+---------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Property of the US Government. | | No permission to copy or redistribute this software is given. | | Use of unreleased versions of this software requires the user | | to execute a written test agreement with the VistA Imaging | | Development Office of the Department of Veterans Affairs, | | telephone (301) 734-0100. | | | | The Food and Drug Administration classifies this software as | | a medical device. As such, it may not be changed in any way. | | Modifications to this software may result in an adulterated | | medical device under 21CFR820, the use of which is considered | | to be a violation of US Federal Statutes. | | | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ This file contains information about each patient with whom Imaging procedures and studies are associated within VistA.
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:$L(X)>30!($L(X)<1)!'(X'?.E1C.E) X
LAST EDITED: AUG 21, 2009
HELP-PROMPT: Answer must be 1-30 characters in length.
DESCRIPTION:
This is the patient's unique internal identifier designated by the issuer, as identified by the ASSIGNING ENTITY (#2) field. If that field is blank, this is the patient's DFN.
HELP-PROMPT: Enter a code indicating whether an artifact is on file (AOF).
DESCRIPTION:
This field is a flag that records if an artifact is on file or not. Artifact On File means that at least one Object is already stored on disk. An Object can be an image, an abstract or a text file.
DESCRIPTION: This field indicates whether the patient reference is ACCESSIBLE or INACCESSIBLE.
ACCESSIBLE means that the patient reference can be retrieved by imaging database methods and may have "child" procedure references that are cross referenced to this patient reference.
INACCESSIBLE means that the patient reference will not be retrieved by imaging database methods and will not have "child" procedure references.