76698-0

LOINC 2.82

Patient identifier assigning authority

Pt ID assign auth

Definition

  • The patient identifier assigning authority is the organization that assigned the patient identifier reported using [LOINC: 76435-7]. In HL7 v2 messages, the patient identifier is reported in PID-3.1 and the assigning authority in PID-3.4. Examples of patient identifiers are medical record number, driver's license number and Social Security number, and their corresponding assigning authorities are the appropriate healthcare facility, state motor vehicle administration and the Social Security Administration, respectively.

Component

  • Identifier assigning authority

Specimen / system

  • ^Patient

Class

  • ADMIN.PATIENT.ID

Property

  • ID

Scale

  • Nom

Related names

  • ADMIN; ADMIN.PATIENT; ADMIN.PATIENT.ID; ID assign auth; Ident; Identifier; Intradermal; Nominal; Point in time; Random

Index terms

  • ADMIN
  • ADMIN.PATIENT
  • ADMIN.PATIENT.ID
  • ID assign auth
  • Ident
  • Identifier
  • Intradermal
  • Nominal
  • Point in time
  • Random