NihdiNumber - Githubissues

Proposal (< @smals-vea )

Label FR/Definition : numéro INAMI / numéro d’identification octroyé aux dispensateurs de soins en Belgique dans le cadre de l’assurance maladie obligatoire, entre autres, pour le remboursement des soins fournis aux patients.
Label NL/Definition : RIZIV-nummer / het identificatienummer toegekend aan zorgverleners in België in het kader van de verplichte ziekteverzekering, o.a. voor de terugbetaling van zorg verstrekt aan patiënten.
Name /Definition : nihdiNumber / the identification number that is given to health care workers in Belgium inside the framework of the compulsory health insurance. This includes, among others, the reimbursement the patient’s care.
Ontology : organization
Comment FR : Le format est de 8 positions numériques 000000-00 où les 6 premiers digits sont dans le range de valeur 0 à 999999 suivis d’un check digit en 2 positions
In OpenAPI : yes

My feedback:

is the ontology "organization" correct? It identifies a health care worker. Alternatives: "HealthCare", "Employment", "Person".
I'd just document 8 digits and would drop the documentation about the check digits. The usefulness of check digits to check correctness seem to have been weakened a lot to make more numbers available for use. There are even four modulo numbers to be taken into account.

About the OpenAPI type:

Proposal:

NihdiNumber:
  description: Identifier attributed by NIHDI to health care workers in Belgium
  type: string
  pattern: '^\d{8}$'

Should we also add the three-digit CompetenceCode / "bevoegdheidscode"?

Repo should be aligned with ontology (person, healthcare, organization, employment)

belgif / fedvoc