{
  "tableNumber": "0203",
  "id": "v2-0203",
  "name": "IdentifierType",
  "title": "identifierType",
  "description": "HL7-defined code system of concepts specifying type of identifier. Used in HL7 Version 2.x messaging data types CX, PLN, PPN, XCN and XON.",
  "url": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203",
  "concepts": [
    {
      "code": "AC",
      "display": "Accreditation/Certification Identifier",
      "definition": "Identifier that has been assigned by an accreditation or certification organization in specific fields, indicating a recognized skill"
    },
    {
      "code": "ACSN",
      "display": "Accession ID",
      "definition": "Accession Identifier"
    },
    {
      "code": "AIN",
      "display": "Animal Identification Number (US Official)",
      "definition": "A numbering system for the official identification of individual animals in the United States that provides a nationally unique identification number for each animal. The first two numbers on a tag are the numbers assigned to a specific State."
    },
    {
      "code": "AM",
      "display": "American Express"
    },
    {
      "code": "AMA",
      "display": "American Medical Association Number",
      "definition": "A physician identifier assigned by the AMA."
    },
    {
      "code": "AN",
      "display": "Account number",
      "definition": "Account An identifier that is unique to an account."
    },
    {
      "code": "ANC",
      "display": "Account number Creditor",
      "definition": "A more precise definition of an account number"
    },
    {
      "code": "AND",
      "display": "Account number debitor",
      "definition": "A more precise definition of an account number"
    },
    {
      "code": "ANON",
      "display": "Anonymous identifier",
      "definition": "An identifier for a living subject whose real identity is protected or suppressed"
    },
    {
      "code": "ANT",
      "display": "Temporary Account Number",
      "definition": "Temporary version of an Account Number"
    },
    {
      "code": "APRN",
      "display": "Advanced Practice Registered Nurse number",
      "definition": "An identifier that is unique to an advanced practice registered nurse within the jurisdiction of a certifying board"
    },
    {
      "code": "ASID",
      "display": "Ancestor Specimen ID",
      "definition": "A unique identifier for the ancestor specimen."
    },
    {
      "code": "BA",
      "display": "Bank Account Number"
    },
    {
      "code": "BC",
      "display": "Bank Card Number",
      "definition": "An identifier that is unique to a person's bank card"
    },
    {
      "code": "BCFN",
      "display": "Birth Certificate File Number",
      "definition": "The identifier used within the jurisdictional vital records office file system as an auxiliary means of accessing the record associated with the birth certificate."
    },
    {
      "code": "BCT",
      "display": "Birth Certificate",
      "definition": "A number associated with a document identifying the event of a person's birth"
    },
    {
      "code": "BR",
      "display": "Birth registry number",
      "definition": "An identifier unique within the Assigning Authority that is the official legal record of a person's birth."
    },
    {
      "code": "BRN",
      "display": "Breed Registry Number"
    },
    {
      "code": "BSNR",
      "display": "Primary physician office number"
    },
    {
      "code": "CAAI",
      "display": "Consumer Application Account Identifier",
      "definition": "An identifier for the consumer (e.g., patient, caregiver) for an application such as a portal or App."
    },
    {
      "code": "CC",
      "display": "Cost Center number"
    },
    {
      "code": "CONM",
      "display": "Change of Name Document",
      "definition": "A number associated with a document identifying a person's legal change of name."
    },
    {
      "code": "CY",
      "display": "County number"
    },
    {
      "code": "CZ",
      "display": "Citizenship Card",
      "definition": "A number assigned by a person's country of residence to identify a person's citizenship."
    },
    {
      "code": "DC",
      "display": "Death Certificate ID",
      "definition": "The identifier assigned to a death certificate, and printed on the death certificate when issued by a jurisdictional vital records office"
    },
    {
      "code": "DCFN",
      "display": "Death Certificate File Number",
      "definition": "The identifier used within the jurisdictional vital records office file system as an auxiliary means of accessing the record associated with the death certificate."
