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Registration status:	Community Services (retired), Standard 30/09/2005 Health, Superseded 05/10/2016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 attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

Number

Format:

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
1	Telephone (excluding mobile telephone)
2	Mobile (cellular) telephone
3	Facsimile machine
4	Pager
5	e-mail
6	URL
8	Other

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

Related metadata references:

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

All attributes +

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.