CDA Examples
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Example: Multiple Patient Identifiers

Approval Status: Approved
Task Force Approval: 2017-07-27
SDWG Approval: 2017-10-05

This demonstrates a patient with multiple identifiers from different institutions.

This file includes examples of the following templates:


  <!--  Note: several other data elements are required to meet C-CDA R2.1 requirements  -->
<recordTarget xmlns="urn:hl7-org:v3">
  <patientRole>
    <!--  Here is the medical record number of this patient at the nested provider organization.
         This examples assumes the OID 2.16.840.1.113883.1.111.12345
         uniquely identifies the encompassed Provider Organization's local
         medical record number assigning system. -->
    <!--  A receiving system only knows this is an MRN by looking up the root oid in a repository.  -->
    <id root="2.16.840.1.113883.1.111.12345" extension="12345"
        assigningAuthorityName="River Valley Health Services Locally-assigned Medical Record Number"/>
    <!--  Here are additional identifiers different care organizations.
         OIDs are synthetic. Production implementations use the actual OID registered for the assigningAuthority.  -->
    <id root="1.3.6.1.4.1.1234.13.20.9999.1.3.7.4" extension="6789"
        assigningAuthorityName="Lawrence and Memorial: Westerly Hospital locally assigned Medical Record Number"/>
    <id root="1.3.6.1.4.1.1234.13.20.9999.1.3.7.3" extension="2345"
        assigningAuthorityName="LifeSpan: Buttler Hospital Locally-assigned Patient Account Number"/>
    <id root="1.3.6.1.4.1.1234.13.20.9999.1.3.7.6" extension="06726-161"
        assigningAuthorityName="Rhode Island Qyality Institute: CurrentCare HIE Locally-assigned Identifier"/>
    <!--  More ids may be used.  -->
    <addr>
      <streetAddressLine>1 Happy Valley Road</streetAddressLine>
      <city>Westerly</city>
      <state>RI</state>
      <postalCode>02891</postalCode>
      <country nullFlavor="UNK"/>
    </addr>
    <telecom value="tel:+1(401)348-2345" use="WP"/>
    <telecom value="tel:+1(401)641-2345" use="HP"/>
    <telecom value="mailto:lindanelson@gmail.edu"/>
    <patient>
      <name use="L">
        <family>Nelson</family>
        <given qualifier="CL">Linda</given>
      </name>
      <administrativeGenderCode displayName="Female"
                                codeSystemName="HL7 AdministrativeGender" codeSystem="2.16.840.1.113883.5.1" code="F"/>
      <birthTime value="19620828"/>
      <maritalStatusCode displayName="Married"
                         codeSystemName="HL7 MaritalStatus" codeSystem="2.16.840.1.113883.5.2" code="M"/>
      <raceCode displayName="White" codeSystemName="CDC Race and Ethnicity"
                codeSystem="2.16.840.1.113883.6.238" code="2106-3"/>
      <ethnicGroupCode displayName="Not Hispanic or Latino"
                       codeSystemName="CDC Race and Ethnicity" codeSystem="2.16.840.1.113883.6.238" code="2186-5"/>
      <languageCommunication>
        <templateId root="2.16.840.1.113883.3.88.11.32.2"/>
        <languageCode code="en"/>
        <preferenceInd value="true"/>
      </languageCommunication>
    </patient>
    <providerOrganization>
      <!--  This is a synthetic OID for the example.
           Production implementations use the actual OID registered
           for the designated assigningAuthority.  -->
      <!--  A receiving system only knows this is an MRN by looking up the root oid in a repository.  -->
      <id root="2.16.840.1.113883.1.111.12345"
          assigningAuthorityName="River Valley Health Services local patient Medical Record Number"/>
      <!--  More ids may be used.  -->
      <name>River Valley Health Services</name>
      <telecom value="tel:+1(401)539-4321" use="WP"/>
      <addr>
        <streetAddressLine>823 Main Street</streetAddressLine>
        <city>River Valley</city>
        <state>RI</state>
        <postalCode>028321</postalCode>
        <country>US</country>
      </addr>
    </providerOrganization>
  </patientRole>
</recordTarget>