ENT Entity

To designate the entities which are parties to a transaction and specify a reference meaningful to those entities

Sequence

Element

Name

Type

Requirement

Min

Max

Repeat

01

554

Assigned Number

Numeric (N0)

Optional

1

9

1

Number assigned for differentiation within a transaction set

02

98

Entity Identifier Code

Identifier (ID)

Conditional

2

3

1

Code identifying an organizational entity, a physical location, property or an individual

P020304: If either ENT-02, ENT-03 or ENT-04 are present, then the others are required

Codes (1538)

03

66

Identification Code Qualifier

Identifier (ID)

Conditional

1

2

1

Code specifying the system/method of code structure used for Identification Code (67)

Codes (259)

04

67

Identification Code

String (AN)

Conditional

2

80

1

Code identifying a party or other code

05

98

Entity Identifier Code

Identifier (ID)

Conditional

2

3

1

Code identifying an organizational entity, a physical location, property or an individual

P050607: If either ENT-05, ENT-06 or ENT-07 are present, then the others are required

Codes (1538)

06

66

Identification Code Qualifier

Identifier (ID)

Conditional

1

2

1

Code specifying the system/method of code structure used for Identification Code (67)

Codes (259)

07

67

Identification Code

String (AN)

Conditional

2

80

1

Code identifying a party or other code

08

128

Reference Identification Qualifier

Identifier (ID)

Conditional

2

3

1

Code identifying the Reference Identification

P0809: If either ENT-08 or ENT-09 is present, then the other is required

Codes (1904)

09

127

Reference Identification

String (AN)

Conditional

1

80

1

Reference information as defined for a particular Transaction Set or as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier