IHC Person characteristic

To specify characteristics of a person such as ethnic origin.

Position: 010 · Element: 3289 · Name: Person characteristic code qualifier · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 3 · Repeat: 1

Code qualifying a type of characteristic of a person.

020 C818 Person inherited characteristic details Composite (composite) Conditional 1

Position: 010 · Element: 3311 · Name: Inherited characteristic description code · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 8 · Repeat: -

Code specifying an inherited characteristic.

Position: 020 · Element: 1131 · Name: Code list identification code · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 17 · Repeat: -

Code identifying a user or association maintained code list.

1 The codes for this data element are provided by the code list responsible agency defined in data element 3055.

Position: 030 · Element: 3055 · Name: Code list responsible agency code · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 3 · Repeat: -

Code specifying the agency responsible for a code list.

Position: 040 · Element: 3310 · Name: Inherited characteristic description · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 70 · Repeat: -

Free form description of an inherited characteristic.