AFF - Professional Affiliation Segment

The AFF segment adds detailed information regarding professional affiliations with which the staff member identified by the STF segment is/was associated.

HL7 Attribute Table - AFF - Professional Affiliation Segment

Seq#	Data Element Name	DataType	Usage	Vocabulary	Cardinality	Item #	Length	C.LEN	Flags
AFF
1	Set ID – AFF	SI	R		[1..1]	01427	[1..4]
2	Professional Organization	XON	R		[1..1]	01444
3	Professional Organization Address	XAD	O		[0..1]	01445
4	Professional Organization Affiliation Date Range	DR	O		[0..*]	01446
5	Professional Affiliation Additional Information	ST	O		[0..1]	01447		60	#

AFF-1: Set ID – AFF (SI) 01427

Definition: This field contains the number that identifies this transaction. For the first occurrence of the segment, the sequence number shall be one; for the second occurrence, the sequence number shall be two; etc.

AFF-2: Professional Organization (XON) 01444

Definition: This field contains the official name of the association promoting specific professional interests with which the staff member is affiliated.

AFF-3: Professional Organization Address (XAD) 01445

Definition: This field contains the postal address of the professional organization with which the Staff Member is associated.

AFF-4: Professional Organization Affiliation Date Range (DR) 01446

Definition: This field contains the period the staff member started and ended membership in the professional organization.

AFF-5: Professional Affiliation Additional Information (ST) 01447

Definition: This field contains miscellaneous additional information related to the staff member's membership in the professional organization.