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Identifier—identifier designation, text X[X(19)]

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termIdentifier designation
METEOR identifier:Help on this term612730
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Standard 05/10/2016
Definition:Help on this term

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

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termText
Data type:Help on this termString
Format:Help on this termX[X(19)]
Maximum character length:Help on this term20

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Comments:Help on this term

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:Help on this term

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Reference documents:Help on this term

Standards Australia 2014. AS 4846:2014 Person and provider identification in healthcare. Sydney: Standards Australia.

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes Identifier—identifier designation, text X[X(19)]
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012
  • Disability, Standard 13/08/2015
See also Identifier—identifier issuer, text X[X(199)]
  • Health, Standard 05/10/2016
See also Identifier—identifier usage, code NNN
  • Health, Standard 05/10/2016
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term

Healthcare provider organisation clusterHealth, Standard 05/10/2016

Identification in healthcare clusterHealth, Standard 05/10/2016

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