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Global: ^ECX(727.819

Package: DSS Extracts

Global: ^ECX(727.819


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FileMan FileNo FileMan Filename Package
727.819 IV DETAIL EXTRACT DSS Extracts

Description

Accessed By FileMan Db Calls, Total: 1

Package Total Routines
DSS Extracts 1 ECXPHVE    

Pointer To FileMan Files, Total: 7

Package Total FileMan Files
Registration 4 MEDICAL CENTER DIVISION(#40.8)[3]    PATIENT MOVEMENT(#405)[14]    POW PERIOD(#22)[52]    PATIENT(#2)[4]    
DSS Extracts 1 DSS EXTRACT LOG(#727)[2]    
Pharmacy Data Management 1 DRUG(#50)[67]    
Scheduling 1 HOSPITAL LOCATION(#44)[11]    

Fields, Total: 100

Field # Name Loc Type Details
.01 SEQUENCE NUMBER 0;1 NUMBER
************************REQUIRED FIELD************************

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:+X'=X!(X>999999999)!(X<1)!(X?.E1"."1N.N) X S:$D(X) DINUM=X
  • LAST EDITED:  AUG 12, 1998
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter a number between 1 and 999999999, 0 decimal digits.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The record number for this extract entry.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    The internal entry number (IEN) for this record. This entry is DINUMed.
  • NOTES:  XXXX--CAN'T BE ALTERED EXCEPT BY PROGRAMMER
1 YEAR MONTH 0;2 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>6!($L(X)<6)!'(X?6N) X
  • OUTPUT TRANSFORM:  S Y=$$ECXYMX^ECXUTL(Y)
  • LAST EDITED:  SEP 24, 1997
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 6 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    A six character string representing the year and the month for which this extract was performed.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  YEAR MONTH is derived by parsing the fileman format end date of the extract. The month is determined by taking the 4th and 5th characters of the end date, the year by taking the 2nd and 3rd characters, and the century is
    then calculated by taking the 1st character of the end date, and adding 17 to it. The Century is then concatenated with the year and month, giving the results in YYYYMM format.
2 EXTRACT NUMBER 0;3 POINTER TO DSS EXTRACT LOG FILE (#727) DSS EXTRACT LOG(#727)

  • LAST EDITED:  SEP 25, 1996
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter the extract number for this extract.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The corresponding entry in the DSS EXTRACT LOG file (#727) for this extract.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    A pointer to the DSS EXTRACT LOG file (#727). The primary purpose is to pick up the header for the mail message.
  • CROSS-REFERENCE:  727.819^AC
    1)= S ^ECX(727.819,"AC",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
    2)= K ^ECX(727.819,"AC",$E(X,1,30),DA)
    3)= DO NOT DELETE.
    This cross reference is essential for managing and purging data in this file.
3 FACILITY 0;4 POINTER TO MEDICAL CENTER DIVISION FILE (#40.8) MEDICAL CENTER DIVISION(#40.8)

  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 31, 2012
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter the medical center division where this IV Room is located.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This is the medical center division where the IV room is located.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  An indicator of the medical center division where the IV room for this event happened. It is derived from the IV ROOM field (#.22) of IV multiple (#100) in the PHARMACY PATIENT file (#55).
    The IEN of the IV room is passed to the API ALL^PSJ59P5 which returns the DIVISION field (#.02) from the IV ROOM sub file (#59.5), which points to the MEDICAL CENTER DIVISION file (#40.8).
4 PATIENT NO. - DFN 0;5 POINTER TO PATIENT FILE (#2) PATIENT(#2)

  • LAST EDITED:  OCT 17, 1996
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter the name of the patient for this extract record.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    An identifying number for the patient at the local site.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  The PATIENT NO. - DFN data is derived from the DFN field (#1) of the IV EXTRACT DATA file (#728.113).
    The DFN is obtained from the NAME field (#.01) in the PHARMACY PATIENT file (#55) which is DINUMed to the PATIENT file (#2). This data represents the patient DFN.
5 SSN 0;6 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>10!($L(X)<9)!'(X?9N!X?9N1"P") X
  • LAST EDITED:  SEP 25, 1996
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Your answer must be 9 to 10 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The patient's social security number.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  Using the patient pointer (DFN) stored in the PATIENT NO. - DFN field (#4) in the IV DETAIL EXTRACT file (#727.819), SSN data is derived from the SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER field (#.09) in the PATIENT file (#2).
    "Test" patient status is determined in PAT^ECXUTL3. Any patient with an SSN beginning with "00000" will not be included in the extract.
6 NAME 0;7 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>4!($L(X)<4) X
  • LAST EDITED:  SEP 25, 1996
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Your answer must be 4 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The first four characters of the patient's last name.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  Using the patient pointer (DFN) stored in the PATIENT NO. - DFN field (#4) in the IV DETAIL EXTRACT file (#727.819), NAME data is derived from the NAME field (#.01) in the PATIENT file (#2). The first four characters of
    the first "," piece are used, padded with trailing spaces if necessary.
    The name value is returned by the supported call DEM^VADPT.
7 IN OUT PATIENT INDICATOR 0;8 SET
  • 'I' FOR INPATIENT;
  • 'O' FOR OUTPATIENT;
  • 'A' FOR ASIH (OTHER FACILITY);

