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UN/EDIFACT UNITED NATIONS STANDARD MESSAGE (UNSM)

Person identification message

Version:	D
Release:	99A
Contr. Agency:	UN
Revision:	1
Date:	99-01-14
SOURCE:	Western European EDIFACT Board, MD9

CONTENTS Person identification message

INTRODUCTION
SCOPE
REFERENCES
TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
1. Standard terms and definitions
MESSAGE DEFINITION

For general information on UN standard message types see UN Trade Data Interchange Directory, UNTDID, Part 4, Section 2.6, UN/ECE UNSM General Introduction

This message also occurs in the following versions of this standard:
D95B, D96A, D96B, D97A, D97B, D98A, D98B, D99A, D99B, D00A, D00B, D01A, D01B, D01C, D02A, D02B, D03A, D03B, D04A, D04B

0. INTRODUCTION

This specification provides the definition of the Person identification message (MEDPID) to be used in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) between trading partners involved in administration, commerce and transport.

1. SCOPE

1.1. Functional Definition

The message is used to pass detailed information on persons from, for instance, health insurance agencies to local government in order to verify, add, change or delete person related data in information systems. The message may also be used to transfer person information between various application systems within one organisation (i.e. hospital).

Usually detailed person related information for one or more persons is sent from one organisation to another who will acknowledge the message that is sent and proceed with changing, adding or deleting person data in their own files or use the transferred information to check their own registers and send a verification message back.

1.2. Field of Application

The Person identification message may be used for both national and international applications. It is based on universal practice related to administration, commerce and transport, and is not dependent on the type of business or industry.

This message may be applied for transfer of person related data between organisations that operate on local, regional, national and/or international level. These organisations typically operate in the field of healthcare, health insurance, government and public affairs.

1.3. Principles

Detailed person information may be transferred for more than one person. For each person additional information about related persons and related names may be included. The message may indicate the action that should be taken by the receiving party either to add, change, delete or verify the person information.

2. REFERENCES

See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.6 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction, Section 1.

3. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

3.1. Standard terms and definitions

See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.6 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction, Section 2.

4. MESSAGE DEFINITION

4.1. Data Segment Clarification

This section should be read in conjunction with the Segment Table which indicates mandatory, conditional and repeating requirements.

0010 UNH, Message header

A service segment starting and uniquely identifying a message. The message type code for the Person identification message is MEDPID.

Note: Person identification messages conforming to this document must contain the following data in segment UNH, composite S009:

Data element	0065	MEDPID
	0052	D
	0054	99A
	0051	UN

0020 BGM, Beginning of message

A segment for specifying message name and function.

0030 DTM, Date/time/period

This segment is used to specify the date and time for generation of the message.

0040 RFF, Reference

This segment contains references to other related messages or documents concerning the whole message.

0050 FTX, Free text

This segment is used to transfer textual information concerning the message itself.

0060 Segment Group 1: PNA-ADR-CTA-COM-RFF-LAN

This segment group is used to transfer information about the parties involved in the actual data interchange. Also information about parties to receive copies may be specified.

0070 PNA, Party identification

A segment identifying name and identification of a communication party (i.e. sender and receiver), and other parties associated with the message.

0080 ADR, Address

A segment to specify the addresses of the actual communication party.

0090 CTA, Contact information

A segment identifying a contact person or department for the actual communication party to whom communication should be directed.

0100 COM, Communication contact

A segment identifying communication type(s) and number(s) of the actual communication party or contact person or department.

0110 RFF, Reference

A segment specifying other identification numbers of the actual communication party.

0120 LAN, Language

A segment specifying languages used by the actual communication party.

0130 Segment Group 2: GIS-PNA-ADR-RFF-DTM-IHC-NAT-FTX-LAN-HAN-LOC-

FII-CTA-SG3-SG4-SG5 This segment group contains information about a person.

0140 GIS, General indicator

The segment is used to specify the type of data transferred and the subsequent action assumed to be taken by the receiver such as: - new data to be added (i.e. birth) - old data to be deleted (i.e. death) - modified data (i.e. marriage, address changes) - data to be verified.

0150 PNA, Party identification

A segment identifying a person.

0160 ADR, Address

A segment specifying the addresses of the actual person. One person may have more addresses.

0170 RFF, Reference

A segment to specify alternate identification numbers of the actual person.

0180 DTM, Date/time/period

A segment identifying the date and time of birth and/or death of the actual person as well as the date to perform the requested action (add, delete, change, verify).

0190 IHC, Person characteristic

A segment for specifying person inherited characteristics such as ethnic origin, hair colour, etc. of the actual person.

0200 NAT, Nationality

A segment for specifying the nationality of the actual person.

0210 FTX, Free text

A segment for free text information concerning the actual person such as further unstructured person information.

0220 LAN, Language

A segment for specifying the languages used by the actual person.

0230 HAN, Handling instructions

A segment for specifying confidentiality constraints concerning the data of the actual person.

