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2.8.48 XPN - extended person name

Components: <family name (ST)> ^ <given name (ST)> ^ <middle initial or name (ST)> ^ <suffix (e.g., JR or III) (ST)> ^ <prefix (e.g., DR) (ST)> ^ <degree (e.g., MD) (ST)> ^ <name type code (ID) > ^ <name representation code (ID)>

Example:

|Smith^John^J^III^DR^PHD^L|

2.8.48.1 Family name (ST)

2.8.48.2 Given name (ST)

2.8.48.3 Middle initial or name (ST)

2.8.48.4 Suffix (ST)

Used to specify a name suffix (e.g., Jr. or III).

2.8.48.5 Prefix (ST)

Used to specify a name prefix (e.g., Dr.).

2.8.48.6 Degree (ST)

Used to specify an educational degree (e.g., MD).

2.8.48.7 Name type code (ID)

A code that represents the type of name. Refer to HL7 table 0200 - Name type for valid values.

Table 0200 - Name type

Value

Description

A

Alias Name

L

Legal Name

D

Display Name

M

Maiden Name

C

Adopted Name

Note: The legal name is the same as the current married name.

2.8.48.8 Name representation code (ID)

Table 4000 - Name representation

Value

Description

I

Ideographic (i.e., Kanji)

A

Alphabetic (i.e., Default or some single-byte)

P

Phonetic (i.e., ASCII, Katakana, Hirigana, etc)

In general this component provides an indication of the representation provided by the data item. It does not necessarily specify the character sets used. Thus, even though the representation might provide an indication of what to expect, the sender is still free to encode the contents using whatever character set is desired. This component provides only hints for the receiver, so it can make choices regarding what it has been sent and what it is capable of displaying.

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