IDENTITY_ID

Description:

The IDENTITY_ID table contains the system master person index ID numbers for your patients. Each patient may have multiple master person index IDs; therefore, a line number is used to identify each identification number for a patient.

Primary Key

Column Name	Ordinal Position
PAT_ID	1
LINE	2

Column Information

	Name	Type	Discontinued?
1	PAT_ID	VARCHAR	No
	The unique ID assigned to the patient record internally and links to the patient table. This ID may be encrypted if you have elected to use enterprise reporting’s encryption utility.
2	LINE	INTEGER	No
	The line number of the patient ID within the patient’s record.
3	IDENTITY_ID	VARCHAR	No
	The identification number associated with the patient. This ID may be encrypted. NOTE: This is the identification number that corresponds to the IDENTITY_TYPE_ID column listed in this same record.
4	IDENTITY_TYPE_ID	NUMERIC	No
	The system master person index ID type corresponding to this identification number for the patient. Master person index distinguishes ID numbers from different locations and service areas based on their type. Type can also be used to designate non-system IDs to be populated and used to interface with data from other systems.
5	IDENTITY_TYPE_ID_ID_TYPE_NAME	VARCHAR	No
	The name of the ID Type.