  • LAST EDITED:  JUN 29, 2018
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter the patient's status for this extract entry.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Indicates the patient's status for this extract entry.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  To determine the value of this field a call is made to $$PATDEM^ECXUTL2. Within this call, $$INP^ECXUTL2 is called to determine patient status. If the patient is an outpatient, processing stops and the field is set to O.
    If the patient is an inpatient then $$INOUTP^ECXUTL4 is called to look at the treating specialty. If the patient's treating specialty exists in the DSS TREATING SPECIALTY TRANSLATION file (#727.831) then the value of the
    INPAT/OUTPAT CODE field (#5) of the DSS TREATING SPECIALTY TRANSLATION file (#727.831) is used. If the treating specialty is not found in the DSS TREATING SPECIALTY TRANSLATION file (#727.831) then the indicator is set to
    I.
    If the patient is ASIH to another facility at the date/time in question then the indicator is set to A.
8 DAY 0;9 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>8!($L(X)<8) X
  • OUTPUT TRANSFORM:  S Y=$$ECXDATEX^ECXUTL(Y)
  • LAST EDITED:  SEP 24, 1997
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 8 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    An 8-character numeric string that represents the date on which the IV medication was dispensed.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  Day comes from the date portion of the DATE/TIME field (#4) in the IV EXTRACT DATA file (#728.113). The date/time is based on the DATE OF TRANSACTION field (#3) within the TRANSACTION NUMBER multiple (#1) within the
    PATIENT multiple (#1) of the IV STATS file (#50.8).
    This field is always exactly 8 numeric characters in length. The format is YYYYMMDD; for example, 19970923. If the date cannot be determined, then a default is used. The default date value is the value of the YEAR MONTH
    field (#1) concatenated with "01" for the day (DD) portion.
9 VA DRUG CLASSIFICATION 0;10 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>5!($L(X)<5) X
    MAXIMUM LENGTH: 5
  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 07, 2019
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 5 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The VA Drug Classification for the item in this order.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  Derived from the VA CLASSIFICATION field (#2) in the DRUG file (#50) for the drug identified by the DRUG field (#3) in the IV EXTRACT DATA file (#728.113).
    The DRUG field (#3) is populated as follows, depending on whether we're looking at an additive or a solution.
    For an IV additive, the drug is derived from the GENERIC DRUG field (#1) in the IV ADDITIVES file (#52.6) for the ADDITIVE (#.01) identified in the ADDITIVE multiple (#1) within the IV multiple (#100) of the PHARMACY
    PATIENT file (#55).
    For an IV solution, the drug is derived from the GENERIC DRUG field (#1) in the IV SOLUTIONS file (#52.7) for the SOLUTION (#.01) identified in the SOLUTION multiple (#3) within the IV multiple (#100) of the PHARMACY
    PATIENT file (#55).
10 QUANTITY 0;11 NUMBER

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:+X'=X!(X>10000)!(X<0)!(X?.E1"."3N.N) X
  • LAST EDITED:  SEP 04, 2018
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter a number between 0 and 10000, 2 decimal digits.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Drug quantity dispensed in the unit of issue for that drug. Unit of issue may vary from product to product and site to site.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  QUANTITY is calculated by incrementing a counter based upon the value found in the TRANSACTION TYPE field (#5) in the IV EXTRACT DATA file (#728.113).
    If TRANSACTION TYPE equals 1 for DISPENSED, the counter is incremented by 1; if 4 for CANCELED, no change is made to the counter; if 2 for RETURNED or 3 for DESTROYED, the counter is decremented by 1.
    The transaction type is derived from the STATUS field (#2) within the TRANSACTION NUMBER multiple (#1) within the PATIENT multiple (#1) of the IV STATS file (#50.8).
11 WARD 0;12 POINTER TO HOSPITAL LOCATION FILE (#44) HOSPITAL LOCATION(#44)

