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DLN - driver’s license number

HL7 Component Table - DLN - driver’s license number
Seq# Description Data Type Usage Vocabulary Length C.LEN Flags
DLN
1 Driver's License Number ST R  20
2 Issuing State, Province, Country CWE O    
3 Expiration Date DT O    

Components: <Driver's License Number (ST)> & <Issuing State, Province, Country (CWE)> & <Expiration Date (DT)>

Subcomponents for Issuing State, Province, Country (CWE): <Identifier (ST)> ^ <Text (ST)> ^ <Name of Coding System (ID)> ^ <Alternate Identifier (ST)> ^ <Alternate Text (ST)> ^ <Name of Alternate Coding System (ID)> ^ <Coding System Version ID (ST)> ^ <Alternate Coding System Version ID (ST)> ^ <Original Text (ST)> ^ <Second Alternate Identifier (ST)> ^ <Second Alternate Text (ST)> ^ <Name of Second Alternate Coding System (ID)> ^ <Second Alternate Coding System Version ID (ST)> ^ <Coding System OID (ST)> ^ <Value Set OID (ST)> ^ <Value Set Version ID (DTM)> ^ <Alternate Coding System OID (ST)> ^ <Alternate Value Set OID (ST)> ^ <Alternate Value Set Version ID (DTM)> ^ <Second Alternate Coding System OID (ST)> ^ <Second Alternate Value Set OID (ST)> ^ <Second Alternate Value Set Version ID (DTM)>

Definition: This field contains the driver’s license information. For state or province refer to official postal codes for that country; for country refer to ISO 3166 for codes.

DLN-1: Driver's License Number (ST)

Definition: This field contains the driver’s license number.

DLN-2: Issuing State, Province, Country (CWE)

Definition: Issuing authority for driver’s license. For state or province, refer to official postal codes for that country; for country, refer to ISO 3166 for codes. The ISO 3166 table has three separate forms of the country code: HL7 specifies that the 3-character (alphabetic) form be used for the country code. User-defined Table 0333 - Driver’s License Issuing Authority is used as the HL7 identifier for the user-defined table of values for this component.

DLN-3: Expiration Date (DT)

Definition: Expiration date (DT) for driver’s license.