    },
    {
      "code": "DDS",
      "display": "Dentist license number",
      "definition": "An identifier that is unique to a dentist within the jurisdiction of the licensing board"
    },
    {
      "code": "DEA",
      "display": "Drug Enforcement Administration registration number",
      "definition": "An identifier for an individual or organization relative to controlled substance regulation and transactions."
    },
    {
      "code": "DFN",
      "display": "Drug Furnishing or prescriptive authority Number",
      "definition": "An identifier issued to a health care provider authorizing the person to write drug orders"
    },
    {
      "code": "DI",
      "display": "Diner's Club card"
    },
    {
      "code": "DL",
      "display": "Driver's license number"
    },
    {
      "code": "DN",
      "display": "Doctor number"
    },
    {
      "code": "DO",
      "display": "Osteopathic License number",
      "definition": "An identifier that is unique to an osteopath within the jurisdiction of a licensing board."
    },
    {
      "code": "DP",
      "display": "Diplomatic Passport",
      "definition": "A number assigned to a diplomatic passport."
    },
    {
      "code": "DPM",
      "display": "Podiatrist license number",
      "definition": "An identifier that is unique to a podiatrist within the jurisdiction of the licensing board."
    },
    {
      "code": "DR",
      "display": "Donor Registration Number"
    },
    {
      "code": "DS",
      "display": "Discover Card"
    },
    {
      "code": "DSG",
      "display": "Diagnostic Study Group",
      "definition": "Unique Identifier that groups several orders that are to be performed together."
    },
    {
      "code": "EI",
      "display": "Employee number",
      "definition": "A number that uniquely identifies an employee to an employer."
    },
    {
      "code": "EN",
      "display": "Employer number"
    },
    {
      "code": "ESN",
      "display": "Staff Enterprise Number",
      "definition": "An identifier that is unique to a staff member within an enterprise (as identified by the Assigning Authority)."
    },
    {
      "code": "ETIN",
      "display": "Electronic Transmitter Identification Number",
      "definition": "A unique identifier usually assigned by a health plan or clearinghouse to an organization or provider that electronically transmits healthcare transactions, such as claims, eligibility inquiries, or remittance advices."
    },
    {
      "code": "FDR",
      "display": "Fetal Death Report ID",
      "definition": "The identifier assigned to a fetal death report, and printed on the fetal death report when issued by a jurisdictional vital records office"
    },
    {
      "code": "FDRFN",
      "display": "Fetal Death Report File Number",
      "definition": "The identifier used within the jurisdictional vital records office file system as an auxiliary means of accessing the record associated with the fetal death report certificate."
    },
    {
      "code": "FGN",
      "display": "Filler Group Number",
      "definition": "Unique identifier assigned to a group of orders by the filler application."
    },
    {
      "code": "FI",
      "display": "Facility ID"
    },
    {
      "code": "FILL",
      "display": "Filler Identifier",
      "definition": "An identifier for a request where the identifier is issued by the person, or service, that produces the observations or fulfills the request."
    },
    {
      "code": "GI",
      "display": "Guarantor internal identifier"
    },
    {
      "code": "GIN",
      "display": "Animal Group Identifier (US Official)",
      "definition": "Identifier that can be used to unambiguously describe a specific group of animals."
    },
    {
      "code": "GKV",
      "display": "Insured's ID with Public Insurance",
      "definition": "Identifier that can be used to unambiguously describe the ID of a patient with a public insurance company."
    },
    {
      "code": "GL",
      "display": "General ledger number"
    },
    {
      "code": "GN",
      "display": "Guarantor external  identifier"
    },
    {
      "code": "HC",
      "display": "Health Card Number"
    },
    {
      "code": "IND",
      "display": "Indigenous/Aboriginal",
      "definition": "A number assigned to a member of an indigenous or aboriginal group outside of Canada."
    },
    {
      "code": "IRISTEM",
      "display": "An IRI stem",
      "definition": "An IRI string that can be prepended to the code to obtain a concept IRI for RDF applications. This should be a valid, absolute IRI as defined in RFC 3987. See https://hl7.org/fhir/rdf.html#iri-stem for details on how this value may be used."
