description: 'Only traced NHS Number **SHOULD** be used, un-traced NHS Numbers **MUST** be clearly indicated.\r\n \r\n NHS Data Dictionary: [NHS NUMBER](https://www.datadictionary.nhs.uk/data_elements/nhs_number.html). \r\n \r\n \r\n Format: ^[0-9]{10}$ (400 000 000 to 499 999 999, and 600 000 000 to 799 999) \r\n \r\n \r\n FHIR Naming System: [nhs-number](https://simplifier.net/ukfhircommunityassets/namingsystem-nhs-number)' package_name: fhir.r4.nhsengland.programme derivation: constraint name: EnglandIdentifierNHSNumber type: Identifier elements: type: elements: coding: index: 0 elements: system: pattern: {type: uri, value: 'http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203'} type: uri index: 1 code: pattern: {type: code, value: NH} type: code index: 2 display: short: National Health Plan Identifier pattern: {type: string, value: National Health Plan Identifier} type: string index: 3 required: [coding] system: pattern: {type: uri, value: 'https://fhir.nhs.uk/Id/nhs-number'} type: uri index: 4 value: {index: 5} package_version: 0.2.2-pre-release class: complex-type kind: complex-type url: https://fhir.nhs.uk/England/StructureDefinition/England-Identifier-NHS-Number base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Identifier version: 0.0.1 required: [system, value]