  • LAST EDITED:  SEP 25, 1996
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter the ward location for this patient.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Current ward where the patient is located.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  This field is initialized to .5, indicating an outpatient status. It will be set to blank if the patient is an observation patient. A call is made to IN5^VADPT using the patient IEN and the event date. If data is returned
    identifying an inpatient episode, the value of VAIP(5), ward location, is used to get the HOSPITAL LOCATION FILE POINTER field (#44) in the WARD LOCATION file (#42) which is a pointer to the HOSPITAL LOCATION file (#44).
13 COST 0;13 NUMBER

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  S:X["$" X=$P(X,"$",2) K:X'?.N.1".".4N!(X>10000)!(X<0) X
  • LAST EDITED:  JUN 12, 2012
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter a dollar amount between 0 and 10000, 4 decimal digits.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    VA pharmacy supply cost of drug dispensed.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  For additives, this field is calculated by multiplying TOTAL DOSES PER DAY field (#20) of this file by AVERAGE DRUG COST PER UNIT field (#7) of the IV ADDITIVES file (#52.6).
    For solutions, this field is calculated by multiplying TOTAL DOSES PER DAY field (#20) of this file by AVERAGE DRUG COST field (#7) of the IV SOLUTIONS file (#52.7).
  • NOTES:  XXXX--CAN'T BE ALTERED EXCEPT BY PROGRAMMER
14 MOVEMENT FILE # 0;14 POINTER TO PATIENT MOVEMENT FILE (#405) PATIENT MOVEMENT(#405)

  • LAST EDITED:  SEP 25, 1996
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter the patient movement number associated with this extract record.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Current patient movement record associated with this extract record.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  A call to IN5^VADPT (using the patient IEN and the event date) returns a patient movement number (indicating inpatient status). This field is set to the value of VAIP(1), which is a pointer to the PATIENT MOVEMENT file
    (#405).
15 TREATING SPECIALTY 0;15 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>3!($L(X)<2) X
  • LAST EDITED:  NOV 03, 2009
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 2-3 characters in length
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The PTF CODE of the treating specialty associated with this extract record.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  This field is initialized to a null, indicating an outpatient status. If a call to IN5^VADPT (using the patient IEN and the event date) returns a patient movement number (indicating inpatient status), then the value of
    VAIP(8), which is the pointer to the FACILITY TREATING SPECIALTY file (#45.7), is used to get the SPECIALTY field (1) which points to the SPECIALTY file (#42.4).
    Then, the PTF Code (field #7 of file 42.4) is obtained and stored instead of the IEN of the specialty.
16 NDC 0;16 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>15!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  SEP 25, 1996
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Your answer must be 1 to 15 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This is the National Drug Code for the drug/supply item in this order.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  For sites running a version of Inpatient Medications prior to V. 4.5: Derived from the NDC field (31) in the DRUG file (#50) for the drug identified by the GENERIC DRUG field (1) in either the IV ADDITIVES file (#52.6) for
    additives or the IV SOLUTIONS file (#52.7) for solutions.
    Using the "AC" cross reference on the IV STATS file (#50.8) and a ^TMP( array built from the "AC" cross reference, GENERIC DRUG is derived from the following:
    the IV DRUG field (.01),
    the TYPE field (6), and
    the IEN of the additive or solution for the IV DRUG within the IV DRUG
    multiple (2) of the DATE multiple (2) of the IV STATS file (#50.8).
    For sites running Inpatient Medications V. 4.5 or higher: Derived from the NDC field (31) in the DRUG file (#50) for the drug identified by the DRUG field (3) in the IV EXTRACT DATA file (#728.113).
17 DEA, SPECIAL HDLG 0;17 SET
  • 'I' FOR INVESTIGATIONAL;
  • '1' FOR SCHEDULE 1 ITEM;
  • '2' FOR SCHEDULE 2 ITEM;
  • '3' FOR SCHEDULE 3 ITEM;
  • '4' FOR SCHEDULE 4 ITEM;
  • '5' FOR SCHEDULE 5 ITEM;

  • LAST EDITED:  MAR 04, 2012
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter I if the drug is investigational or 1-5 depending on the Drug's Schedule Item.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Indicates if the drug in this record is Investigational, or Schedule 1-5.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Derived from the DEA, SPECIAL HDLG field (#3) in the DRUG file (#50). If the field contains a "1","2","3","4" or "5" (DRUG SCHEDULE) it will be set to that number. Otherwise, if it contains an I, it will be set to I.
18 PHARMACY IV DISPENSING FEE 0;18 SET
  • 'A' FOR ADMIXTURE;
  • 'P' FOR PIGGYBACK;
  • 'H' FOR HYPERAL;
  • 'S' FOR SYRINGE;
  • 'C' FOR CHEMOTHERAPY;