    },
    {
      "code": "JHN",
      "display": "Jurisdictional health number"
    },
    {
      "code": "KZVA",
      "display": "Dentist Office Number",
      "definition": "Identifier that can be used to unambiguously identify the practice of a dentist."
    },
    {
      "code": "LACSN",
      "display": "Laboratory Accession ID",
      "definition": "A laboratory accession id is used in the laboratory domain."
    },
    {
      "code": "LANR",
      "display": "Lifelong physician number"
    },
    {
      "code": "LI",
      "display": "Labor and industries number"
    },
    {
      "code": "L&I",
      "display": "Labor and industries number",
      "definition": "Labor and industries number.  Note that this was introduced erroneously (with an ampersand in the code value) many years ago."
    },
    {
      "code": "LN",
      "display": "License number"
    },
    {
      "code": "LR",
      "display": "Local Registry ID"
    },
    {
      "code": "MA",
      "display": "Patient Medicaid number"
    },
    {
      "code": "MB",
      "display": "Member Number",
      "definition": "An identifier for the insured of an insurance policy (this insured always has a subscriber), usually assigned by the insurance carrier."
    },
    {
      "code": "MC",
      "display": "Patient's Medicare number"
    },
    {
      "code": "MCD",
      "display": "Practitioner Medicaid number"
    },
    {
      "code": "MCN",
      "display": "Microchip Number"
    },
    {
      "code": "MCR",
      "display": "Practitioner Medicare number"
    },
    {
      "code": "MCT",
      "display": "Marriage Certificate",
      "definition": "A number associated with a document identifying the event of a person's marriage."
    },
    {
      "code": "MD",
      "display": "Medical License number",
      "definition": "An identifier that is unique to a medical doctor within the jurisdiction of a licensing board."
    },
    {
      "code": "MI",
      "display": "Military ID number",
      "definition": "A number assigned to an individual who has had military duty, but is not currently on active duty. The number is assigned by the DOD or Veterans' Affairs (VA)."
    },
    {
      "code": "MR",
      "display": "Medical record number",
      "definition": "An identifier that is unique to a patient within a set of medical records, not necessarily unique within an application."
    },
    {
      "code": "MRT",
      "display": "Temporary Medical Record Number",
      "definition": "Temporary version of a Medical Record Number"
    },
    {
      "code": "MS",
      "display": "MasterCard"
    },
    {
      "code": "NBSNR",
      "display": "Secondary physician office number"
    },
    {
      "code": "NCT",
      "display": "Naturalization Certificate",
      "definition": "A number associated with a document identifying a person's retention of citizenship in a particular country."
    },
    {
      "code": "NE",
      "display": "National employer identifier"
    },
    {
      "code": "NH",
      "display": "National Health Plan Identifier"
    },
    {
      "code": "NI",
      "display": "National unique individual identifier"
    },
    {
      "code": "NII",
      "display": "National Insurance Organization Identifier"
    },
    {
      "code": "NIIH",
      "display": "National Insurance Headquarters Organization Identifier"
    },
    {
      "code": "NIIP",
      "display": "National Insurance Payor Identifier (Payor)"
    },
    {
      "code": "NNxxx",
      "display": "National Person Identifier where the xxx is the ISO table 3166 3-character (alphabetic) country code"
    },
    {
      "code": "NP",
      "display": "Nurse practitioner number",
      "definition": "An identifier that is unique to a nurse practitioner within the jurisdiction of a certifying board."
    },
    {
      "code": "NPI",
      "display": "National provider identifier"
    },
    {
      "code": "OBI",
      "display": "Observation Instance Identifier",
      "definition": "Unique and persistent identifier for an observation instance"
    },
    {
      "code": "OD",
      "display": "Optometrist license number",
      "definition": "A number that is unique to an individual optometrist within the jurisdiction of the licensing board."
    },
    {
      "code": "PA",
      "display": "Physician Assistant number",
      "definition": "An identifier that is unique to a physician assistant within the jurisdiction of a licensing board"
    },
    {
      "code": "PAYERID",
      "display": "Payer Identifier",
      "definition": "A unique identifier, usually assigned by a health plan or clearinghouse, used in electronic healthcare transactions to designate the specific health insurance company or plan that is the recipient or sender of the transaction."
