# Logical Record Architecture for Health and Social Care

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# Controlled Vocabulary for: AddressPartType ## LRA Vocabulary Id fbebd3c4-3bc7-4556-ad48-6ae117b694ed ## Vocabulary Properties
Version: | 2.0
Status | created
Date | 2010-07-16
## Description A set of codes to indicate the type of an address part. This code set extends a subset of the codes defined by the HL7 v3 AddressPartType Enumeration (urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.5.16) to meet the specific requirements of the NHS in England. ## Concept set
Level | Code | Description | Notes
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0 | AL | address line | An address line is for either an additional locator, a delivery address or a street address. An address generally has only a delivery address line or a street address line, but not both
0 | ADL | additional locator | This can be a unit designator, such as apartment number, suite number, or floor. There may be several unit designators in an address (e.g., "3rd floor, Appt. 342"). This can also be a designator pointing away from the location, rather than specifying a smaller location within some larger one (e.g., Dutch "t.o." means "opposite to" for house boats located across the street facing houses)
0 | UNID | unit identifier | The number or name of a specific unit contained within a building or complex, as assigned by that building or complex
0 | UNIT | unit designator | Indicates the type of specific unit contained within a building or complex. E.g. Apartment, Floor
0 | ADP | address prefix | An NPfIT MIM Data Types specific refinement of AddressPartType.CTY to represent a location within a building or complex, such as 'Flat 22'. Similar to AddressPartType.UNID
0 | SAL | street address line | A street address line is frequently used instead of breaking out build number, street name, street type, etc. An address generally has only a delivery address line or a street address line, but not both.
0 | BNR | building number | The number of a building, house or lot alongside the street. Also known as "primary street number". This does not number the street but rather the building
0 | BNN | building number numeric | The numeric portion of a building number
0 | STR | street name | The name of the street, including the type
0 | STB | Street name base | The base name of a roadway or artery recognized by a municipality (excluding street type and direction)
0 | STTPY | Street type | The designation given to the street. (e.g. Street, Avenue, Crescent, etc.)
0 | DIR | direction | Direction (e.g., N, S, W, E)
0 | BI | building identifier | An NPfIT MIM Data Types specific address part type representing a house name or number. Subsumes meaning of AddressPartType.BNR.
0 | CAR |  | The name of the party who will take receipt at the specified address, and will take on responsibility for ensuring delivery to the target recipient
0 | CEN |  | A geographic sub-unit delineated for demographic purposes
0 | CNT | country | Country
0 | CPA | County or parish | A sub-unit of a state or province. (49 of the United States of America use the term "county;" Louisiana uses the term "parish")
0 | CTY | municipality | The name of the city, town, village, or other community or delivery center
0 | LCY | Locality | An NPfIT MIM Data Types specific refinement of AddressPartType.CTY to represent a locality.
0 | TN | Town | An NPfIT MIM Data Types specific refinement of AddressPartType.CTY to represent a town.
0 | LCY2 | Double dependent locality | A LRA specific address part type representing a 'double dependent locality' as specified by the NHS Data Model and Dictionary.
0 | DEL | delimiter | Delimiters are printed without framing white space. If no value component is provided, the delimiter appears as a line break.
0 | POB | post box | A numbered box located in a post station
0 | STA | state or province | A sub-unit of a country with limited sovereignty in a federally organized country
0 | ZIP | postal code | A postal code designating a region defined by the postal service
0 | ADDRK | address key | A NHS NPfIT MIM Data Types specific address part type representing a unique identifier keyed to Royal Mail Postal Address File (PAF) Directory.
0 | DESC | description | A NHS NPfIT MIM Data Types specific address part type representing a textual description of the usage of a temporary address.
0 | GRD | Grid reference | A LRA specific address part type representing a grid reference as specified by the NHS Data Model and Dictionary.