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CodeSystem: identifierType

Official URL: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203		Version: 4.0.0
Active as of 2022-12-07	Responsible: Health Level Seven International	Computable Name: IdentifierType
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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.

Underlying Master Code System for V2 table 0203 (Identifier Type)

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

Generated Narrative: CodeSystem v2-0203

Properties

This code system defines the following properties for its concepts

Name

Code

URI

Type

Description

status

http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/utg-concept-properties#status

code

Status of the concept

deprecated

http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/utg-concept-properties#v2-table-deprecated

code

Version of HL7 in which the code was deprecated

V2 Concept Comment

v2-concComment

http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/utg-concept-properties#v2-concComment

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V2 Concept Comment

V2 Concept Comment As Published

v2-concCommentAsPub

http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/utg-concept-properties#v2-concCommentAsPub

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V2 Concept Comment As Published

HL7 Concept Usage Notes

HL7usageNotes

http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/utg-concept-properties#HL7usageNotes

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HL7 Concept Usage Notes

Concepts

This case-sensitive code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203 defines the following codes in a Is-A hierarchy:

Code	Display	Definition	V2 Concept Comment	V2 Concept Comment As Published	HL7 Concept Usage Notes	Deutsch (German, de)
AC	Accreditation/Certification Identifier	Identifier that has been assigned by an accreditation or certification organization in specific fields, indicating a recognized skill	In Ask at Order Entry (AOE) questions this can be used to identify the ID with the assigning authority. For instance, a credentialed sonographer whose identifier assigned by the credentialing body has been entered can be properly labeled.
ACSN	Accession ID	Accession Identifier		Accession Identifier
AIN	Animal Identification Number (US Official)	A numbering system for the official identification of individual animals in the United States that provides a nationally unique identification number for each animal. The first two numbers on a tag are the numbers assigned to a specific State.	AIN is the official acronym used by USDA
AM	American Express	American Express	Deprecated and replaced by BC in v 2.5.	Deprecated and replaced by BC in v 2.5.		American Express
AMA	American Medical Association Number	A physician identifier assigned by the AMA.		A physician identifier assigned by the AMA.
AN	Account number	Account An identifier that is unique to an account.		An identifier that is unique to an account.		Kontonummer
ANC	Account number Creditor	A more precise definition of an account number	Class: Financial<p>Sometimes two distinct account numbers must be transmitted in the same message, one as the creditor, the other as the debitor.<p>Kreditorenkontonummer	Class: Financial<p>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.<p>Kreditorenkontonummer
AND	Account number debitor	A more precise definition of an account number	Class: Financial<p>Sometimes two distinct account numbers must be transmitted in the same message, one as the creditor, the other as the debitor.<p>Debitorenkontonummer	Class: Financial<p>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.<p>Debitorenkontonummer
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, a state health department may choose to use a scheme for generating an anonymous identifier for reporting a patient that has had a positive human immunodeficiency virus antibody test. Anonymous identifiers can be used in PID 3 by replacing the medical record number or other non-anonymous identifier. The assigning authority for an anonymous identifier would be the state/local health department.	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, a state health department may choose to use a scheme for generating an anonymous identifier for reporting a patient that has had a positive human immunodeficiency virus antibody test. Anonymous identifiers can be used in PID 3 by replacing the medical record number or other non-anonymous identifier. The assigning authority for an anonymous identifier would be the state/local health department.
ANT	Temporary Account Number	Temporary version of an Account Number	Class: Financial 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 be used until an official account number is assigned.	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 be used until an official account number is assigned.
APRN	Advanced Practice Registered Nurse number	An identifier that is unique to an advanced practice registered nurse within the jurisdiction of a certifying board		An identifier that is unique to an advanced practice registered nurse within the jurisdiction of a certifying board
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.	A unique identifier for the ancestor specimen. All child, grandchild, etc. specimens of the ancestor specimen share the same Ancestor Specimen ID.
BA	Bank Account Number	Bank Account Number	Class: Financial	Class: Financial