    },
    {
      "code": "PC",
      "display": "Parole Card",
      "definition": "A number identifying a person on parole."
    },
    {
      "code": "PCN",
      "display": "Penitentiary/correctional institution Number",
      "definition": "A number assigned to individual who is incarcerated."
    },
    {
      "code": "PE",
      "display": "Living Subject Enterprise Number",
      "definition": "An identifier that is unique to a living subject within an enterprise (as identified by the Assigning Authority)."
    },
    {
      "code": "PEN",
      "display": "Pension Number"
    },
    {
      "code": "PGN",
      "display": "Placer Group Number",
      "definition": "Unique identifier assigned to a group of orders by the placer application."
    },
    {
      "code": "PHC",
      "display": "Public Health Case Identifier",
      "definition": "Identifier assigned to a person during a case investigation as part of a public health event"
    },
    {
      "code": "PHE",
      "display": "Public Health Event Identifier",
      "definition": "Identifier assigned to an event of interest to public health"
    },
    {
      "code": "PHO",
      "display": "Public Health Official ID",
      "definition": "An identifier for a person working at a public health agency (PHA),  assigned or issued by the agency"
    },
    {
      "code": "PI",
      "display": "Patient internal identifier",
      "definition": "A number that is unique to a patient within an Assigning Authority."
    },
    {
      "code": "PIN",
      "display": "Premises Identifier Number (US Official)",
      "definition": "Identifier that uniquely identifies a geographic location in the US."
    },
    {
      "code": "PKV",
      "display": "Insured's ID with Private Insurance",
      "definition": "Identifier that can be used to unambiguously describe the ID of a patient with a private insurance company."
    },
    {
      "code": "PLAC",
      "display": "Placer Identifier",
      "definition": "An identifier for a request where the identifier is issued by the person or service making the request."
    },
    {
      "code": "PN",
      "display": "Person number",
      "definition": "A number that is unique to a living subject within an Assigning Authority."
    },
    {
      "code": "PNT",
      "display": "Temporary Living Subject Number",
      "definition": "Temporary version of a Living Subject Number."
    },
    {
      "code": "PPIN",
      "display": "Medicare/CMS Performing Provider Identification Number"
    },
    {
      "code": "PPN",
      "display": "Passport number",
      "definition": "A unique number assigned to the document affirming that a person is a citizen of the country."
    },
    {
      "code": "PRC",
      "display": "Permanent Resident Card Number"
    },
    {
      "code": "PRN",
      "display": "Provider number",
      "definition": "A number that is unique to an individual provider, a provider group or an organization within an Assigning Authority."
    },
    {
      "code": "PT",
      "display": "Patient external identifier"
    },
    {
      "code": "QA",
      "display": "QA number"
    },
    {
      "code": "RI",
      "display": "Resource identifier",
      "definition": "A generalized resource identifier."
    },
    {
      "code": "RN",
      "display": "Registered Nurse Number",
      "definition": "An identifier that is unique to a registered nurse within the jurisdiction of the licensing board."
    },
    {
      "code": "RPH",
      "display": "Pharmacist license number",
      "definition": "An identifier that is unique to a pharmacist within the jurisdiction of the licensing board."
    },
    {
      "code": "RR",
      "display": "Railroad Retirement number",
      "definition": "An identifier for an individual enrolled with the Railroad Retirement Administration.  Analogous to, but distinct from, a Social Security Number"
    },
    {
      "code": "RRI",
      "display": "Regional registry ID"
    },
    {
      "code": "RRP",
      "display": "Railroad Retirement Provider"
    },
    {
      "code": "SAMN",
      "display": "SAMN# accession Number",
      "definition": "The accession number for the BioSample data repository at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)"
    },
    {
      "code": "SB",
      "display": "Social Beneficiary Identifier",
      "definition": "An identifier issued by a governmental organization to a person to identify the person should they apply for or receive social services and/or benefits"
    },
    {
      "code": "SID",
      "display": "Specimen ID",
      "definition": "Identifier for a specimen."
