Table C.2-3 defines the Attributes relevant to generally describing a patient at a specific point in time, e.g., at the time of admission.
Table C.2-3. Patient Demographic Module Attributes
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Attribute Name |
Tag |
Attribute Description |
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Patient's Age |
(0010,1010) |
Age of the Patient. |
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Occupation |
(0010,2180) |
Occupation of the Patient. |
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Confidentiality Constraint on Patient Data Description |
(0040,3001) |
Special indication to the modality operator about confidentiality of patient information (e.g., that he should not use the patients name where other patients are present). |
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Patient's Birth Date |
(0010,0030) |
Date of birth of the named patient |
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Patient's Birth Time |
(0010,0032) |
Time of birth of the named patient |
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Patient's Sex |
(0010,0040) |
Sex of the named patient. Enumerated Values:
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Quality Control Subject |
(0010,0200) |
Indicates whether or not the subject is a quality control phantom. Enumerated Values:
If this Attribute is absent, then the subject may or may not be a phantom. This attribute describes a characteristic of the Imaging Subject. It is distinct from Quality Control Image (0028,0300) in the General Image Module, which is used to describe an image acquired. |
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Patient's Insurance Plan Code Sequence |
(0010,0050) |
A sequence that conveys the patient's insurance plan. Zero or more Items shall be included in this Sequence. |
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No Baseline CID is defined. |
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Patient's Primary Language Code Sequence |
(0010,0101) |
The languages that can be used to communicate with the patient. Zero or more Items shall be included in this sequence. The sequence items are ordered by preference (most preferred language to least preferred language). |
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Baseline CID 5000 “Languages”. |
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>Patient's Primary Language Modifier Code Sequence |
(0010,0102) |
A modifier for a Patient's Primary Language. Can be used to specify a national language variant. Only a single Item shall be included in this sequence. |
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Baseline CID 5001 “Countries”. |
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Patient's Size |
(0010,1020) |
Patient's height or length in meters |
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Patient's Weight |
(0010,1030) |
Weight of the patient in kilograms |
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Patient's Size Code Sequence |
(0010,1021) |
Patient's size category code One or more Items are permitted in this sequence. |
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Baseline CID is CID 7040 “Broselow-Luten Pediatric Size Categories” for pediatric patients. |
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Patient's Address |
(0010,1040) |
Legal address of the named patient |
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Military Rank |
(0010,1080) |
Military rank of patient |
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Branch of Service |
(0010,1081) |
Branch of the military. The country allegiance may also be included (e.g., U.S. Army). |
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Country of Residence |
(0010,2150) |
Country in which patient currently resides |
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Region of Residence |
(0010,2152) |
Region within patient's country of residence |
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Patient's Telephone Numbers |
(0010,2154) |
Telephone numbers at which the patient can be reached |
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Ethnic Group |
(0010,2160) |
Ethnic group or race of patient |
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Patient's Religious Preference |
(0010,21F0) |
The religious preference of the patient |
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Patient Comments |
(0010,4000) |
User-defined comments about the patient |
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Responsible Person |
(0010,2297) |
Name of person with medical decision making authority for the patient. |
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Responsible Person Role |
(0010,2298) |
Relationship of Responsible Person to the patient. See Section C.7.1.1.1.2 for Defined Terms. |
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Responsible Organization |
(0010,2299) |
Name of organization with medical decision making authority for the patient. |
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Patient Species Description |
(0010,2201) |
The species of the patient. |
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Patient Species Code Sequence |
(0010,2202) |
The species of the patient. |
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Defined CID 7454 “Species”. |
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Patient Breed Description |
(0010,2292) |
The breed of the patient.See Section C.7.1.1.1.1. |
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Patient Breed Code Sequence |
(0010,2293) |
The breed of the patient.See Section C.7.1.1.1.1. |
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Defined CID 7480 “Breed”. |
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Breed Registration Sequence |
(0010,2294) |
Information identifying an animal within a breed registry. |
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>Breed Registration Number |
(0010,2295) |
Identification number of a veterinary patient within the registry. |
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>Breed Registry Code Sequence |
(0010,2296) |
Identification of the organization with which an animal is registered. |
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Defined CID 7481 “Breed Registry”. |
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The language codes specified in CID 5000 “Languages”, used in Patient's Primary Language Code Sequence (0010,0101), optionally allow the encoding of the country of language in the code value for the language. Encoding of the country of language in a subsidiary Patient's Primary Language Modifier Code Sequence (0010,0102) is allowed for backward compatibility with previous editions of the Standard.