This file contains 8 possible locations where a person could have been a prisoner of war. This data is determined by VACO and is maintained by the PIMS software module via frequent software releases. Editing of this information will have severe and negative impacts on the operation of the PIMS module as well as other VistA software modules. Entries in this file must NOT be added, edited, or removed.
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:+X'=X!(X>8)!(X<1)!(X?.E1"."1N.N) X
LAST EDITED: AUG 18, 1999
HELP-PROMPT: Type a Number between 1 and 8, 0 Decimal Digits
DESCRIPTION: This field contains the internal entry number for this POW PERIOD. This number may be used by various software packages. This must not be edited and entries must not be added or deleted unless done through a software
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:$L(X)>30!($L(X)<3)!'(X'?1P.E)!(X'?.ANP) X
LAST EDITED: OCT 13, 1982
HELP-PROMPT: NAME MUST BE 3-30 CHARACTERS LONG & NOT BEGIN WITH PUNCTUATION
DESCRIPTION:
This field contains the name of the period/place where a patient may have been a prisoner of war. Choices include WWI and Vietnam. This data must NOT be edited in any way.
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:X[""""!(X'?.ANP)!(X<0) X I $D(X) K:$L(X)>14!($L(X)<1) X
LAST EDITED: MAY 26, 1988
HELP-PROMPT: ANSWER MUST BE 1-14 CHARACTERS IN LENGTH
DESCRIPTION: This field contains an alternate name by which this prisoner of war period may be called. This abbreviation may be displayed on outputs or other displays where there is insufficient space to display the entire name of the
DESCRIPTION: A synonym or shortened name associated with a specific period of service. The shortened name may be 2-28 characters in length and is a free text field.
DESCRIPTION: This field is a pointer to the .01 field of the Period of Service file which contains all periods of service and related data. The prisoner of war code contains the single character code by which this status is
identified. Zero (0) stands for YES and one (1) stands for NO.