    },
    {
      "code": "SL",
      "display": "State license"
    },
    {
      "code": "SN",
      "display": "Subscriber Number",
      "definition": "An identifier for a subscriber of an insurance policy which is unique for, and usually assigned by, the insurance carrier."
    },
    {
      "code": "SNBSN",
      "display": "State assigned NDBS card Identifier",
      "definition": "The identifier on a Newborn Screening Dried Bloodspot (NDBS) card that is assigned by the state which provided the sample collection cards and to whom this information must be reported"
    },
    {
      "code": "SNO",
      "display": "Serial Number",
      "definition": "An identifier affixed to an item by the manufacturer when it is first made, where each item has a different identifier."
    },
    {
      "code": "SP",
      "display": "Study Permit",
      "definition": "A number associated with a permit identifying a person who is a resident of a jurisdiction for the purpose of education."
    },
    {
      "code": "SR",
      "display": "State registry ID"
    },
    {
      "code": "SRX",
      "display": "SRA Accession number",
      "definition": "The accession number generated by the Sequence Read Archive (SRA) at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) when sequence data are uploaded to NCBI."
    },
    {
      "code": "SS",
      "display": "Social Security number"
    },
    {
      "code": "STN",
      "display": "Shipment Tracking Number",
      "definition": "Identifier assigned to a package being shipped"
    },
    {
      "code": "TAX",
      "display": "Tax ID number"
    },
    {
      "code": "TN",
      "display": "Treaty Number/ (Canada)",
      "definition": "A number assigned to a member of an indigenous group in Canada."
    },
    {
      "code": "TPR",
      "display": "Temporary Permanent Resident (Canada)",
      "definition": "A number associated with a document identifying a person's temporary permanent resident status."
    },
    {
      "code": "TRL",
      "display": "Training License Number",
      "definition": "The license number used during training."
    },
    {
      "code": "U",
      "display": "Unspecified identifier"
    },
    {
      "code": "UDI",
      "display": "Universal Device Identifier",
      "definition": "An identifier assigned to a device using the Unique Device Identification framework as defined by IMDRF (http://imdrf.org)."
    },
    {
      "code": "UCID",
      "display": "Unique Claim Identifier",
      "definition": "A unique identifier assigned by a payer for a claim received from a provider or subscriber."
    },
    {
      "code": "UMB",
      "display": "Unique Product-independent Payer Person Identifier",
      "definition": "A unique identifier assigned to an individual by a payer that remains consistent regardless of the individual's role (e.g., subscriber, dependent) or the specific product(s) they are enrolled in with that payer."
    },
    {
      "code": "UPIN",
      "display": "Medicare/CMS (formerly HCFA)'s Universal Physician Identification numbers",
      "definition": "An identifier for a provider within the CMS/Medicare program.  A globally unique identifier for the provider in the Medicare program."
    },
    {
      "code": "USID",
      "display": "Unique Specimen ID",
      "definition": "A unique identifier for a specimen."
    },
    {
      "code": "VN",
      "display": "Visit number"
    },
    {
      "code": "VP",
      "display": "Visitor Permit",
      "definition": "A number associated with a document identifying a person as a visitor of a jurisdiction or country."
    },
    {
      "code": "VS",
      "display": "VISA"
    },
    {
      "code": "WC",
      "display": "WIC identifier"
    },
    {
      "code": "WCN",
      "display": "Workers' Comp Number"
    },
    {
      "code": "WP",
      "display": "Work Permit",
      "definition": "A number associated with a permit for a person who is granted permission to work in a country for a specified time period."
    },
    {
      "code": "XV",
      "display": "Health Plan Identifier",
      "definition": "National unique health plan identifier required by the US Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in the US Realm."
    },
    {
      "code": "XX",
      "display": "Organization identifier"
    },
    {
      "code": "ZANR",
      "display": "Dentist Identifier",
      "definition": "Identifier that can be used to unambiguously describe the ID of a dentist."
    }
  ]
}