✨ Pharmaceutical Claims Transaction Technical Specifications




998 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 44

31 Group ID

  • Indicates IPA, practice or other group.
  • The codes will be allocated by the Ministry of Health to practitioners where classification is necessary.
  • This field must be completed where provided on the prescription by the practitioner.
  • The vendor system must be robust enough to allow a pharmacist to change the [Group ID] at the time of dispensing.

32 Practice ID

  • Indicates practice or location.
  • The codes will be allocated by the Ministry of Health to practitioners where classification is necessary.
  • This field must be completed where provided on the prescription by the practitioner.

Programmer Note

  • Only display one field in the pharmacy software which will populate the [Group ID] field, [Practice ID] may or may not be used later.

33 Budget

  • This field has been deleted.
  • Leave blank.

34 Specialist ID

  • New Zealand Medical Council Number of specialist who recommended the prescription, or a Ministry of Health number assigned to hospital staff who have written the prescription.
  • Required only for circumstances as set out in the Pharmaceutical Schedule.

35 Date of Endorsement

  • Date on which specialist recommended the prescription.
  • Required only for circumstances as set out in the Pharmaceutical Schedule.
  • Only month and year are required for this field.

36 Prescriber Flag

  • [Prescriber Flag], [Patient Flag] and [Prescription Flag] to be set within pharmacy systems to allow a transaction to specify that a condition or rule has been abided.


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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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Pharmaceutical Claims, Transaction Fields, Group ID, Practice ID, Specialist ID, Date of Endorsement, Prescriber Flag