If an existing auxiliary ID for a patient is no longer valid or was entered in error, you can delete the obsolete ID from the affected system record. Once an auxiliary ID is deleted from a patient profile, the deletion cannot be undone.
Using one of the search methods described in Searching for Patient Profiles, display the patient profile you want to modify on the View/Edit page.
To delete an auxiliary ID from a system record, do the following:
To delete an auxiliary ID from the SBR, deselect the overwrite check boxes for all field in the address.
You can only delete an auxiliary ID from the SBR if it was originally added directly to the SBR.
Click Commit.
The page refreshes, and the SBR is recalculated based on the new information.