Address—international postcode, text X[X(9)]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | International postcode |
METEOR identifier: | 522252 |
Registration status: | Health!, Standard 05/10/2016 |
Definition: | The coded descriptor for a postal delivery area (as defined by the postal service of a country) aligned with locality, suburb or place of an address, located in a country outside Australia, as represented by a code. |
Context: | It is collected for the purpose of obtaining a person's address. |
Data Element Concept: | Address—international postcode |
Value Domain: | Text X[X(9)] |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Text | |
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Data type: | String | |
Format: | X[X(9)] | |
Maximum character length: | 10 |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | A valid postcode for the country in which the address is located must be entered. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Reference documents: | Standards Australia 2014. AS 4846:2014 Person and provider identification in healthcare. Sydney: Standards Australia. |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Person (address)—international postcode, text X[X(9)] Community Services (retired), Standard 30/09/2005 Health!, Superseded 05/10/2016 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Provider place of practice cluster Health!, Standard 05/10/2016 Conditional obligation: To be used if Individual service provider—country of employment in registered profession, Australia/other country code N equals 2 |