PID Product/Item Description

To describe a product in coded or free-form format

Position: PID-01 · Element: 349 · Name: Item Description Type · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 1 · Repeat: -

Code indicating the format of a description.

If PID03 is present, then PID04 is required.

Position: PID-02 · Element: 750 · Name: Product Characteristic Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 2 · Max: 3 · Repeat: -

Code specifying the product characteristic being described.

At least one of PID04 or PID05 must be present.

Position: PID-03 · Element: 348 · Name: Item Description Qualifier · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 2 · Max: 2 · Repeat: -

Code identifying agency responsible for the code used.

Use PID03 to indicate the organization that publishes the code list being referred to.

Position: PID-04 · Element: 751 · Name: Product Description Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 7 · Repeat: -

A code from an industry code list which provides specific data about a product characteristic. Also see: Item Description Qualifier (348).

PID04 should be used for industry-specific product description codes.

Position: PID-05 · Element: 352 · Name: Description · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 80 · Repeat: -

A free-form description to clarify the related data elements and their content.

Position: PID-06 · Element: 752 · Name: Surface/Layer/Indicator · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 2 · Max: 2 · Repeat: -

Code indicating the product surface or layer that is being described.

Use PID06 when necessary to refer to the product surface or layer being described in the segment.