Alternate Visit ID

2003-08-22

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2.4Oct2000

2.5Aug2003

2.5.1May2007

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Definition: This field contains the alternative, temporary, or pending optional visit ID number to be used if needed. Refer to HL7 Table 0061 - Check Digit Scheme for valid values. Refer to HL7 Table 0203 - Identifier Type for valid values. The assigning authority and identifier type codes are strongly recommended for all CX data types.

Length≤250

85 values


`AM`	American Express
`AN`	Account number
`ANC`	Account number Creditor(Class: Financial)
`AND`	Account number debitor(Class: Financial)
`ANON`	Anonymous identifier(Justification: For public health reporting purposes, anonymous identifiers are occasionally used for protecting patient identity in reporting certain results. For instance, a state health department may choose to use a scheme for generating an anonymous i)
`ANT`	Temporary Account Number(Temporary version of an Account Number.)
`APRN`	Advanced Practice Registered Nurse number
`BA`	Bank Account Number
`BC`	Bank Card Number(An identifier that is unique to a person_s bank card. Replaces AM, DI, DS, MS, and VS beginning in v 2.5.)
`BR`	Birth registry number
`BRN`	Breed Registry Number
`CC`	Cost Center number(Use Case: needed especially for transmitting information about invoices.)
`CY`	County number
`DDS`	Dentist license number
`DEA`	Drug Enforcement Administration registration number(Use case: This is a registration number that identifies an individual or organization relative to controlled substance regulation and transactions.)
`DFN`	Drug Furnishing or prescriptive authority Number(Use Case: A nurse practitioner has authorization to furnish or prescribe pharmaceutical substances; this identifier is in component 1.)
`DI`	Diner's Club card
`DL`	Driver's license number
`DN`	Doctor number
`DO`	Osteopathic License number
`DPM`	Podiatrist license number
`DR`	Donor Registration Number
`DS`	Discover Card
`EI`	Employee number
`EN`	Employer number
`FI`	Facility ID
`GI`	Guarantor internal identifier
`GL`	General ledger number
`GN`	Guarantor external identifier
`HC`	Health Card Number
`IND`	Indigenous/Aboriginal
`JHN`	Jurisdictional health number (Canada)(2 uses: a) UK jurisdictional CHI number; b) Canadian provincial health card number:)
`LI`	Labor and industries number
`LN`	License number
`LR`	Local Registry ID
`MA`	Patient Medicaid number
`MB`	Member Number(Use Case: Person is covered by an insurance policy. This person may or may not be the subscriber of the policy.)
`MC`	Patient's Medicare number
`MCD`	Practitioner Medicaid number
`MCN`	Microchip Number
`MCR`	Practitioner Medicare number
`MD`	Medical License number(Use Case: These license numbers are sometimes used as identifiers. In some states, the same authority issues all three identifiers, e.g., medical, osteopathic, and physician assistant licenses all issued by one state medical board. For this case, the CX d)
`MI`	Military ID number
`MR`	Medical record number
`MRT`	Temporary Medical Record Number(Use Case: An ancillary system that does not normally assign medical record numbers is the first time to register a patient. This ancillary system will generate a temporary medical record number that will only be used until an official medical record numbe)
`MS`	MasterCard
`NE`	National employer identifier
`NH`	National Health Plan Identifier(Used for the UK NHS national identifier.)
`NI`	National unique individual identifier(In the US, the Assigning Authority for this value is typically CMS, but it may be used by all providers and insurance companies in HIPAA related transactions.)
`NII`	National Insurance Organization Identifier(Class: Insurance)
`NIIP`	National Insurance Payor Identifier (Payor)(Class: Insurance)
`NNxxx`	National Person Identifier where the xxx is the ISO table 3166 3-character (alphabetic) country code
`NP`	Nurse practitioner number
`NPI`	National provider identifier(In the US, the Assigning Authority for this value is typically CMS, but it may be used by all providers and insurance companies in HIPAA related transactions.)
`OD`	Optometrist license number
`PA`	Physician Assistant number
`PCN`	Penitentiary/correctional institution Number
`PE`	Living Subject Enterprise Number
`PEN`	Pension Number
`PI`	Patient internal identifier
`PN`	Person number
`PNT`	Temporary Living Subject Number
`PPN`	Passport number
`PRC`	Permanent Resident Card Number
`PRN`	Provider number(Use case: This allows PRN to represent either an individual (a nurse) or a group/organization (orthopedic surgery team).)
`PT`	Patient external identifier
`QA`	QA number
`RI`	Resource identifier(Use Case: An identifier type is needed to accommodate what are commonly known as resources. The resources can include human (e.g. a respiratory therapist), non-human (e.g., a companion animal), inanimate object (e.g., an exam room), organization (e.g., di)
`RN`	Registered Nurse Number
`RPH`	Pharmacist license number
`RR`	Railroad Retirement number
`RRI`	Regional registry ID
`SL`	State license
`SN`	Subscriber Number(An identifier for a subscriber of an insurance policy which is unique for, and usually assigned by, the insurance carrier.)
`SR`	State registry ID
`SS`	Social Security number
`TAX`	Tax ID number
`TN`	Treaty Number/ (Canada)(Use Case: First Nation.)
`U`	Unspecified identifier
`UPIN`	Medicare/CMS (formerly HCFA)'s Universal Physician Identification numbers
`VN`	Visit number
`VS`	VISA
`WC`	WIC identifier
`WCN`	Workers' Comp Number
`XX`	Organization identifier

10 components


1	R	-	ID Number
2	O	-	Check Digit
3	O		Check Digit Scheme
4	O		Assigning Authority
5	O		Identifier Type Code
6	O	-	Assigning Facility
7	O	-	Effective Date
8	O	-	Expiration Date
9	O	-	Assigning Jurisdiction
10	O	-	Assigning Agency or Department