Patient
(0010,0010)
Patient's Name
Keyword: PatientName
Full name of the patient. Format: Family^Given^Middle^Prefix^Suffix. Unicode allowed with correct Specific Character Set.
Tag Attributes
- Tag ID
- (0010,0010)
- Compact
- 00100010
- Keyword
- PatientName
- VR
- PN — Person Name
- VM
- 1
- Retired
- No
Module(s)
Patient Module
Engineering Notes
Primary patient identifier in PACS. Used for patient merge/split, duplicate detection, and worklist matching. PN component separator is ^ (caret). Alphabetic^Ideographic^Phonetic component groups separated by =.
Troubleshooting
Name mismatches between RIS and PACS cause patient reconciliation issues and failed prior study linking. Standardise casing and special character handling across systems. Verify (0008,0005) is set for non-Latin names.