N4 Geographic Location

To specify the geographic place of the named party

Sequence

Element

Name

Type

Requirement

Min

Max

Repeat

01

19

City Name

String (AN)

Optional

2

30

1

Free-form text for city name

A combination of either N401 through N404, or N405 and N406 may be adequate to specify a location.

02

156

State or Province Code

Identifier (ID)

Conditional

2

2

1

Code specifying the Standard State/Province as defined by appropriate government agency

E0207: Only one of N4-02 or N4-07 may be present

03

116

Postal Code

Identifier (ID)

Conditional

3

15

1

Code specifying international postal zone code excluding punctuation and blanks (zip code for United States)

E0308: Only one of N4-03 or N4-08 may be present

N403 contains the postal code in an unstructured format. N408 contains the postal code in a structured format. When a postal code data field is used, the parties shall agree as to which data element (N403 or N408) shall be used in the transaction set.

04

26

Country Code

Identifier (ID)

Conditional

2

3

1

Code identifying the country

05

309

Location Qualifier

Identifier (ID)

Conditional

1

2

1

Code identifying type of location

Codes (184)

06

310

Location Identifier

String (AN)

Optional

1

30

1

Code which identifies a specific location

C0605: If N4-06 is present, then N4-05 is required

07

1715

Country Subdivision Code

Identifier (ID)

Conditional

1

3

1

Code identifying the country subdivision

C0704: If N4-07 is present, then N4-04 is required

08

1702

Postal Code-Formatted

String (AN)

Conditional

3

20

1

A postal code value including punctuation, blanks and other characters as defined by the postal authority