BC	Bank Card Number	An identifier that is unique to a person's bank card	Class: Financial<p>Replaces AM, DI, DS, MS, and VS beginning in v 2.5.	Class: Financial<p>An identifier that is unique to a person's bank card. Replaces AM, DI, DS, MS, and VS beginning in v 2.5.
BCFN	Birth Certificate File Number	The identifier used within the jurisdictional vital records office file system as an auxiliary means of accessing the record associated with the birth certificate.
BCT	Birth Certificate	A number associated with a document identifying the event of a person's birth		A number associated with a document identifying the event of a person's birth.
BR	Birth registry number	An identifier unique within the Assigning Authority that is the official legal record of a person's birth.		An identifier unique within the Assigning Authority that is the official legal record of a person's birth.		Geburtsregisternummer
BRN	Breed Registry Number	Breed Registry Number
BSNR	Primary physician office number	Primary physician office number	Betriebsstättennummer - for use in the German realm.	Betriebsstättennummer - for use in the German realm.
CAAI	Consumer Application Account Identifier	An identifier for the consumer (e.g., patient, caregiver) for an application such as a portal or App.	This may be the same as a username, but frequently is different.
CC	Cost Center number	Cost Center number	Class: Financial<p>Use Case: needed especially for transmitting information about invoices.	Class: Financial<p>Use Case: needed especially for transmitting information about invoices.
CONM	Change of Name Document	A number associated with a document identifying a person's legal change of name.		A number associated with a document identifying a person's legal change of name.
CY	County number	County number
CZ	Citizenship Card	A number assigned by a person's country of residence to identify a person's citizenship.		A number assigned by a person's country of residence to identify a person's citizenship.
DC	Death Certificate ID	The identifier assigned to a death certificate, and printed on the death certificate when issued by a jurisdictional vital records office
DCFN	Death Certificate File Number	The identifier used within the jurisdictional vital records office file system as an auxiliary means of accessing the record associated with the death certificate.
DDS	Dentist license number	An identifier that is unique to a dentist within the jurisdiction of the licensing board		An identifier that is unique to a dentist within the jurisdiction of the licensing board
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 transactions. A DEA number has a very precise and widely accepted meaning within the United States. Surprisingly, the US Drug Enforcement Administration does not solely assign DEA numbers in the United States. Hospitals have the authority to issue DEA numbers to their medical residents. These DEA numbers are based upon the hospital’s DEA number, but the authority rests with the hospital on the assignment to the residents. Thus, DEA as an Identifier Type is necessary in addition to DEA as an Assigning Authority.	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 transactions. A DEA number has a very precise and widely accepted meaning within the United States. Surprisingly, the US Drug Enforcement Administration does not solely assign DEA numbers in the United States. Hospitals have the authority to issue DEA numbers to their medical residents. These DEA numbers are based upon the hospital’s DEA number, but the authority rests with the hospital on the assignment to the residents. Thus, DEA as an Identifier Type is necessary in addition to DEA as an Assigning Authority.
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.	An identifier issued to a health care provider authorizing the person to write drug orders<p>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	Deprecated and replaced by BC in v 2.5.	Deprecated and replaced by BC in v 2.5.		Diners Club
DL	Driver's license number	Driver's license number				Führerscheinnummer
DN	Doctor number	Doctor number				Arztnummer
DO	Osteopathic License number	An identifier that is unique to an osteopath within the jurisdiction of a licensing board.		An identifier that is unique to an osteopath within the jurisdiction of a licensing board.
DP	Diplomatic Passport	A number assigned to a diplomatic passport.		A number assigned to a diplomatic passport.
DPM	Podiatrist license number	An identifier that is unique to a podiatrist within the jurisdiction of the licensing board.		An identifier that is unique to a podiatrist within the jurisdiction of the licensing board.
DR	Donor Registration Number	Donor Registration Number
DS	Discover Card	Discover Card	Deprecated and replaced by BC in v 2.5.	Deprecated and replaced by BC in v 2.5.		Discover Card
DSG	Diagnostic Study Group	Unique Identifier that groups several orders that are to be performed together.	Example: Radiology studies
EI	Employee number	A number that uniquely identifies an employee to an employer.		A number that uniquely identifies an employee to an employer.		Arbeitnehmernummer
EN	Employer number	Employer number				Arbeitgebernummer
ESN	Staff Enterprise Number	An identifier that is unique to a staff member within an enterprise (as identified by the Assigning Authority).		An identifier that is unique to a staff member within an enterprise (as identified by the Assigning Authority).
FDR	Fetal Death Report ID	The identifier assigned to a fetal death report, and printed on the fetal death report when issued by a jurisdictional vital records office
FDRFN	Fetal Death Report File Number	The identifier used within the jurisdictional vital records office file system as an auxiliary means of accessing the record associated with the fetal death report certificate.
