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MEDPID D.97A

MEDPID — EDIFACT Person Identification (Healthcare) (D.97A)

The MEDPID message identifies a person unambiguously in a healthcare exchange: a patient, a healthcare professional or an administrative party. It carries national identifiers, contact details and role. This page summarises the segment structure as published by UN/CEFACT for directory D.97A.

Purpose

The MEDPID message identifies a person unambiguously in a healthcare exchange: a patient, a healthcare professional or an administrative party. It carries national identifiers, contact details and role.

This page focuses on the structure published by UN/CEFACT for directory D.97A. The segments listed, their status (M / C), position and repetition factor are extracted from the official file medpid_c.htm hosted on service.unece.org.

Segment structure

The MEDPID D.97A message has 0 header entries, 0 detail entries and 0 summary entries (segments and groups combined). Groups are shown in bold and their members are indented by actual nesting depth.

No segment in this section.

Detail

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Summary

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Changes vs D.96A

Top-level differences between D.96A and D.97A for the MEDPID message (segments directly inside header / detail / summary, ignoring nested groups). The comparison is indicative: a given tag may have evolved inside nested groups without showing up in this synthesis.

Segments removed vs D.96A

  • UNH in the header section — present in D.96A but missing in D.97A at the same level.
  • BGM in the header section — present in D.96A but missing in D.97A at the same level.
  • DTM in the header section — present in D.96A but missing in D.97A at the same level.
  • RFF in the header section — present in D.96A but missing in D.97A at the same level.
  • FTX in the header section — present in D.96A but missing in D.97A at the same level.
  • PNA in the header section — present in D.96A but missing in D.97A at the same level.
  • ADR in the header section — present in D.96A but missing in D.97A at the same level.
  • CTA in the header section — present in D.96A but missing in D.97A at the same level.
  • COM in the header section — present in D.96A but missing in D.97A at the same level.
  • LAN in the header section — present in D.96A but missing in D.97A at the same level.
  • GIS in the header section — present in D.96A but missing in D.97A at the same level.
  • IHC in the header section — present in D.96A but missing in D.97A at the same level.
  • NAT in the header section — present in D.96A but missing in D.97A at the same level.
  • HAN in the header section — present in D.96A but missing in D.97A at the same level.
  • LOC in the header section — present in D.96A but missing in D.97A at the same level.
  • FII in the header section — present in D.96A but missing in D.97A at the same level.
  • PDI in the header section — present in D.96A but missing in D.97A at the same level.
  • REL in the header section — present in D.96A but missing in D.97A at the same level.
  • AUT in the header section — present in D.96A but missing in D.97A at the same level.
  • UNT in the header section — present in D.96A but missing in D.97A at the same level.

Structural example

Minimal example of an MEDPID D.97A message with mandatory segments only. The goal is to show the exact version declared in UNH (MEDPID:D:97A:UN) — not to replicate a full business case (see the MEDPID D.96A page for an annotated example).

edifact medpid-d97a-example.edi 
UNB+UNOC:3+5410000000123:14+5410000000456:14+260514:1430+CTRL097001'
UNH+1+MEDPID:D:97A:UN'
BGM+380+MEDPID-2026-0072+9'
DTM+137:20260514:102'
PNA+PAT+1820000007654::ZZZ+++SU:DUPONT+FN:JEAN'
ADR+CD+++75001:PARIS:::FR'
DTM+329:19720312:102'
ATT+1+M'
COM+0142345678:TE'
UNT+9+1'
UNZ+1+CTRL097001'

Common errors

  • Misaligned UNH tokens — The UNH+...+MEDPID:D:97A:UN token must reflect exactly the directory in use — a mismatch between the UNH release and the release agreed with the partner is rejected by every strict validator.
  • Wrong UNT segment count — The value after UNT+ must include UNH and UNT themselves. By far the most common sender-side error, regardless of the directory in use.
  • Stale code lists — Between D.96A and D.97A, several code lists received new qualifiers (DTM status, RFF qualifier, NAD codes…). Reusing an older directory’s code tables triggers warnings or even rejections depending on the partner’s strict-conformance mode.

Other versions of this message available on ediverse.io: MEDPID D.96A, MEDPID D.01B, MEDPID D.10A, MEDPID D.16B, MEDPID D.21B, MEDPID D.24A, MEDPID D.99B, MEDPID D.00B, MEDPID D.02B, MEDPID D.05A, MEDPID D.08A, MEDPID D.13B, MEDPID D.18B, MEDPID D.20B.

X12 functional equivalent: X12 270.

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