N1 Party Identification

To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code

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Position: N1-01 · Element: 98 · Name: Entity Identifier Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 2 · Max: 3 · Repeat: 1

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

Position: N1-02 · Element: 93 · Name: Name · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 60 · Repeat: 1

Free-form name

R0203: At least one of N1-02 or N1-03 is required

Position: N1-03 · Element: 66 · Name: Identification Code Qualifier · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 2 · Repeat: 1

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

P0304: If either N1-03 or N1-04 is present, then the other is required

Position: N1-04 · Element: 67 · Name: Identification Code · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 2 · Max: 80 · Repeat: 1

Code identifying a party or other code

This segment, used alone, provides the most efficient method of providing organizational identification. To obtain this efficiency the "ID Code" (N104) must provide a key to the table maintained by the transaction processing party.

Position: N1-05 · Element: 706 · Name: Entity Relationship Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 2 · Max: 2 · Repeat: 1

Code specifying entity relationship

N105 and N106 further define the type of entity in N101.

Position: N1-06 · Element: 98 · Name: Entity Identifier Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 2 · Max: 3 · Repeat: 1

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