FGN	Filler Group Number	Unique identifier assigned to a group of orders by the filler application.	This is analogous to the Placer Group Number ORC-4, except that it is assigned by the filler.
FI	Facility ID	Facility ID
FILL	Filler Identifier	An identifier for a request where the identifier is issued by the person, or service, that produces the observations or fulfills the request.
GI	Guarantor internal identifier	Guarantor internal identifier	Class: Financial	Class: Financial		interne ID des Zahlungspflichtigen
GIN	Animal Group Identifier (US Official)	Identifier that can be used to unambiguously describe a specific group of animals.	GIN is the official acronym used by USDA
GL	General ledger number	General ledger number	Class: Financial	Class: Financial
GN	Guarantor external identifier	Guarantor external identifier	Class: Financial	Class: Financial		externe ID des Zahlungspflichtigen
HC	Health Card Number	Health Card Number
IND	Indigenous/Aboriginal	A number assigned to a member of an indigenous or aboriginal group outside of Canada.		A number assigned to a member of an indigenous or aboriginal group outside of Canada.
IRISTEM	An IRI stem	An IRI string that can be prepended to the code to obtain a concept IRI for RDF applications. This should be a valid, absolute IRI as defined in RFC 3987. See https://hl7.org/fhir/rdf.html#iri-stem for details on how this value may be used.
JHN	Jurisdictional health number	Jurisdictional health number	Class: Insurance<p>2 uses: a) UK jurisdictional CHI number; b) Canadian provincial health card number:	Class: Insurance<p>2 uses: a) UK jurisdictional CHI number; b) Canadian provincial health card number:
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	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
LANR	Lifelong physician number	Lifelong physician number	Lebenslange Arztnummer - for use in German realm.	Lebenslange Arztnummer - for use in German realm.
LI	Labor and industries number	Labor and industries number
L&I	Labor and industries number	Labor and industries number. Note that this was introduced erroneously (with an ampersand in the code value) many years ago.			Deprecated as of v 2.5; Use LI instead.
LN	License number	License number
LR	Local Registry ID	Local Registry ID
MA	Patient Medicaid number	Patient Medicaid number	Class: Insurance	Class: Insurance		Armennummer
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.	An identifier for the insured of an insurance policy (this insured always has a subscriber), usually assigned by the insurance carrier.<p>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	Class: Insurance	Class: Insurance		Rentnernummer
MCD	Practitioner Medicaid number	Practitioner Medicaid number	Class: Insurance	Class: Insurance
MCN	Microchip Number	Microchip Number
MCR	Practitioner Medicare number	Practitioner Medicare number	Class: Insurance	Class: Insurance
MCT	Marriage Certificate	A number associated with a document identifying the event of a person's marriage.		A number associated with a document identifying the event of a person's marriage.
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, and physician assistant licenses all issued by one state medical board. For this case, the CX data type requires distinct identifier types to accurately interpret component 1. Additionally, the distinction among these license types is critical in most health care settings (this is not to convey full licensing information, which requires a segment to support all related attributes).	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, and physician assistant licenses all issued by one state medical board. For this case, the CX data type requires distinct identifier types to accurately interpret component 1. Additionally, the distinction among these license types is critical in most health care settings (this is not to convey full licensing information, which requires a segment to support all related attributes).
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).		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).
MR	Medical record number	An identifier that is unique to a patient within a set of medical records, not necessarily unique within an application.		An identifier that is unique to a patient within a set of medical records, not necessarily unique within an application.		Krankenaktennummer
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 be used until an official medical record number is assigned.	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 be used until an official medical record number is assigned.
MS	MasterCard	MasterCard	Deprecated and replaced by BC in v 2.5.	Deprecated and replaced by BC in v 2.5.		MasterCard
NBSNR	Secondary physician office number	Secondary physician office number	Nebenbetriebsstättennummer - for use in the German realm.	Nebenbetriebsstättennummer - for use in the German realm.
NCT	Naturalization Certificate	A number associated with a document identifying a person's retention of citizenship in a particular country.		A number associated with a document identifying a person's retention of citizenship in a particular country.
NE	National employer identifier	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.	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.
NH	National Health Plan Identifier	National Health Plan Identifier	Class: Insurance Used for the UK NHS national identifier.	Class: Insurance<p>Used for the UK NHS national identifier.<p>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.
