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Definition

The numeric descriptor for an Australian postal delivery area, aligned with locality, suburb or place for the address of a person.

Components

Data Element (this item)

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Australian Postcode (Postcode Data File) Code NNNN ".
Data Type NUMBERSTRING
Format NNNN
Maximum character length 4
Values
Value Meaning Definition Start Date End Date
Supplementary Values 0097 Not applicable
0098 Unknown
0099 Not stated/inadequately described

Origin

National Health Data Committee

National Community Services Data Committee

References

AS5017 Health Care Client Identification, 2002, Sydney: Standards Australia

AS4846 Health Care Provider Identification, 2004, Sydney: Standards Australia

AS4846 Health Care Provider Identification, 2006, Sydney: Standards Australia

Australia Post Postcode book. Reference through:

http://www1.auspost.com.au/postcodes/

Related content

Relation Count
Input in Derivations 1
Output in Derivations 0
Inclusion in Data Set Specifications 5
Inclusion in Data Distributions 23
As a numerator in an Indicator 1
As a denominator in an Indicator 0
As a disaggregation in an Indicator 0