activePDF Toolkit 2011 API Reference
PZN

Glossary Item Box

Other Names

Pharma Zentral Nummer Germany 

Overview

PZN is based on Code 39 and is used for medication identification.

Encoding

Codeable characters: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9.

Structure

  • 6 digits
  • 1 check digit (Calculated automatically if only 6 digits are included in the input data.)

 

Requirements

The human readable text always includes the prefix "PZN", which is automatically generated and should not be included in the input data.