NI	National unique individual identifier	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.	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.
NII	National Insurance Organization Identifier	National Insurance Organization Identifier	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.<p>Krankenkassen-ID der KV-Karte	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.<p>Krankenkassen-ID der KV-Karte		Institutskennzeichen der Krankenkasse
NIIP	National Insurance Payor Identifier (Payor)	National Insurance Payor Identifier (Payor)	Class: Insurance In Germany the insurance identifier addressed as the payor.<p>Krankenkassen-ID des Rechnungsempfängers<p>Use case: a subdivision issues the card with their identifier, but the main division is going to pay the invoices.	Class: Insurance In Germany the insurance identifier addressed as the payor.<p>Krankenkassen-ID des Rechnungsempfängers<p>Use case: a subdivision issues the card with their identifier, but the main division is going to pay the invoices.		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
NP	Nurse practitioner number	An identifier that is unique to a nurse practitioner within the jurisdiction of a certifying board.		An identifier that is unique to a nurse practitioner within the jurisdiction of a certifying board.
NPI	National provider identifier	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.	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.
OBI	Observation Instance Identifier	Unique and persistent identifier for an observation instance	For example in the IHE-LCC Profile this is used to identify the OBX-21 of the result for which a clarification is requested using an OML^O59_OML_O59 message structure
OD	Optometrist license number	A number that is unique to an individual optometrist within the jurisdiction of the licensing board.		A number that is unique to an individual optometrist within the jurisdiction of the licensing board.
PA	Physician Assistant number	An identifier that is unique to a physician assistant within the jurisdiction of a licensing board		An identifier that is unique to a physician assistant within the jurisdiction of a licensing board		Assistenzarztnummer
PC	Parole Card	A number identifying a person on parole.		A number identifying a person on parole.
PCN	Penitentiary/correctional institution Number	A number assigned to individual who is incarcerated.		A number assigned to individual who is incarcerated.
PE	Living Subject Enterprise Number	An identifier that is unique to a living subject within an enterprise (as identified by the Assigning Authority).		An identifier that is unique to a living subject within an enterprise (as identified by the Assigning Authority).
PEN	Pension Number	Pension Number
PGN	Placer Group Number	Unique identifier assigned to a group of orders by the placer application.	This is analogous to the Placer Group Number ORC-4.
PHC	Public Health Case Identifier	Identifier assigned to a person during a case investigation as part of a public health event	For example every person affected by the Norovirus outbreak on a cruise ship will be assigned a case ID for investigation and follow up
PHE	Public Health Event Identifier	Identifier assigned to an event of interest to public health	For example an outbreak of Norovirus on a cruise ship – this is assigned by a public health jurisdiction at the local, state or federal level
PHO	Public Health Official ID	An identifier for a person working at a public health agency (PHA), assigned or issued by the agency	May need to identify contact in a PHA that approved a test request or is in charge of an investigation.
PI	Patient internal identifier	A number that is unique to a patient within an Assigning Authority.		A number that is unique to a patient within an Assigning Authority.		interne Patienten-ID
PIN	Premises Identifier Number (US Official)	Identifier that uniquely identifies a geographic location in the US.	The owner of the premises, or a person designated by the owner of the premises, can register his/her location. A premises identification number, or PIN, is then permanently assigned to that location associating it with the mailing address. If there is no mailing address at the property, geographic coordinates—latitude and longitude—can be used instead to describe the location. A premises identification number (PIN) is a unique, 7-digit code that includes both letters and numbers. Example: A123R69
PLAC	Placer Identifier	An identifier for a request where the identifier is issued by the person or service making the request.
PN	Person number	A number that is unique to a living subject within an Assigning Authority.		A number that is unique to a living subject within an Assigning Authority.		Personen-ID
PNT	Temporary Living Subject Number	Temporary version of a Living Subject Number.		Temporary version of a Lining Subject Number.
PPIN	Medicare/CMS Performing Provider Identification Number	Medicare/CMS Performing Provider Identification Number	Class: Insurance	Class: Insurance	Class: Insurance
PPN	Passport number	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.	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.		Passnummer
PRC	Permanent Resident Card Number	Permanent Resident Card Number
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).	A number that is unique to an individual provider, a provider group or an organization within an Assigning Authority.<p>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				externe Patienten-ID
QA	QA number	QA number
