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HL7 V2 | TABLE 4000

Table 4000: Name/address representation

HL7-defined table of codes that provide an indication of the kind of representation provided by a name or address, but does not necessarily specify the character sets used for the data. It is used to provides hints for a receiver, so it can make choices regarding what it has been sent and what it is capable of displaying.

Type
HL7-defined
Codes
3
Introduced
HL7 v2.3
THO code system
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-4000
OID
2.16.840.1.113883.18.436

HL7-defined: The standard fixes the values. PipeHat flags codes outside this list as warnings.

Codes

CodeMeaning
IIdeographic (i.e., Kanji)
AAlphabetic (i.e., Default or some single-byte)
PPhonetic (i.e., ASCII, Katakana, Hiragana, etc.)

Source: HL7 Terminology (THO) 7.4.0, published by HL7 International under CC0. Check your trading partner's specification for the values they actually send.