Individual service provider—profession identifier, X[X(12)]
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Provider's profession identifier |
| Synonymous names: | Profession number |
| METEOR identifier: | 523955 |
| Registration status: |
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| Definition: | An identifier allocated to the profession of an individual service provider by the profession's registration body, as represented by a combination of numeric and/or alphabetic characters. |
| Data Element Concept: | Individual service provider—profession identifier |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
| Representation class: | Identifier | |
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| Data type: | String | |
| Format: | X[X(12)] | |
| Maximum character length: | 13 | |
Collection and usage attributes | ||
| Guide for use: | The identifier is allocated to the health professional by the profession’s registration body. | |
Data element attributes | ||
Collection and usage attributes | ||
| Guide for use: | Rules and structure of this identifier vary within professional registration organisations and this flexibility should be catered for. | |
Source and reference attributes | ||
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | |
| Reference documents: | Standards Australia 2014. AS 4846:2014 Person and provider identification in healthcare. Sydney: Standards Australia. | |
Relational attributes | ||
| Related metadata references: | See also Individual service provider—provider registration sequence number, identifier NNN
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