N4

Geographic Location

Pos: 137	Max: 1
Heading - Optional
Loop: N1	Elements: 6

Ref

Id

Element Name

Req

Type

Min/Max

Usage

N401

19

City Name
Description: Free-form text for city name.

C

AN

2/19

Used

N402

156

State or Province Code
Description: Code (Standard State/Province) defined by appropriate governmental agencies.

C

ID

2/2

Used

N403

116

Postal Code
Description: Code defining international postal zone code excluding punctuation and blanks (zip code for United States).

O

ID

5/9

Used

N404

26

Country Code
Description: Code identifying the country.

O

ID

2/2

Used

N405

309

Location Qualifier
Description: Code identifying type of Location Identifier (310) used.
All valid standard codes are used.

O

ID

1/2

Used

N406

310

Location Identifier
Description: Code which identifies a specific geographic location.

C

AN

1/25

Used

1.

R0105 - At least one of N401,N405 is required

2.

C0102 - If N401 is present, then all of N402 are required

3.

P0506 - If either N405,N406 is present, then all are required

1.

A combination of either N401 through N404 (or N405 and N406) may be adequate to specify a location.

2.

N402 is required only if city name (N401) is in the USA or Canada.