A code which identifies an ORGANISATION uniquely.

For NHS ORGANISATIONS it is a code that is managed by either the:

• Organisation Data Service (ODS)
• NHS Prescription Services
• NHS Dental Services

to identify most ORGANISATIONS that exchange information within the NHS or return information to the Centre. Examples of ORGANISATIONS that can be identified this way are Primary Care Trusts and Strategic Health Authorities.

Note: Organisation Data Service codes can be downloaded from the Organisation Data Service website.

ORGANISATION CODING FRAMES

• All NHS ORGANISATIONS are coded using coding frames, as shown in the tables below:

Character Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Format	a/n	a/n	a/n	a/n	a/n	a/n	a/n	a/n
A Frame	Organisation Type Identifier	Organisation Identifier
B Frame	Organisation Type Identifier			Organisation Identifier
C Frame	Organisation Type Identifier		Organisation Identifier
D Frame	Organisation Type Identifier	Organisation Identifier
E Frame	Organisation Identifier
F Frame	Organisation Type Identifier	Organisation Identifier
G Frame	Organisation Type Identifier	Practice Identifier
H Frame	Organisation Type Identifier		Organisation Identifier
I Frame	Organisation Type Identifier		Organisation Identifier
J Frame	Organisation Type Identifier				Organisation Identifier
K Frame	Organisation Identifier

NHS Organisations:

A Frame:

Example
Independent Provider e.g. 8HA03

• 8 = Organisation Type Identifier
• Remainder of code identifies organisation

Also:

Cancer Registry	e.g. Y0401
Primary Care Group/Local Health Group (now all closed)	e.g. 4AA24

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B Frame:

Example
Local Service Provider e.g. LSP01

• LSP = Organisation Type Identifier
• 01 = Organisation Identifier

Also:

Application Service Provider	e.g. YGM01
Education (Deanery)	e.g. YDF01
NHS Support Agencies	e.g. YDD01
Workforce Development Confederation (All closed June 2006)	e.g. LWF03

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C Frame:

Example
School e.g. EE134290

• EE = Organisation Type Identifier
• Remainder of code identifies organisation

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D Frame:

Example
Strategic Health Authority e.g. Q30

• Q = Organisation Type Identifier
• 30 = Organisation Identifier

Also:

Care Trust	e.g. TAK
Local Health Board (Wales)	e.g. 7A1
NHS Trust	e.g. RH8
Primary Care Trust	e.g. 5CT
Special Health Authority	e.g. T2A
Welsh Local Health Board (All closed 30 September 2009)	e.g. 6C4

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E Frame:

Example
Government Office Region (GOR) e.g. K

• K = Organisation Identifier

Note: Organisation Type of GOR is identified by a one character code; no other one character code exists.

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F Frame:

Example
Pharmacy HQ e.g. P001

• P = Organisation Type Identifier
• 001 = Organisation Identifier

Also:

Care Home Headquarters	e.g.CA0A
Local Authority	e.g.V001
Optical Headquarters	e.g.T1A1

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G Frame:

Example
GP Practice e.g. Y00001

• Y = Organisation Type Identifier
• 00001 = Practice Identifier

Also:

General Dental Practice

e.g.V20052

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H Frame:

Example
Cancer Network e.g. N01

• N0 (where the 2nd character is numeric and not alpha) = Organisation Type Identifier
• 1 = Organisation Identifier

Also:

Booking Management System (BMS) Call Centre Establishment	e.g. YF1
Government Department	e.g. XDA
Independent Sector Healthcare Provider (where the 2nd character is alpha)	e.g. NT1
IT Cluster (ITC) (All closed in England on 31 March 2007)	e.g. Y41
National Application Service Provider (NASP) (NPfIT)	e.g. YEA
Other Statutory Authority	e.g. X16
Pan SHA	e.g. Y51

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I Frame:

Example
Special Health Authority (SpHA) e.g. T1150

• T1 = Organisation Type Identifier
• 150 = Organisation Identifier

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J Frame:

Example
Transplant Consortium e.g. Y01T1

• Y01T = Organisation Type Identifier
• 1 = Organisation Identifier

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K Frame:

Example
Health Solutions Wales e.g. W00

• W00 = Organisation Identifier

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The structure and format of ORGANISATION CODES maintained by the Organisation Data Service, NHS Prescription Services, NHS Dental Services and other agencies are detailed in the tables below.

