PID - HL7 Segment Reference

PID - Patient Identification Segment

The PID segment is used by all applications as the primary means of communicating patient identification information.  This segment contains permanent patient identifying and demographic information that, for the most part, is not likely to change frequently.HL7 Attribute Table – PID – Patient identification.

SEQ	LEN	DT	ITEM#	ELEMENT NAME
1	4	SI	00104	Set ID - PID
2	20	CX	00105	Patient ID
3	250	CX	00106	Patient Identifier List
4	20	CX	00107	Alternate Patient ID - PID
5	250	XPN	00108	Patient Name
6	250	XPN	00109	Mother’s Maiden Name
7	26	TS	00110	Date/Time of Birth
8	1	IS	00111	Administrative Sex
9	250	XPN	00112	Patient Alias
10	250	CE	00113	Race
11	250	XAD	00114	Patient Address
12	4	IS	00115	County Code
13	250	XTN	00116	Phone Number - Home
14	250	XTN	00117	Phone Number - Business
15	250	CE	00118	Primary Language
16	250	CE	00119	Marital Status
17	250	CE	00120	Religion
18	250	CX	00121	Patient Account Number
19	16	ST	00122	SSN Number - Patient
20	25	DLN	00123	Driver's License Number - Patient
21	250	CX	00124	Mother's Identifier
22	250	CE	00125	Ethnic Group
23	250	ST	00126	Birth Place
24	1	ID	00127	Multiple Birth Indicator
25	2	NM	00128	Birth Order
26	250	CE	00129	Citizenship
27	250	CE	00130	Veterans Military Status
28	250	CE	00739	Nationality
29	26	TS	00740	Patient Death Date and Time
30	1	ID	00741	Patient Death Indicator
31	1	ID	01535	Identity Unknown Indicator
32	20	IS	01536	Identity Reliability Code
33	26	TS	01537	Last Update Date/Time
34	40	HD	01538	Last Update Facility
35	250	CE	01539	Species Code
36	250	CE	01540	Breed Code
37	80	ST	01541	Strain
38	250	CE	01542	Production Class Code