Person (name)—name suffix sequence number, code N

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Name suffix sequence number
METEOR identifier:	288226
Registration status:	Community Services (retired), Standard 30/09/2005 Health, Superseded 05/10/2016
Definition:	The numeric order of any additional terms used at the conclusion of a name, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:	Person (name)—name suffix sequence number

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

Number

Format:

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
1	First name suffix
2	Second name suffix
3	Third name suffix
4	Fourth name suffix
5	Fifth name suffix
6	Sixth name suffix
7	Seventh name suffix
8	Eighth name suffix
9	Ninth and subsequent name suffix

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Collection methods:

Multiple Name suffixes may be recorded. A Name suffix sequence number must be recorded for each Name suffix.

Example: For the name ‘John Markham Jr MP’, 'Jr' would have a name suffix sequence number of 1 and 'MP' would have a name suffix sequence number of 2.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:

Standards Australia

Origin:

AS4846 Health Care Provider Identification, 2004, Sydney: Standards Australia

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

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