Format/Length:	an3 or an5
HES Item:
National Codes:	See ORGANISATION CODE
ODS Default Codes:	VPP00 - Private PATIENTS / Overseas Visitor liable for charges
	YDD82 - Episodes funded directly by the National Commissioning Group for England

Notes:
CDS COPY RECIPIENT IDENTITY is the NHS ORGANISATION CODE (or valid Organisation Data Service Default Code) for an ORGANISATION indicated as a CDS COPY RECIPIENT IDENTITY of the Commissioning data.

Usage:
A Recipient may be an agency or service provider that carries out the receiving (and perhaps other) processes on behalf of the NHS ORGANISATION that ultimately uses the data. There may be multiple recipients for Commissioning data.

Organisation Data Service Default Codes for CDS COPY RECIPIENT IDENTITIES are detailed in the Commissioning Data Set Addressing Grid.

 

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
schema	ORGANISATION CODE (COPY RECIPIENT IDENTITY)
plural	CDS COPY RECIPIENT IDENTITIES