Patient
(0010,0030)
Patient's Birth Date
Keyword: PatientBirthDate
Birth date of the patient. Format YYYYMMDD.
Tag Attributes
- Tag ID
- (0010,0030)
- Compact
- 00100030
- Keyword
- PatientBirthDate
- VR
- DA — Date
- VM
- 1
- Retired
- No
Module(s)
Patient Module
Engineering Notes
Secondary patient identifier used alongside Patient ID and Name for patient reconciliation. Used for age calculation display in PACS.
Troubleshooting
Zero-filled or absent dates (19000101) indicate the modality received no birth date from the worklist. Investigate MWL response and RIS data quality.