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