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PHIN Compliancy/Standards
- Public Health Information Network (PHIN)
- PHIN Messaging System (PHIN MS)
- PHIN Certification and Self-Assessment Tools
- PHIN Countermeasure and Response Administration
Minimum Functional Standards
- 2009 version NVAC core data elements Updated Sept 2009
- 2001 version Minimum Functional Standards
(Recommended by the Technical Working Group - Approved by NIP, May, 2001)
Health Level Seven (HL7) Standard
- Version 2.2 - (latest version) Implementation Guide for Immunization Data Transactions using Version 2.3.1 of the HL7 Standard Protocol*
[PDF-1.6MB/147 pages] (Published 6/2006).
This document replaces previous NIP Guidelines for Immunization Data Transactions dated September 2002 and earlier. See Notes and a Summary of Revised, Added or Deleted Material in front of the Table of Contents, as well as Appendix 5 in this document for more details.
(Original version in MS Word format
[DOC-4.2MB/147 pages]
The previous version 2.1 is still available: print version [PDF-1.3MB/135 pages]
text-only version [DOC-1.3MB/135 pages] - AIRA Immunization Information Systems Codebook: Guide to Code Sets and Data Definitions for Registry Data Sharing Using HL7
[XLS-229KB/1249 pages] 
Sept 2008
Developed by the AIRA Data Definitions Workgroup, this Excel spreadsheet illustrates and documents the collected data items used in the IIS community. Data elements are defined; standard encoding for each value is specified; and examples of usage are given. This document is intended to be used in conjunction with the "Implementation Guide for Immunization Data Transactions Using V2.3.1 of the HL7 Standard Protocol".
- CVX - Vaccines Administered
- MVX - Manufacturers of Vaccines
- CPT™ 1999 / CPT™ 2006 codes mapped to CVX codes
- Vaccine products that correspond to multiple CPT/CVX codes
- print version [PDF-1.3MB/135 pages] text-only version [DOC-1.3MB/135 pages]
- print version
Recommended Core Data Set
- Recommended Core Data Set for State Immunization Information Systems (extracted from Developers Guidelines for State Immunization Systems) [Reviewed 2/19/2002]
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This page last modified on October 22, 2009
Content last reviewed on July 2, 2008
Content Source: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Content last reviewed on July 2, 2008
Content Source: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
