Service/care provider—Medicare referring provider identifier, NNNNNN
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Medicare referring provider identifier |
| Synonymous names: | Requesting provider number; Referring provider number; Requesting provider stem |
| METEOR identifier: | 603936 |
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| Definition: | A unique numeric identifier for a Medicare service provider who requested further care, services or treatment. |
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Representational attributes | ||||
| Representation class: | Identifier | |||
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| Data type: | Number | |||
| Format: | NNNNNN | |||
| Maximum character length: | 6 | |||
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Collection and usage attributes | ||||
| Guide for use: | It is possible for a provider to have more than one provider number. The stem is combined with the provider's location identifier to distinguish different locations. | |||
Source and reference attributes | ||||
| Submitting organisation: | Department of Health | |||
Relational attributes | ||||
| Related metadata references: | See also Service/care provider—Medicare referring provider practice location identifier, X
See also Service/care provider—Medicare service provider identifier, NNNNNN
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| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes + |
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