PN
person name
Composite
This data type includes multiple free text components. Each component is specified to be an HL7 ST data type. The maximum length of a PN field is 48 characters including component separators. The sending system may send upper- and lowercase or all uppercase. The receiving system may convert to all uppercase if required. Example:
|SMITH^JOHN^J^III^DR^PHD|
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| Comp# | Comp TBL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 368 | O | - | - | PN.1 | family+last name | |
| 2 | 22 | O | - | - | PN.2 | given name | |
| 3 | 23 | O | - | - | PN.3 | middle initial or name | |
| 4 | 273 | O | - | - | PN.4 | suffix (e.g., JR or III) | |
| 5 | 235 | O | - | - | PN.5 | prefix (e.g., DR) | |
| 6 | 203 | O | - | PN.6 | degree (e.g., MD) |