CDER DATA STANDARDS MANUAL

FDA Data Element Number. None.

CDER Data Element Number. C-GEN-10203

Data Element Name. Telephone Country Code.

Description. This standard provides format specifications for representing the telephone country code for all foreign countries, excluding Canada and the Caribean nations of Anguilla, Antigua, Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands.

Some codes are not available for some of the more obscure countries (e.g., Clipperton Island) and countries deemed hostile to the United States (e.g., North Korea). This may necessitate consulting directory assistance.

Certain nations that have recently gained independence (e.g., Russia) may temporarily share their country code with their predecessor nation (e.g., USSR).

Source.

Relationship. See Telephone City Code, and Telephone Number, Format 2.

FDA Specifications. None.

CDER Specifications. Telephone Country Code is represented by numeric text of up to three characters. There shall be no punctuation (including no parentheses surrounding the code).

FDA Approved Date. None.

CDER Approved Date. January 10, 1995.

FDA Revised Date.

CDER Revised Date.

Data Values.

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