Usage:
CDS INTERCHANGE SENDER IDENTITY is a mandatory data element when submitting Commissioning Data Set interchanges.
Every ORGANISATION must register its CDS INTERCHANGE SENDER IDENTITY for use with the Secondary Uses Service.

Where an ORGANISATION acts on behalf of another NHS ORGANISATION, care must be taken to ensure the correct use of the identity. For data submitted to the service, the CDS INTERCHANGE SENDER IDENTITY is the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) address of the sending site.

CDS XML Schema Interchanges:
All Commissioning Data Set XML Schema interchanges submitted must contain a CDS INTERCHANGE SENDER IDENTITY.

Note: the Format/Length has been updated in Data Dictionary Change Notice 1808 "Correction of Format/Length Data Elements". The Data Set specifications that contain this item will be updated in the next version of the Information Standard where it is not already correct.

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	CDS INTERCHANGE SENDER IDENTITIES