Universal ID Type

Code Description Comment Version
CAP College of American Pathologist Accreditation Number added v2.9
CLIA Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments added v2.7
CLIP Clinical laboratory Improvement Program added v2.7
DNS Domain Name System added v2.3
EUI64 IEEE 64-bit Extended Unique Identifier OUI-24 values are administered by the IEEE Registration Authority. added v2.7
GUID globally unique identifier Retained for backward compatibility only as of v2.7; use UUID instead added v2.3
HCD CEN Healthcare Coding Identifier Retained for backward compatibility only as of v2.7; does not identify Assigning Authorities added v2.3
HL7 HL7 registration schemes Retained for backward compatibility only as of v2.7; HL7 assigns ISO OIDs for Assigning Authorities added v2.3
ISO ISO Object Identifier added v2.3
L Local Retained for backward compatibility only as of v 2.8 added v2.3
L,M,N Local Retained for backward compatibility only as of v 2.8 added v2.3
M Local Retained for backward compatibility only as of v 2.8 added v2.3
N Local Retained for backward compatibility only as of v 2.8 added v2.3
NPI US National Provider Identifier added v2.9
Random Random Retained 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 Identifier added v2.5
UUID Universal Unique Identifier added v2.3
x400 X.400 MHS identifier added v2.3
x500 X500 directory Name added v2.3