Person—government funding identifier, Centrelink customer reference number N(9)A
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Centrelink customer reference number |
| Synonymous names: | CRN; Centrelink reference number |
| METEOR identifier: | 369274 |
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| Definition: | A unique identifier allocated to a customer or organisation, or other item of interest. |
| Data Element Concept: | Person—government funding identifier |
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| Representation class: | Identifier | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Data type: | String | ||||||||||||||||||
| Format: | N(9)A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Maximum character length: | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Guide for use: | This identifier is assigned by Centrelink. The CRN consists of nine digits and one alphabetic character, generated and validation by an internal Centrelink Algorithm. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | The Centrelink Reference Number (CRN) is a unique identifier assigned to people and certain organisations that have one or more recognised relationships with Centrelink. In most cases, these entities receive services provided by Centrelink. It is used by Centrelink as the primary key for a customer's record. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Submitting organisation: | Centrelink. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Origin: | AS5017 Health Care Client Identification | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Related metadata references: | Supersedes Person—government funding identifier, Centrelink customer reference number {N(9)A}
Has been superseded by Person—government funding identifier, Centrelink customer reference number N(9)A
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| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes + |
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