version of a Lining Subject Number. 2.C.2.71
PPIN Medicare/CMS Performing Provider Identification Number
Class: Insurance 2.C.2.71
PPN Passport number Passnummer A unique number assigned to the document affirming that a person is a citizen of the country. In the US this number is issued only by the State Department. 2.C.2.71
PRC Permanent Resident Card Number

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PRN Provider number
A number that is unique to an individual provider, a provider group or an organization within an Assigning Authority.

Use case: This allows PRN to represent either an individual (a nurse) or a group/organization (orthopedic surgery team).

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PT Patient external identifier externe Patienten-ID
2.C.2.71
QA QA number

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RI Resource identifier
A generalized 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.,

2.C.2.71
RPH Pharmacist license number
An identifier that is unique to a pharmacist within the jurisdiction of the licensing board. 2.C.2.71
RN Registered Nurse Number
An identifier that is unique to a registered nurse within the jurisdiction of the licensing board. 2.C.2.71
RR Railroad Retirement number Seniorenkartennummer An identifier for an individual enrolled with the Railroad Retirement Administration. Analogous to, but distinct from, a Social Security Number 2.C.2.71
RRI Regional registry ID

2.C.2.71
RRP Railroad Retirement Provider
Class: Insurance 2.C.2.71
SID Specimen ID
Identifier for a specimen. Used when it is not known if the specimen ID is a unique specimen ID (USID) or an ancestor ID (ASID). 2.C.2.71
SL State license

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SN Subscriber Number
Class: Insurance

An identifier for a subscriber of an insurance policy which is unique for, and usually assigned by, the insurance carrier.

Use Case: A person is the subscriber of an insurance policy. The person's family may be plan members, but are n

 2.C.2.71
SP Study Permit
A number associated with a permit identifying a person who is a resident of a jurisdiction for the purpose of education. 2.C.2.71
SR State registry ID

2.C.2.71
SS Social Security number Sozialversicherungsnummer
2.C.2.71
TAX Tax ID number Steueridentifikationsnummer
2.C.2.71
TN Treaty Number/ (Canada)
A number assigned to a member of an indigenous group in Canada.

Use Case: First Nation.

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TPR Temporary Permanent Resident (Canada)
A number associated with a document identifying a person's temporary permanent resident status. 2.C.2.71
U Unspecified identifier

2.C.2.71
UPIN Medicare/CMS (formerly HCFA)'s Universal Physician Identification numbers
Class: Insurance

An identifier for a provider within the CMS/Medicare program. A globally unique identifier for the provider in the Medicare program.

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USID Unique Specimen ID
A unique identifier for a specimen. 2.C.2.71
VN Visit number Fallnummer
2.C.2.71
VP Visitor Permit Besucherkennung A number associated with a document identifying a person as a visitor of a jurisdiction or country. 2.C.2.71
VS VISA VISA Deprecated and replaced by BC in v 2.5. 2.C.2.71
WC WIC identifier

2.C.2.71
WCN Workers' Comp Number

2.C.2.71
WP Work Permit
A number associated with a permit for a person who is granted permission to work in a country for a specified time period. 2.C.2.71
XX Organization identifier Organisations-ID
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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

135 Identifier Type Code (Typ des Identifikators)

296 Identifier Type Code (Typ des Identifikators)

428 Identifier Type Code (Typ des Identifikators)

447 Identifier Type Code (Typ des Identifikators)

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