0240 LOC, Place/location identification

A segment specifying place of birth and/or death of the actual person.

0250 FII, Financial institution information

A segment identifying the financial institution(s) and bank account number(s) associated with the actual person.

0260 CTA, Contact information

A segment identifying a person that serves as a contact for the actual person.

0270 Segment Group 3: PDI-DTM

A segment group for specifying person demographic information valid at a specific date/time/period.

0280 PDI, Person demographic information

A segment to specify the sex, marital status and religion of the actual person.

0290 DTM, Date/time/period

A segment for specifying the valid date/time/period for the person demographic information.

0300 Segment Group 4: COM-CTA

A segment group for specifying communication numbers and contacts of the actual person.

0310 COM, Communication contact

A segment identifying communication type(s) and number(s) of the actual person.

0320 CTA, Contact information

A segment identifying a contact person or department at the specified communication number.

0330 Segment Group 5: REL-PNA-ADR-RFF-DTM-PDI-IHC-NAT-LAN

A segment group identifying any related person or additional names of the actual person.

0340 REL, Relationship

A segment identifying the type of relationship of the related person or name to the actual person.

0350 PNA, Party identification

A segment identifying the related person or specifying related name(s).

0360 ADR, Address

A segment for specifying address information of the related person.

0370 RFF, Reference

A segment identifying additional identification numbers of the related person.

0380 DTM, Date/time/period

A segment identifying the time of birth and/or death of the related person.

0390 PDI, Person demographic information

A segment to specify the sex, marital status and religion of the related person.

0400 IHC, Person characteristic

A segment for specifying person inherited characteristics such as ethnic origin, hair colour, etc. of the related person.

0410 NAT, Nationality

A segment for specifying the nationality of the related person.

0420 LAN, Language

A segment for specifying the languages used by the related person.

0430 Segment Group 6: AUT-DTM

A segment group specifying the authentication procedure applied.

0440 AUT, Authentication result

A segment specifying details of any authentication (validation) procedure applied to the message.

0450 DTM, Date/time/period

A segment for specifying the date/time of an authentication procedure.

0460 UNT, Message trailer

A service segment ending a message, giving the total number of segments in the message and the control reference number of the message.

4.2. Data segment index (Alphabetical sequence by tag)

	ADR	Address
	AUT	Authentication result
	BGM	Beginning of message
	COM	Communication contact
	CTA	Contact information
	DTM	Date/time/period
	FII	Financial institution information
	FTX	Free text
	GIS	General indicator
	HAN	Handling instructions
	IHC	Person characteristic
	LAN	Language
	LOC	Place/location identification
	NAT	Nationality
	PDI	Person demographic information
	PNA	Party identification
	REL	Relationship
	RFF	Reference
	UNH	Message header
	UNT	Message trailer

4.3. Message structure

4.3.1. Segment table

├─UNH Message header	×1	(M)
├─BGM Beginning of message	×1	(M)
├─DTM Date/time/period	×9	(C)
├─RFF Reference	×9	(C)
├─FTX Free text	×99	(C)
├─Segment Group 1	×99	(M)
│─├─PNA Party identification	×1	(M)
│─├─ADR Address	×9	(C)
│─├─CTA Contact information	×9	(C)
│─├─COM Communication contact	×9	(C)
│─├─RFF Reference	×99	(C)
│─└─LAN Language	×9	(C)
├─Segment Group 2	×9999	(M)
│─├─GIS General indicator	×1	(M)
│─├─PNA Party identification	×1	(C)
│─├─ADR Address	×9	(C)
│─├─RFF Reference	×99	(C)
│─├─DTM Date/time/period	×9	(C)
│─├─IHC Person characteristic	×9	(C)
│─├─NAT Nationality	×9	(C)
│─├─FTX Free text	×9	(C)
│─├─LAN Language	×9	(C)
│─├─HAN Handling instructions	×9	(C)
│─├─LOC Place/location identification	×9	(C)
│─├─FII Financial institution information	×9	(C)
│─├─CTA Contact information	×9	(C)
│─├─Segment Group 3	×9	(C)
│─│─├─PDI Person demographic information	×1	(M)
│─│─└─DTM Date/time/period	×9	(C)
│─├─Segment Group 4	×9	(C)
│─│─├─COM Communication contact	×1	(M)
│─│─└─CTA Contact information	×9	(C)
│─└─Segment Group 5	×99	(C)
│───├─REL Relationship	×1	(M)
│───├─PNA Party identification	×1	(C)
│───├─ADR Address	×9	(C)
│───├─RFF Reference	×9	(C)
│───├─DTM Date/time/period	×9	(C)
│───├─PDI Person demographic information	×1	(C)
│───├─IHC Person characteristic	×9	(C)
│───├─NAT Nationality	×9	(C)
│───└─LAN Language	×9	(C)
├─Segment Group 6	×9	(C)
│─├─AUT Authentication result	×1	(M)
│─└─DTM Date/time/period	×9	(C)
└─UNT Message trailer	×1	(M)

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