diff --git a/dicom_standard/extract_conf_profile_attributes.py b/dicom_standard/extract_conf_profile_attributes.py
index 3a5ac19..f0bdeca 100644
--- a/dicom_standard/extract_conf_profile_attributes.py
+++ b/dicom_standard/extract_conf_profile_attributes.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Extract the listing of all attributes given in table E.1-1 from part 15 of the DICOM Standard.
 '''
 from typing import cast, Dict, List, Union
+import re
 import sys
 
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
@@ -18,6 +19,8 @@
 
 RETIREMENT_MISMATCH_ATTRIBUTES = ['Referenced Patient Alias Sequence']
 
+TAG_PATTERN = re.compile(r'\(\w{4},\w{4}\)')
+
 AttrTableType = List[Dict[str, Union[str, bool]]]
 
 
@@ -39,11 +42,26 @@ def get_conf_profile_table(standard: BeautifulSoup) -> List[TableDictType]:
     return table_to_dict(list_table, COLUMN_TITLES, omit_empty=True)
 
 
+def extract_tag(raw_tag: str) -> str:
+    """Standard workaround: isolate the tag from a cell that qualifies it with prose
+    The "Private Attributes" row of Table E.1-1 gives its tag as
+    "(gggg,eeee) where gggg is odd". Without this, the trailing prose ends up in the
+    attribute's tag and ID, giving that one row a shape no other row has.
+    Args:
+        raw_tag (str): the contents of the table's tag cell
+    Returns:
+        str: the tag alone, or the original cell if it contains no tag
+    """
+    match = TAG_PATTERN.search(raw_tag)
+    return match.group(0) if match else raw_tag
+
+
 def table_to_json(table: List[TableDictType]) -> List[TableDictType]:
     attributes = []
     for attr in table:
-        attr['id'] = pl.create_slug(attr['tag'])
-        attr['tag'] = attr['tag'].upper()
+        tag = extract_tag(attr['tag'])
+        attr['id'] = pl.create_slug(tag)
+        attr['tag'] = tag.upper()
         attributes.append(attr)
     return attributes
 
diff --git a/tests/extract_conf_profile_attributes_test.py b/tests/extract_conf_profile_attributes_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d9217a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/extract_conf_profile_attributes_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+'''
+Unit tests covering functions in `extract_conf_profile_attributes.py`.
+'''
+import pytest
+
+from dicom_standard.extract_conf_profile_attributes import extract_tag, table_to_json
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('raw_tag,expected', [
+    ('(0008,0050)', '(0008,0050)'),
+    ('(50xx,xxxx)', '(50xx,xxxx)'),
+    ('(gggg,eeee) where gggg is odd', '(gggg,eeee)'),
+])
+def test_extract_tag(raw_tag, expected):
+    assert extract_tag(raw_tag) == expected
+
+
+def test_extract_tag_passes_through_cell_without_a_tag():
+    assert extract_tag('No tag here') == 'No tag here'
+
+
+def test_table_to_json_derives_id_from_the_tag_alone():
+    table = [
+        {'name': 'Accession Number', 'tag': '(0008,0050)'},
+        {'name': 'Curve Data', 'tag': '(50xx,xxxx)'},
+        {'name': 'Private Attributes', 'tag': '(gggg,eeee) where gggg is odd'},
+    ]
+    attributes = table_to_json(table)
+    assert [attr['tag'] for attr in attributes] == [
+        '(0008,0050)', '(50XX,XXXX)', '(GGGG,EEEE)']
+    assert [attr['id'] for attr in attributes] == [
+        '00080050', '50xxxxxx', 'ggggeeee']