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
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| Seq# | Data Element | Description | Flags | Implement | Cardinality | Length | C.LEN | Vocabulary | Data Type | |
 AFF | ||||||||||
  | 1 | 01427 | Set ID - AFF | SHOULD | [1..1] | [1..4] | SI Sequence ID | |||
| 2 | 01444 | Professional Organization | SHOULD | [1..1] | XON Extended Composite Name and Identification Number for Organizations | ||||
| 3 | 01445 | Professional Organization Address | MAY | [0..1] | XAD Extended Address | ||||
| 4 | 01446 | Professional Organization Affiliation Date Range | MAY | [0..*] | DR Date/Time Range | ||||
 | 5 | 01447 | Professional Affiliation Additional Information | = Truncation not allowed! | MAY | [0..1] | 60 | ST String Data | ||
| Seq# | Data Element | Description | Flags | Implement | Cardinality | Length | C.LEN | Vocabulary | Data Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFF | ||||||||||
| 1 | 01427 | Set ID - AFF | SHALL | [1..1] | [1..4] | SI Sequence ID | |||
| 2 | 01444 | Professional Organization | SHALL | [1..1] | XON Extended Composite Name and Identification Number for Organizations | ||||
| 3 | 01445 | Professional Organization Address | MAY | [0..1] | XAD Extended Address | ||||
| 4 | 01446 | Professional Organization Affiliation Date Range | MAY | [0..*] | DR Date/Time Range | ||||
| 5 | 01447 | Professional Affiliation Additional Information | = Truncation not allowed! | MAY | [0..1] | 60 | ST String Data | ||
| Base Framework | Base Standard Profile | |||||||||||
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| Seq# | Data Element | Description | Flags | Implement | Cardinality | Length | C.LEN | Vocabulary | Data Type | Implement | Vocabulary | |
| AFF | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 01427 | Set ID - AFF | SHOULD | [1..1] | [1..4] | SI Sequence ID | SHALL | ||||
| 2 | 01444 | Professional Organization | SHOULD | [1..1] | XON Extended Composite Name and Identification Number for Organizations | SHALL | |||||
| 3 | 01445 | Professional Organization Address | MAY | [0..1] | XAD Extended Address | MAY | |||||
| 4 | 01446 | Professional Organization Affiliation Date Range | MAY | [0..*] | DR Date/Time Range | MAY | |||||
| 5 | 01447 | Professional Affiliation Additional Information | = Truncation not allowed! | MAY | [0..1] | 60 | ST String Data | MAY | |||
| Base Framework | Base Standard Profile | |||||||||||
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| Seq# | Data Element | Description | Flags | Optionality | Repetition | Length | C.LEN | Table | Data Type | Optionality | Table | |
| AFF |
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1 | 01427 | Set ID - AFF | O | [1..4] | SI Sequence ID |
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2 | 01444 | Professional Organization | O | XON Extended Composite Name and Identification Number for Organizations |
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3 | 01445 | Professional Organization Address | O | XAD Extended Address |
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4 | 01446 | Professional Organization Affiliation Date Range | O | Y | DR Date/Time Range |
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5 | 01447 | Professional Affiliation Additional Information | O | 60= | ST String Data |
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| Seq# | Data Element | Description | Optionality | Repetition | Length | C.LEN | Table | Data Type | |
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| AFF |
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1 | 01427 | Set ID - AFF | R | [1..4] | SI Sequence ID |
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2 | 01444 | Professional Organization | R | XON Extended Composite Name and Identification Number for Organizations |
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3 | 01445 | Professional Organization Address | O | XAD Extended Address |
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4 | 01446 | Professional Organization Affiliation Date Range | O | Y | DR Date/Time Range |
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5 | 01447 | Professional Affiliation Additional Information | O | 60= | ST String Data |
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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.
Definition: This field contains the official name of the association promoting specific professional interests with which the staff member is affiliated.
Definition: This field contains the postal address of the professional organization with which the Staff Member is associated.
Definition: This field contains the period the staff member started and ended membership in the professional organization.
Definition: This field contains miscellaneous additional information related to the staff member's membership in the professional organization.
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