For the Organisation Data Service contact details, see Contact Details

ORGANISATION CODES TABLES

Table 1: CODING FORMATS for ORGANISATIONS in ENGLAND and WALES

Organisation Type	Frame Type	Character Position								Code allocated by:	Notes/Comments
	See Coding Frames Table	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Application Service Provider	B	Y	G	M	A-9	A-9				ODS	E.g. YGM01
Booking Management System (BMS) Call Centre Establishment	H	Y	F	A-9						ODS	E.g. YF1
Cancer Network	H	N	0-9	A-9						ODS	E.g. N01
Cancer Registry	A	Y	A-9	A-9	A-9	A-9				ODS	E.g. Y0401
Care Home Headquarters	F	A, C or D	A-9	A-9	A-9					ODS	E.g. CA0A
Care Trust	D	T	A-Y	A-Y						ODS	E.g. TAK
Directorate of Health and Social Care (DHSC)	N/A All Closed	Y	2	0-9						ODS	DHSCs in England all closed in June 2003 E.g. Y21
Education (Deanery)	B	Y	D	F	A-9	A-9				ODS	E.g. YDF01
Executive Agency	N/A See Note 1	X	0-9	0-9						ODS	E.g. X09
Executive Agency Programme	N/A See Note 1	X	0-9	0-9	0-9	0-9	0-9			ODS	First three characters denote Executive Agency E.g. X09001
General Dental Practice - England and Wales	G	V	0-9	0-9	0-9	0-9	0-9			NHS Dental Services	E.g. V20052
Government Department	H	X	A-Y	A-Y						ODS	E.g. XDA
Government Office Region (GOR)	E	A-Y								ONS	E.g. K
GP Practice - England and Wales	G	A-H, J-N, P, W & Y	0-9	0-9	0-9	0-9	0-9			NHS Prescription Services	Char 1 = W for Welsh GP Practice. All other values represent English GP Practices From 2003, ALL newly allocated Practice Codes begin with a Y" E.g. Y00001
Health Solutions Wales	K	W	0	0						ODS	Only one organisation of this type exists for Wales E.g. W00
Independent Provider	A	8	A-Y	A-9	0-9	0-9				ODS - England Health Solutions Wales - Wales	Used for Care Homes, Independent Therapists, Independent Hospices and Charities Char 2: W - Wales. All other values represent England. E.g. 8HA03
Independent Sector Healthcare Provider	H	N	A-Y	A-9						ODS	E.g. NT1
IT Cluster (ITC)	H	Y	4	0-9						ODS	E.g. Y41 All IT Clusters in England closed on 31 March 2007
Local Authority (LA)	F	V	A-9	A-9	A-9					ODS	E.g. V001
Local Health Board (Wales)	B	7	A-9	A-9						ODS	E.g. 7A1
Local Service Provider (LSP)	B	L	S	P	0-9	0-9				ODS	E.g. LSP01
National Application Service Provider (NASP) (NPfIT)	H	Y	E	A-9						ODS	E.g. YEA
NHS Support Agencies (Shared Services and Health Informatics Services)	B	Y	D	D	A-9	A-9				ODS	E.g. YDD01
NHS Trust	D	R	A-9	A-9						ODS	E.g. RH8
Optical Headquarters	F	T	0-9	A-9	A-9					ODS	E.g. T1A1
Other Statutory Authority (OSA)	H	X	0-9	0-9						ODS	E.g. X16
Pan SHA	H See Note 2	Y	5	0-9						ODS	E.g. Y51
Pharmacy HQ	F	P	A-9	A-9	A-9					ODS	E.g. P001
Primary Care Group/ Local Health Group	A	4	A-Y	A-Y	0-9	0-9				ODS	Primary Care Groups in England and Local Health Groups in Wales 2nd char = W for Welsh LHGs. PCGs all closed by March 2002 E.g. 4AA24
Primary Care Trust (PCT)	D	5	A-9	A-9						ODS	E.g. 5CT
School	C	E	E	A-9	A-9	A-9	A-9	A-9	A-9	DCSF and ODS	E.g. EE134290
Special Health Authority (SpHA)	I	T	0-9	1-9	0-9	0				ODS	E.g. T1150
Strategic Health Authority (SHA)	D	Q	A-9	A-9						ODS	Strategic Health Authorities in England and Wales Q99 - Wales E.g. Q30
Transplant Consortium	J	Y, S, W or Z	0-9	0-9	T	0-9				ODS	English Transplant Consortiums are all Closed. England = Y, Scotland = S, Wales = W and N.Ireland = Z E.g. Y01T1
Welsh Local Health Board (WLHB)	D	6	A-Y	0-9						ODS	E.g. 6C4 All Welsh Local Health Boards closed on 30 September 2009. Local Health Boards introduced from 1 October 2009.
Workforce Development Confederation	B	L	W	F	A-9	A-9				ODS	E.g. LWF03 All closed June 2006

