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CodeSystem: Identifier Type (2.5 - 1.3.0) (Experimental)

Official URL: http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/identifierTypeV130 Version: 1.3.0
Active as of 2025-08-05 Computable Name: IdentifierTypeV130
Other Identifiers: OID:2.16.840.1.113883.18.108

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HL7-defined code system of concepts specifying type of identifier. Used in HL7 Version 2.x messaging data types CX, PLN, PPN, XCN and XON.

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

Properties

This code system defines the following properties for its concepts

NameCodeURITypeDescription
version introduced versionIntroduced http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/Property#versionIntroduced string version when was this code introduced
version deprecated versionDeprecated http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/Property#versionDeprecated string version when was this code deprecated
status status http://hl7.org/fhir/concept-properties#status code A code that indicates the status of the concept. Typical values are active, experimental, deprecated, and retired
comment, to suppress IG-publisher warning, to be replaced with standard later comment http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/Property#comment string A string that provides additional detail pertinent to the use or understanding of the concept
usage usage http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/Property#usage string usage notes for this code
modified modified http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/Property#modified dateTime date of last modification
class class http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/Property#class code class

Concepts

This case-sensitive code system http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/identifierTypeV130 defines the following codes:

CodeDisplayDefinitionversion introducedusageDeutsch (German, de)
AM American Express American Express 2.3 American Express
AN Account number Account number 2.3 Kontonummer
ANC Account number Creditor Account number Creditor 2.5 Class: Financial
AND Account number debitor Account number debitor 2.5 Class: Financial
ANON Anonymous identifier Anonymous identifier 2.5 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
ANT Temporary Account Number Temporary Account Number 2.5 Temporary version of an Account Number.
APRN Advanced Practice Registered Nurse number Advanced Practice Registered Nurse number 2.5
BA Bank Account Number Bank Account Number 2.4
BC Bank Card Number Bank Card Number 2.5 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 Birth registry number 2.3 Geburtsregisternummer
BRN Breed Registry Number Breed Registry Number 2.4
CC Cost Center number Cost Center number 2.5 Use Case: needed especially for transmitting information about invoices.
CY County number County number 2.5
DDS Dentist license number Dentist license number 2.5
DEA Drug Enforcement Administration registration number Drug Enforcement Administration registration number 2.5 Use case: This is a registration number that identifies an individual or organization relative to controlled substance regulation and transactions.
DFN Drug Furnishing or prescriptive authority Number Drug Furnishing or prescriptive authority Number 2.5 Use Case: A nurse practitioner has authorization to furnish or prescribe pharmaceutical substances; this identifier is in component 1.
DI Diner's Club card Diner's Club card 2.3 Diners Club
DL Driver's license number Driver's license number 2.3 Führerscheinnummer
DN Doctor number Doctor number 2.3 Arztnummer
DO Osteopathic License number Osteopathic License number 2.5
DPM Podiatrist license number Podiatrist license number 2.5
DR Donor Registration Number Donor Registration Number 2.4
DS Discover Card Discover Card 2.3 Discover Card
EI Employee number Employee number 2.3 Arbeitnehmernummer
EN Employer number Employer number 2.3 Arbeitgebernummer
FI Facility ID Facility ID 2.3.1
GI Guarantor internal identifier Guarantor internal identifier 2.3 interne ID des Zahlungspflichtigen
GL General ledger number General ledger number 2.5
GN Guarantor external identifier Guarantor external identifier 2.3 externe ID des Zahlungspflichtigen
HC Health Card Number Health Card Number 2.4
IND Indigenous/Aboriginal Indigenous/Aboriginal 2.5
JHN Jurisdictional health number (Canada) Jurisdictional health number (Canada) 2.4 2 uses: a) UK jurisdictional CHI number; b) Canadian provincial health card number:
LI Labor and industries number Labor and industries number 2.5
LN License number License number 2.3.1
LR Local Registry ID Local Registry ID 2.3.1
MA Patient Medicaid number Patient Medicaid number 2.3 Armennummer
MB Member Number Member Number 2.5 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 Patient's Medicare number 2.3 Rentnernummer
MCD Practitioner Medicaid number Practitioner Medicaid number 2.5
MCN Microchip Number Microchip Number 2.4
MCR Practitioner Medicare number Practitioner Medicare number 2.5
MD Medical License number Medical License number 2.5 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 Military ID number 2.5
MR Medical record number Medical record number 2.3 Krankenaktennummer
MRT Temporary Medical Record Number Temporary Medical Record Number 2.5 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 2.3 MasterCard
NE National employer identifier National employer identifier 2.3.1
NH National Health Plan Identifier National Health Plan Identifier 2.3.1 Used for the UK NHS national identifier.
NI National unique individual identifier National unique individual identifier 2.3.1 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 National Insurance Organization Identifier 2.5 Class: Insurance Institutskennzeichen der Krankenkasse
NIIP National Insurance Payor Identifier (Payor) National Insurance Payor Identifier (Payor) 2.5 Class: Insurance Vertragskassennummer (VKNR)
NNxxx National Person Identifier where the xxx is the ISO table 3166 3-character (alphabetic) country code National Person Identifier where the xxx is the ISO table 3166 3-character (alphabetic) country code 2.3.1
NP Nurse practitioner number Nurse practitioner number 2.5
NPI National provider identifier National provider identifier 2.3.1 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 Optometrist license number 2.5
PA Physician Assistant number Physician Assistant number 2.5 Assistenzarztnummer
PCN Penitentiary/correctional institution Number Penitentiary/correctional institution Number 2.5
PE Living Subject Enterprise Number Living Subject Enterprise Number 2.5
PEN Pension Number Pension Number 2.4
PI Patient internal identifier Patient internal identifier 2.3 interne Patienten-ID
PN Person number Person number 2.3.1 Personen-ID
PNT Temporary Living Subject Number Temporary Living Subject Number 2.5
PPN Passport number Passport number 2.5 Passnummer
PRC Permanent Resident Card Number Permanent Resident Card Number 2.5
PRN Provider number Provider number 2.3.1 Use case: This allows PRN to represent either an individual (a nurse) or a group/organization (orthopedic surgery team).
PT Patient external identifier Patient external identifier 2.3 externe Patienten-ID
QA QA number QA number 2.5
RI Resource identifier Resource identifier 2.5 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
RN Registered Nurse Number Registered Nurse Number 2.5
RPH Pharmacist license number Pharmacist license number 2.5
RR Railroad Retirement number Railroad Retirement number 2.3 Seniorenkartennummer
RRI Regional registry ID Regional registry ID 2.3.1
SL State license State license 2.3.1
SN Subscriber Number Subscriber Number 2.5 An identifier for a subscriber of an insurance policy which is unique for, and usually assigned by, the insurance carrier.
SR State registry ID State registry ID 2.3.1
SS Social Security number Social Security number 2.3 Sozialversicherungsnummer
TAX Tax ID number Tax ID number 2.5 Steueridentifikationsnummer
TN Treaty Number/ (Canada) Treaty Number/ (Canada) 2.5 Use Case: First Nation.
U Unspecified identifier Unspecified identifier 2.3.1
UPIN Medicare/CMS (formerly HCFA)'s Universal Physician Identification numbers Medicare/CMS (formerly HCFA)'s Universal Physician Identification numbers 2.3.1
VN Visit number Visit number 2.3 Fallnummer
VS VISA VISA 2.3 VISA
WC WIC identifier WIC identifier 2.3.1
WCN Workers' Comp Number Workers' Comp Number 2.4
XX Organization identifier Organization identifier 2.3 Organisations-ID