PID segment

The PID (Patient Identification Segment) is used by all applications as the primary means of communicating patient identification information. This segment contains permanent patient identifying and demographic information that, for the most part, is not likely to change frequently. These are the required elements for POU:

SEQ	LENGTH	DATA TYPE	OPTIONAL	ELEMENT NAME	Infor POU Expected Value
3	20	CK	R	Patient ID (Internal)	PATIENT_ID
5	48	PN	R	Patient Name	PATIENT_NAME (*)
7	26	TS	O	Date/Time of Birth	BIRTHDATE
18	20	CX	O	Patient Account Number	ACCT_NUM