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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# DataElement Description Must Implement Flags Cardinality Length C.LEN Vocabulary DataType
AFF
1 01427 Set ID – AFF SHALL [1..1] [1..4] SI
2 01444 Professional Organization SHALL [1..1] XON
3 01445 Professional Organization Address [0..1] XAD
4 01446 Professional Organization Affiliation Date Range [0..*] DR
5 01447 Professional Affiliation Additional Information = [0..1] 60 ST

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.