> ## Documentation Index
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# Patient Identification (PID)

| seq  | type     | opt | description                                   | value                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| ---- | -------- | --- | --------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 2    |          | R   | Elation Patient ID                            | (Elation Patient ID)                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| 4    |          | R   | Alternate Patient ID                          | (Elation Patient ID)                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| 5.1  |          | R   | Patient Last Name                             |                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 5.2  |          | R   | Patient First Name                            |                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 5.3  |          | O   | Patient Middle Name                           |                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 7    | YYYYMMDD | R   | Patient Date of Birth                         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 8    |          | R   | Patient Gender                                | 'M' - Male 'F' - Female 'N' - Not Indicated                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 10   |          | R   | Patient Race                                  | '1002-5' - American Indian or Alaska Native '2028-9' - Asian '2054-5' - Black or African American '2076-8' - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander '2106-3' - White '2131-1' - Other Race '0000-0' - Declined To Specify |
| 11.1 |          | O   | Patient Address Line 1                        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 11.2 |          | O   | Patient Address Line 2                        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 11.3 |          | O   | Patient City                                  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 11.4 |          | O   | Patient State                                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 11.5 |          | O   | Patient Zip Code                              |                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 13.1 |          | O   | Patient Phone Number                          |                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 13.2 |          | O   | Patient Phone Number Equipment Type           | 'CP' - Cell Phone 'PH' - Telephone                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 13.4 |          | O   | Patient Email                                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 14.1 |          | O   | Alternate Patient Phone Number                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 14.2 |          | O   | Alternate Patient Phone Number Equipment Type | 'CP' - Cell Phone 'PH' - Telephone                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 18.1 |          | O   | Secondary Practice Identifier                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 18.4 |          | O   | Bill Type                                     | 'C' - Client 'P' - Patient 'T' - Third Party Billing                                                                                                                                                                         |
| 22   |          | O   | Patient ethnicity                             | '2135-2' - Hispanic or Latino '2186-5' - Not Hispanic or Latino                                                                                                                                                              |

PID 18.1 is a secondary practice identifier it can be used if a practice has multiple locations that need separate identification.

<CodeGroup>
  ```text text theme={null}
  PID|1|1234567891011||1234567891011|LAST^FIRST^MIDDLE||19600120|F|||100 ANY ST^^ANY TOWN^CA^12345|||||||12345678^^^T
  ```
</CodeGroup>