Person (address)—electronic communication medium, code N

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Electronic communication medium (person)
METEOR identifier:	287519
Registration status:	Community Services (retired), Standard 30/09/2005 Health, Superseded 05/10/2016
Definition:	A type of communication mechanism used by a person, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:	Person (address)—electronic communication medium
Value Domain:	Electronic communication medium code N

Value domain attributes
Representational attributes
Representation class:	Code
Data type:	Number
Format:	N
Maximum character length:	1
	Value	Meaning
Permissible values:	1	Telephone (excluding mobile telephone)
	2	Mobile (cellular) telephone
	3	Facsimile machine
	4	Pager
	5	e-mail
	6	URL
	8	Other

Data element attributes
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Standards Australia
Origin:	AS 4846 Health Care Provider Identification, 2004, Sydney: Standards Australia
Reference documents:	AS4846 Health Care Provider Identification, 2006, Sydney: Standards Australia
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Has been superseded by Address—electronic communication medium, code N[N] Health, Standard 05/10/2016 Indigenous, Standard 16/10/2017
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes +	Health care client identification DSS Health, Superseded 03/12/2008 DSS specific attributes + DSS specific information: Multiple electronic communication addresses (for example, multiple phone numbers, fax numbers and e−mail) may be recorded as required. Each instance should have an appropriate Electronic communication medium and Electronic communication usage code assigned. Health care client identification DSS Health, Retired 20/03/2013 DSS specific attributes + DSS specific information: Multiple electronic communication addresses (for example, multiple phone numbers, fax numbers and e−mail) may be recorded as required. Each instance should have an appropriate Electronic communication medium and Electronic communication usage code assigned. Health care provider identification DSS Health, Superseded 04/07/2007 DSS specific attributes + DSS specific information: Multiple electronic communication addresses (for example, multiple phone numbers, fax numbers and e-mail) may be recorded as required. Each instance should have an appropriate Electronic communication medium and Electronic communication usage code assigned. Health care provider identification DSS Health, Superseded 03/12/2008 DSS specific attributes + DSS specific information: Multiple electronic communication addresses (for example, multiple phone numbers, fax numbers and e-mail) may be recorded as required. Each instance should have an appropriate Electronic communication medium and Electronic communication usage code assigned. Health care provider identification DSS Health, Retired 20/03/2013 DSS specific attributes + DSS specific information: Multiple electronic communication addresses (for example, multiple phone numbers, fax numbers and e-mail) may be recorded as required. Each instance should have an appropriate Electronic communication medium and Electronic communication usage code assigned.