00017
Country Code
2014-03-17
Definition: This field contains the country of origin for the message. It will be used primarily to specify default elements, such as currency denominations. The values to be used are those of ISO 3166,.. The ISO 3166 table has three separate forms of the country code: HL7 specifies that the 3-character (alphabetic) form be used for the country code.
Refer to External Table 0399 - Country Code in Chapter 2C, Code Tables, for the 3-character codes as defined by ISO 3166-1.