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Data Type Profile: AUHealthCareCardNumber - Detailed Descriptions

Page standards status: Trial-use Maturity Level: 2

Definitions for the au-healthcarecardnumber data type profile.

Guidance on how to interpret the contents of this table can be found here

0. Identifier
Definition

Health Care Card number as the Centrelink Customer Reference Number (CRN) (also referred to as unique identifier number (UIN) in the Centrelink Confirmation eServices (CCeS)) displayed on the individual's Health Care Card.

ShortHealth Care Card Number
2. Identifier.type
Control1..?
Pattern Value&lt;valueCodeableConcept&nbsp;xmlns=&quot;http://hl7.org/fhir&quot;&gt;<br/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;coding&gt;<br/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;system&nbsp;value=&quot;http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203&quot;/&gt;<br/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;code&nbsp;value=&quot;HC&quot;/&gt;<br/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/coding&gt;<br/>&lt;/valueCodeableConcept&gt;<br/>
4. Identifier.system
Control1..?
Fixed Valuehttp://ns.electronichealth.net.au/id/centrelink-customer-reference-number
6. Identifier.value
ShortCentrelink CRN as displayed on the Health Care Card
Comments

A Centrelink CRN is a 10 character identifier in the format of 9 digits ending with a letter. This concept is equivalent to Australian Institute of Health and Welfare data element 690579 Person—government funding identifier, Centrelink customer reference number N(9)A.

Control1..?
Max Length10
Example<br/><b>Centrelink CRN</b>:307111942H