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Data Element Detail

Person identifier type-health care
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 040924 v1
Data Element
Data Element
Current
16-May-2005		Retired
19-Oct-2008
Standard
01-Mar-2005
19-Oct-2008
A code based on the geographical or administrative breadth of applicability of Person identifier.
Person identifier type-health care
Representational Attributes
Alphabetic
Code
A
1
1
Permissible Values

Permissible_values

CodeDescription
AArea/region/district
LLocal
SState or territory
Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

-
Collection and Usage Attributes
Code A Area/region/district
This code is for an identifier that is applicable to:
-all the Area/region/district health care services but not across all services in the State or Territory; or
-all of a specific health care service (eg Community mental health) in an Area/region/district health care services but not across all those services in the State or Territory

Code L Local
This code is for an identifier that is applicable only inside the issuing health care establishment.

Code S State or territory
This code is for identifiers that are applicable across all State or Territory health care services.

A person can have more than one Person identifier. Each Person identifier must have an appropriate Person identifier type code recorded.

Use this field to record only Person identifier type. It must not be used to record any other person related information.
Relational Attributes
Related Metadata References

Related Metadata References_IR

No Metadata Items
Implementation in Metadata Sets

Implemented

No Metadata Items
Source and Reference Attributes
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
METeOR data element: Person (identifier)-identifier type, geographic/administrative scope code A, Identifier 270053, Health standard 01/03/2005 https://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/270053/meteorItemView/long
Identifier;