00138
Referring Doctor
2014-03-17
Definition: This field contains the referring physician information. Multiple names and identifiers for the same physician may be sent. The field sequences are not used to indicate multiple referring doctors. As of v 2.7 if XCN.1 ID Number is populated, then the XCN.13 Identifier Type Code and the XCN.9 Assigning Authority or XCN.22 Assigning Jurisdiction or XCN.23 Assigning Agency or Department are required. If XCN.2 Family Name is populated, then the XCN.10 Name Type Code is required. No assumptions can be safely made based on position or sequence. Specification of meaning based on sequence is deprecated. Depending on local agreements, either the ID or the name may be absent from this field. Refer to User-defined Table 0010 - Physician ID in Chapter 2C, Code Tables, for suggested values.
LengthNot specified
0010Physician ID
25 components
| 1 | C | - | Person Identifier | |
| 2 | C | - | Family Name | |
| 3 | O | - | Given Name | |
| 4 | O | - | Second and Further Given Names or Initials Thereof | |
| 5 | O | - | Suffix (e.g., JR or III) | |
| 6 | O | - | Prefix (e.g., DR) | |
| 7 | W | - | Degree (e.g., MD) | |
| 8 | B | Source Table | ||
| 9 | C | Assigning Authority | ||
| 10 | C | Name Type Code | ||
| 11 | O | - | Identifier Check Digit | |
| 12 | C | Check Digit Scheme | ||
| 13 | C | Identifier Type Code | ||
| 14 | O | - | Assigning Facility | |
| 15 | O | Name Representation Code | ||
| 16 | O | Name Context | ||
| 17 | W | - | Name Validity Range | |
| 18 | O | Name Assembly Order | ||
| 19 | O | - | Effective Date | |
| 20 | O | - | Expiration Date | |
| 21 | O | - | Professional Suffix | |
| 22 | C | - | Assigning Jurisdiction | |
| 23 | C | - | Assigning Agency or Department | |
| 24 | O | - | Security Check | |
| 25 | O | Security Check Scheme |