Question

For each of the following data elements, provide your recommendation for the appropriate type of data entry field:

• Patient Last Name
• Social Security Number
• Discharge Date
• Account Number
• Address
• Zip Code
• City
• State
• Allergies
• Medications

Answer 1

Solution -

Please find the Data elements specified in the question, with the corresponding Field Type best suited for it and the description of the same.

Sr. No	Data Elements	Field Type	Description
1	Patient Last Name	Alphabetic	Alphabetic characters only
2	Social Security Number	Numeric	Numbers from 0-9
3	Discharge Date	Date Format	DD/MM/YY, MM/DD/YYYY etc
4	Account Number	Numeric	Numbers from 0-9
5	Address	Alpha Numeric	Alphabetic & numeric characters
6	Zip Code	Numeric	Numbers from 0-9
7	City	Alphabetic	Alphabetic characters only
8	State	Alphabetic	Alphabetic characters only
9	Allergies	Alphabetic	Alphabetic characters only
10	Medications	Alpha Numeric	Alphabetic & numeric characters