This page is part of the Australian Base IG (v4.1.2-preview: AU Base) based on FHIR R4. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions
This identifier profile defines an accession number in an Australian context. Accession numbers are typically assigned by a diagnostic imaging system or clinical laboratory system and depending on the domain an accession number may for example identify a specimen, imaging examination, or biological polymer sequence.
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An organisation should use their own local system identifier namespace but if that is not available then see the guidance on Business Identifiers on using an HPI-O to construct a legal globally unique identifier system for local identifiers.