V2 PID Segment

Here's a well-populated example of an HL7 v2.x PID (Patient Identification) segment, using fields commonly present in production systems. This example follows HL7 v2.5.1 format but remains broadly compatible with most v2.x versions.

Example: PID|1||123456^^^HOSPITAL^MR||Doe^John^A^III^Mr.^L||19800101|M||2106-3^White^CDCREC|123 Main St^^Metropolis^NY^10001^USA^H||555-123-4567^PRN^PH^^^555^1234567|555-765-4321^WPN^PH^^^555^7654321|johndoe@example.com^NET^Internet|S|ENG|111223333|||M||123456789|987-65-4321|||N

Field	Description	Example Value
PID-1	Set ID	1
PID-2	Patient ID (Deprecated in later versions)
PID-3	Patient Identifier List	123456^^^HOSPITAL^MR (MR = Medical Record Number) Note: Repeating identifiers (like MRN, SSN, national ID) go in PID-3, separated by ~. Note: The assigning authority for identifiers can be shown using subcomponents in PID-3: ID^^^AssigningAuthority^IdentifierTypeCode.
PID-4	Alternate Patient ID
PID-5	Patient Name	Doe^John^A^III^Mr.^L
PID-6	Mothers Maiden Name
PID-7	Date of Birth	19800101 (YYYYMMDD)
PID-8	Administrative Sex	M (Male)
PID-9	Patient Alias
PID-10	Race	2106-3^White^CDCREC (CDC code for White)
PID-11	Patient Address	123 Main St^^Metropolis^NY^10001^USA^H Note: PID-11 supports structured address components; multiple addresses can be separated by ~.
PID-12	County Code
PID-13	Phone Number - Home	555-123-4567^PRN^PH^^^555^1234567
PID-14	Phone Number - Business	555-765-4321^WPN^PH^^^555^7654321
PID-15	Primary Language	ENG
PID-16	Marital Status	S (Single)
PID-17	Religion
PID-18	Patient Account Number	111223333
PID-19	SSN Number - Patient	987-65-4321
PID-20	Drivers License Number
PID-21	Mother’s Identifier
PID-22	Ethnic Group
PID-23	Birth Place
PID-24	Multiple Birth Indicator
PID-25	Birth Order
PID-26	Citizenship
PID-27	Veterans Military Status
PID-28	Nationality
PID-29	Patient Death Date and Time
PID-30	Patient Death Indicator	N (Not deceased)

Note: All values should align with HL7 data types: XPN (names), XAD (addresses), XTN (telecom), CX (identifiers), etc.