Updated in April 2016


Appendix 1.4 - Province issuing Health Care Number (HCN)

The table below contains a list of codes specified in CIHI’s National Ambulatory Care Reporting Standards (NACRS) manual:

Field 03: Province/Territory Issuing Health Care Number

 

Province/Territory Issuing Health Care number indicates the provincial/territorial or federal government from which the health care number was issued.

 

PROVINCE ISSUING HCN CODE

PROVINCE ISSUING HCN DESCRIPTION

NL

Newfoundland and Labrador

PE

Prince Edward Island

NS

Nova Scotia

NB

New Brunswick

QC

Quebec

ON

Ontario

MB

Manitoba

SK

Saskatchewan

AB

Alberta

BC

British Columbia

NT

Northwest Territories

YT

Yukon Territory

NU

Nunavut Territory

99

Not Applicable

CA

Canada ( Penitentiary Inmates, Indian Affairs Veteran Affairs

 

Source: National Ambulatory Care Reporting Standards (NACRS) FY2016-17

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