✨ Pharmaceutical Claims Transaction Technical Specifications




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28 Prescriber ID

  • Registration number of prescriber.
  • If a locum wrote this prescription the [Prescriber ID] needs to show the prescriber the locum is standing in for.
  • This field must be completed where provided on the prescription by the practitioner.

The appropriate registration numbers are:

Type of practitioner Number to use Note
Medical Practitioner as defined in the "Advice Notice to Pharmacy Contractors" 1/2/96 ("Notice") New Zealand Medical Council Number
Temporary Medical Practitioner New Zealand Medical Council Number
Midwife as defined in the Notice Nursing Council of New Zealand Number Include leading characters
Dentist as defined in the Notice Dental Council Number Include leading characters
Temporary Dentist Dental Council Number Include leading characters
Specialist as defined in the Notice New Zealand Medical Council Number

29 Health Professional Group Code

  • In the Transaction record the [Health Professional Group Code] is used to define the Registration Body used to identify the Prescriber.
  • Below are [Health Professional Group Code] valid to be used to identify the Registration Body of providers.
HPGC Registration Body
MC Medical Council of New Zealand
NC Nursing Council of New Zealand
DC Dental Council of New Zealand
MX Temporary NZMC
DX Temporary Dentists

30 Locum

  • Registration number of prescriber if prescriber was a locum.


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Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 2001, No 44


Gazette.govt.nz PDF NZ Gazette 2001, No 44





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