Patient Data Fields
Name Description Length Accepted Values
10 (Short)
to 12 (Long)
characters
Valid values: '0 to 9' and '-' or '+'.
The PID must be in one of the
below short formats:
• yymmdd+xxgc
• yymmdd-xxgc
• yymmddxxgc
or in the long formats as follows:
• yyyymmdd+xxgc
• yyyymmdd-xxgc
• yyyymmddxxgc
• yy and yyyy = patient year of
birth
• dd = patient day of birth
• mm = patient month of birth
• + or - = patient age
NOTE:
If + or - is not before the
patient age, the age is
less than 100 years.
• xx = patient place of birth
• g = patient gender
• male = odd number
• female = even number
• c = checksum digit
Norwegian PID:
5864335-001-1  MAC
â„¢
5 A4/MAC
â„¢
5 A5/MAC
â„¢
5 Lite 303