00112

Patient Alias

The PID segment is used by all applications as the primary means of communicating patient identification information. This segment contains permanent patient identifying and demographic information that, for the most part, is not likely to change frequently.

3.3.2.0 PID field definitions

Length≤48
8 components
1O-family name
2O-given name
3O-middle initial or name
4O-suffix (e.g., JR or III)
5O-prefix (e.g., DR)
6O-degree (e.g., MD)
7O-name type code
8O-Name Representation code