> ## Documentation Index
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# Patient Identification (PID)

| seq | type | opt | description | value |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | | R | Elation Patient ID | (Elation Patient ID) |
| 4 | | R | Alternate Patient ID | (Elation Patient ID) |
| 5.1 | | R | Patient Last Name | |
| 5.2 | | R | Patient First Name | |
| 5.3 | | O | Patient Middle Name | |
| 7 | YYYYMMDD | R | Patient Date of Birth | |
| 8 | | R | Patient Gender | 'M' - Male 'F' - Female 'N' - Not Indicated |
| 10 | | R | Patient Race | '1002-5' - American Indian or Alaska Native '2028-9' - Asian '2054-5' - Black or African American '2076-8' - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander '2106-3' - White '2131-1' - Other Race '0000-0' - Declined To Specify |
| 11.1 | | O | Patient Address Line 1 | |
| 11.2 | | O | Patient Address Line 2 | |
| 11.3 | | O | Patient City | |
| 11.4 | | O | Patient State | |
| 11.5 | | O | Patient Zip Code | |
| 13.1 | | O | Patient Phone Number | |
| 13.2 | | O | Patient Phone Number Equipment Type | 'CP' - Cell Phone 'PH' - Telephone |
| 13.4 | | O | Patient Email | |
| 14.1 | | O | Alternate Patient Phone Number | |
| 14.2 | | O | Alternate Patient Phone Number Equipment Type | 'CP' - Cell Phone 'PH' - Telephone |
| 18.1 | | O | Secondary Practice Identifier | |
| 18.4 | | O | Bill Type | 'C' - Client 'P' - Patient 'T' - Third Party Billing |
| 22 | | O | Patient ethnicity | '2135-2' - Hispanic or Latino '2186-5' - Not Hispanic or Latino |

PID 18.1 is a secondary practice identifier it can be used if a practice has multiple locations that need separate identification.

<CodeGroup>
  ```text text theme={null}
  PID|1|1234567891011||1234567891011|LAST^FIRST^MIDDLE||19600120|F|||100 ANY ST^^ANY TOWN^CA^12345|||||||12345678^^^T
  ```
</CodeGroup>