Universal ID Type

CodeDescriptionCommentVersion
CAP College of American Pathologist Accreditation Numberadded v2.9
CLIA Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendmentsadded v2.7
CLIP Clinical laboratory Improvement Programadded v2.7
DNS Domain Name Systemadded v2.3
EUI64 IEEE 64-bit Extended Unique IdentifierOUI-24 values are administered by the IEEE Registration Authority.added v2.7
GUID globally unique identifierRetained for backward compatibility only as of v2.7; use UUID insteadadded v2.3
HCD CEN Healthcare Coding IdentifierRetained for backward compatibility only as of v2.7; does not identify Assigning Authoritiesadded v2.3
HL7 HL7 registration schemesRetained for backward compatibility only as of v2.7; HL7 assigns ISO OIDs for Assigning Authoritiesadded v2.3
ISO ISO Object Identifieradded v2.3
L LocalRetained for backward compatibility only as of v 2.8added v2.3
L,M,N LocalRetained for backward compatibility only as of v 2.8added v2.3
M LocalRetained for backward compatibility only as of v 2.8added v2.3
N LocalRetained for backward compatibility only as of v 2.8added v2.3
NPI US National Provider Identifieradded v2.9
Random RandomRetained for backward compatibility only as of v2.7; equivalent to a locally defined entity identifier scheme; use L. M, or N instead.added v2.3
URI Uniform Resource Identifieradded v2.5
UUID Universal Unique Identifieradded v2.3
x400 X.400 MHS identifieradded v2.3
x500 X500 directory Nameadded v2.3