Identifier—identifier designation, text X[X(19)]
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type:![]() | Data Element |
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Short name:![]() | Identifier designation |
METEOR identifier:![]() | 612730 |
Registration status:![]() |
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Definition:![]() | An alphanumeric identifier, allocated by an organisation or individual provider that is used to uniquely identify an entity, as represented by text. |
Data Element Concept: | Identifier—identifier designation |
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Representational attributes | |||
Representation class:![]() | Text | ||
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Data type:![]() | String | ||
Format:![]() | X[X(19)] | ||
Maximum character length:![]() | 20 | ||
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Collection and usage attributes | |||
Comments:![]() | The Australian Standard for Person and provider identification in healthcare (AS 4846:2014) outlines the following principles of identifiers in healthcare: Principle A: Identifiers shall be unique to a purpose and often to a person or organisation, although family group identifiers exist and are unique to the family. Principle B: Identifiers shall not be recycled or reused. Principle C: Each person or organisation should have a single active identifier from a given issuer for a specific usage at any given point in time. The combination of 3 identifier data elements—Identifier designation, Identifier—identifier issuer, text X[X(199)] and Identifier—identifier usage, code NNN—uniquely identify an entity for a specific purpose, and is known as a globally unique identifier. | ||
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:![]() | Supersedes Identifier—identifier designation, text X[X(19)]
See also Identifier—identifier issuer, text X[X(199)]
See also Identifier—identifier usage, code NNN
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Implementation in Data Set Specifications:![]() |
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