Note 1: Codes for Executive Agency, Executive Agency Programme, Executive Agency Site and Executive Agency Programme Department do not easily fit into the coding frames as shown above and are therefore not included. This is due to their unusual structure in that there are more hierarchical 'tiers' than with other organisations.

Executive Agency and Executive Agency Programme are both considered Organisation level entities, although each Programme does have a relationship to an Executive Agency. Executive Agency codes are three characters long. Executive Agency Programme codes are six, and their first three characters are the same as the Executive Agency they are associated to.

Department codes of eight characters long can then be allocated underneath a Programme code (sharing the first six characters). Executive Agency Site codes of five characters long can be allocated under an Executive Agency code (and share the first three characters).

Note 2: The Pan SHAs are made up of confederations of SHAs and as such, are Health Areas, not organisations. However, it has been recognised that these health areas do require codes in order that NHS systems continue to function.

Note: A-9 indicates that characters A-Z and 0-9 are valid: except B, I, O, S, U and Z (to avoid ambiguity).

Table 2: CODING FORMATS for ORGANISATIONS in SCOTLAND

Organisation Type	Character Position						Code allocated by:	Notes/Comments
	1	2	3	4	5	6
GP Practice - Scotland	S	0-9	0-9	0-9	0-9	0-9	NHS
Scottish GP Fundholder	S	A-Z	B	0-9	0-9		ISD, Scotland	2nd character identifies the Health Board the GPFH reports to. 3rd character (always B) shows GPFH status.
Scottish Health Agency	S	D	0-9	0-9	0-9		ISD, Scotland	2nd character (D) identifies Scottish Office agencies
Scottish Health Board	S	A-Z	9	9	9		ISD, Scotland
Scottish Provider	S	A-Z	A,C,D	0-9	0-9		ISD, Scotland	2nd character identifies the Health Board the organisation reports to. 3rd character identifies the organisation type: A= Health Unit C = Hospital Trust D = Nursing Home

Table 4: CODING FORMATS for ORGANISATIONS in OTHER HOME COUNTRIES

Organisation Type	Character Position						Code allocated by:	Notes/Comments
	1	2	3	4	5	6
GP Practice - Alderney	A	L	D	0-9	0-9	0-9	NHS Prescription Services
GP Practice - Guernsey	G	U	E	0-9	0-9	0-9	NHS Prescription Services
GP Practice - Isle of Man (IOM)	Y	0-9	0-9	0-9	0-9	0-9	NHS Prescription Services
GP Practice - Jersey	J	E	R	0-9	0-9	0-9	NHS Prescription Services
Isle of Man (IOM) Government Department	Y	J	A-9				ODS	Eg. YJM
Isle of Man (IOM) Government Directorate	Y	K	A-9				ODS	Eg. YK1

Note: A-9 indicates that characters A-Z and 0-9 are valid: except B, I, O, S, U and Z (to avoid ambiguity).

For the Organisation Data Service contact details, see Contact Details 

This attribute is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
oid	2.16.840.1.113883.2.1.4.3
plural	ORGANISATION CODES