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., an exam room), organization (e.g., diabetic education class) or any other physical or logical entity.	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., an exam room), organization (e.g., diabetic education class) or any other physical or logical entity.
RN	Registered Nurse Number	An identifier that is unique to a registered nurse within the jurisdiction of the licensing board.		An identifier that is unique to a registered nurse within the jurisdiction of the licensing board.
RPH	Pharmacist license number	An identifier that is unique to a pharmacist within the jurisdiction of the licensing board.		An identifier that is unique to a pharmacist within the jurisdiction of the licensing board.
RR	Railroad Retirement number	An identifier for an individual enrolled with the Railroad Retirement Administration. Analogous to, but distinct from, a Social Security Number		An identifier for an individual enrolled with the Railroad Retirement Administration. Analogous to, but distinct from, a Social Security Number		Seniorenkartennummer
RRI	Regional registry ID	Regional registry ID
RRP	Railroad Retirement Provider	Railroad Retirement Provider	Class: Insurance	Class: Insurance
SAMN	SAMN# accession Number	The accession number for the BioSample data repository at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)	This accession is a permanent record locator for the BioSample record which contains metadata about the biological sample.
SB	Social Beneficiary Identifier	An identifier issued by a governmental organization to a person to identify the person should they apply for or receive social services and/or benefits
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).	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).
SL	State license	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.	Class: Insurance Use Case: A person is the subscriber of an insurance policy. The person’s family may be plan members, but are not the subscriber.	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 not the subscriber.
SNBSN	State assigned NDBS card Identifier	The identifier on a Newborn Screening Dried Bloodspot (NDBS) card that is assigned by the state which provided the sample collection cards and to whom this information must be reported	For use either with OBX-5 as CX datatype, where OBX-3 uses LOINC 57716-3^State printed on filter paper card [Identifier] in NBS card^LN, or in SPM-31
SNO	Serial Number	An identifier affixed to an item by the manufacturer when it is first made, where each item has a different identifier.
SP	Study Permit	A number associated with a permit identifying a person who is a resident of a jurisdiction for the purpose of education.		A number associated with a permit identifying a person who is a resident of a jurisdiction for the purpose of education.
SR	State registry ID	State registry ID
SRX	SRA Accession number	The accession number generated by the Sequence Read Archive (SRA) at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) when sequence data are uploaded to NCBI.	This provides both the sequence data and metadata on how the sample was sequenced. – This accession is a permanent record locator for the submitted un-assembled sequence data.
SS	Social Security number	Social Security number				Sozialversicherungsnummer
STN	Shipment Tracking Number	Identifier assigned to a package being shipped	For example the Fed Ex / UPS / DHS / USPS tracking number
TAX	Tax ID number	Tax ID number				Steueridentifikationsnummer
TN	Treaty Number/ (Canada)	A number assigned to a member of an indigenous group in Canada.	Use Case: First Nation.	A number assigned to a member of an indigenous group in Canada.<p>Use Case: First Nation.
TPR	Temporary Permanent Resident (Canada)	A number associated with a document identifying a person's temporary permanent resident status.		A number associated with a document identifying a person's temporary permanent resident status.
TRL	Training License Number	The license number used during training.
U	Unspecified identifier	Unspecified identifier
UDI	Universal Device Identifier	An identifier assigned to a device using the Unique Device Identification framework as defined by IMDRF (http://imdrf.org).
UPIN	Medicare/CMS (formerly HCFA)'s Universal Physician Identification numbers	An identifier for a provider within the CMS/Medicare program. A globally unique identifier for the provider in the Medicare program.	Class: Insurance	Class: Insurance<p>An identifier for a provider within the CMS/Medicare program. A globally unique identifier for the provider in the Medicare program.
USID	Unique Specimen ID	A unique identifier for a specimen.		A unique identifier for a specimen.
VN	Visit number	Visit number				Fallnummer
VP	Visitor Permit	A number associated with a document identifying a person as a visitor of a jurisdiction or country.		A number associated with a document identifying a person as a visitor of a jurisdiction or country.		Besucherkennung
VS	VISA	VISA	Deprecated and replaced by BC in v 2.5.	Deprecated and replaced by BC in v 2.5.		VISA
WC	WIC identifier	WIC identifier
WCN	Workers' Comp Number	Workers' Comp Number
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.		A number associated with a permit for a person who is granted permission to work in a country for a specified time period.
XV	Health Plan Identifier	National unique health plan identifier required by the US Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in the US Realm.	Also referred to as HPID (Health Plan Identifier).		The code value ‘XV’ is used in CMS mandated Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) transactions.
XX	Organization identifier	Organization identifier				Organisations-ID