N1 Party Identification
N1 Party Identification
To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code
Position
Element
Name
Type
Requirement
Min
Max
Repeat
N1-01
Entity Identifier Code
Identifier (ID)
Mandatory
2
3
-
Code identifying an organizational entity, a physical location, property or an individual
N1-02
Name
String (AN)
Conditional
1
60
-
Free-form name
N1-03
Identification Code Qualifier
Identifier (ID)
Conditional
1
2
-
Code designating the system/method of code structure used for Identification Code (67)
N1-04
Identification Code
String (AN)
Conditional
2
80
-
Code identifying a party or other code
This segment, used alone, provides the most efficient method of providing organizational identification. To obtain this efficiency the "ID Code" (N104) must provide a key to the table maintained by the transaction processing party.
N1-05
Entity Relationship Code
Identifier (ID)
Optional
2
2
-
Code describing entity relationship
N105 and N106 further define the type of entity in N101.
N1-06
Entity Identifier Code
Identifier (ID)
Optional
2
3
-
Code identifying an organizational entity, a physical location, property or an individual