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2.8.45 XAD - extended address

Components: <street address (ST)> ^ <other designation (ST)> ^ <city (ST)> ^ <state or province (ST)> ^ <zip or postal code(ST)> ^ <country (ID)> ^ < address type (ID)> ^ <other geographic designation (ST)>^ <county/parish code (IS)> ^ <census tract (IS)>

Example:

|1234 Easy St.^Ste. 123^San Francisco^CA^95123^USA^B^^SF^|

2.8.45.1 Street address (ST)

The street or mailing address of a person or institution.

2.8.45.2 Other designation (ST)

Second line of address. In general, it qualifies address. Examples: Suite 555 or Fourth Floor.

2.8.45.3 City (ST)

2.8.45.4 State or province (ST)

State or province should be represented by the official postal service codes for that country.

2.8.45.5 Zip or postal code (ST)

Zip or postal codes should be represented by the official codes for that country. In the US, the zipcode takes the form 99999[-9999], while the Canadian postal code takes the form A9A-9A9.

2.8.45.6 Country (ID)

Defines the country of the address. ISO 3166 provides a list of country codes that may be used.

2.8.45.7 Address type (ID)

Address type is optional and defined by HL7 table 0190 - Address type.

2.8.45.8 Other geographic designation (ST)

Other geographic designation includes country, bioregion, SMSA, etc.

2.8.45.9 County/parish code (IS)

A code that represents the county in which the specified address resides. Refer to user-defined table 0289 - County/parish. When this component is used to represent the county (or parish), component 8 "other geographic designation" should not duplicate it (i.e., the use of "other geographic designation" to represent the county is allowed only for the purpose of backward compatibility, and should be discouraged in this and future versions of HL7).

Allowable values: codes defined by government.

2.8.45.10 Census tract (IS)

A code that represents the census track in which the specified address resides. Refer to user-defined table 0288 - Census tract.

Allowable Values: codes defined by government.

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