  • LAST EDITED:  JUN 07, 2012
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter the type of IV dispensed.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The type of IV dispensed.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  Derived from the TYPE field (#11) of the IV EXTRACT DATA file (#728.113).
    The type comes from the TYPE field (#.04) within the IV multiple (#100) of the PHARMACY PATIENT file (#55).
19 NEW FEEDER KEY 0;19 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>17!($L(X)<17) X
  • LAST EDITED:  JUN 07, 2012
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 17 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Code that uniquely identifies a DSS drug/supply product.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  NEW FEEDER KEY is derived for the drug identified by the DRUG field (#6) in the PRESCRIPTION file (#52), which is a pointer to the DRUG file (#50).
    The PSNDF VA PRODUCT NAME ENTRY field (#22) from the DRUG file (#50), which is a pointer to the VA PRODUCT file (#50.68) is padded to 5 digits. This is concatenated with a 12-digit code derived from the NDC field (#31)
    from the DRUG file (#50) to form a 17-digit Feeder Key.
20 TOTAL DOSES PER DAY 0;20 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>20!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  JUN 16, 2009
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Your answer must be 1 to 20 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The total doses per day including units.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  For sites running a version of Inpatient Medications prior to V. 4.5: This field is set to null.
    For sites running Inpatient Medications V. 4.5 or higher: For additives, TOTAL DOSES PER DAY is derived from the ADDITIVE STRENGTH field (6) and the ADDITIVE STRENGTH UNITS field (7) from the IV EXTRACT DATA file
    (#728.113). For solutions, TOTAL DOSES PER DAY is derived from the SOLUTION VOLUME field (8), recorded in MLs, from the IV EXTRACT DATA file (#728.113).
21 PLACEHOLD PRIMARY CARE TEAM 0;21 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>4!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  APR 30, 2018
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter primary care team assigned to this patient.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This field, previously known as PRIMARY CARE TEAM, is no longer needed. The name has been changed to PLACEHOLD PRIMARY CARE TEAM and its value will be set to null.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    This field is no longer in use as of patch ECX*3*170.
22 PLACEHOLD PC PROVIDER 0;22 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>11!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  APR 30, 2018
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter primary care provider assigned to this patient.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This field, previously known as PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER, is no longer needed. The name has been changed to PLACEHOLD PC PROVIDER and its value will be set to null.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    This field is no longer in use as of patch ECX*3*170.
23 IVP TIME 0;23 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>6!($L(X)<6) X
  • OUTPUT TRANSFORM:  S Y=$$ECXTIMEX^ECXUTL(Y,1)
  • LAST EDITED:  SEP 24, 1997
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 6 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The time of day when the IV medication was dispensed.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  The time portion of the DATE/TIME field (#4) of the IV EXTRACT DATA file (#728.113), which is set by routine PSIVSTAT, is used and padded to 6 characters if needed.
    This field is always exactly 6 numeric characters in length; if time cannot be determined, then "000300" is used as default.
24 ADMISSION DATE 0;24 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>8!($L(X)<8) X
    MAXIMUM LENGTH: 8
  • OUTPUT TRANSFORM:  S Y=$$ECXDATEX^ECXUTL(Y)
  • LAST EDITED:  AUG 22, 2018
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 8 characters in length (YYYYMMDD).
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This 8-character numeric string represents the date on which the patient's admission occurred.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  A call is made to $$INP^ECXUTL2 using the patient's DFN and the date/time the IV was administered. The call will return the admission date/time associated with this episode of care.
    In the case of a patient who is ASIH OTHER FACILITY, it will be the date/time of the movement that put the patient into ASIH OTHER FACILITY status.
    The date portion of the DATE/TIME field (#.01) of the PATIENT MOVEMENT file (#405) is used to populate this field.
    This field is always exactly 8 numeric characters in length. The format is YYYYMMDD; for example, 19970923. If the date cannot be determined, then a default is used. The default date value is the value of the YEAR MONTH
    field (#1) concatenated with "01" for the day (DD) portion.
25 ADMISSION TIME 0;25 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>6!($L(X)<6) X
    MAXIMUM LENGTH: 6
  • OUTPUT TRANSFORM:  S Y=$$ECXTIMEX^ECXUTL(Y,0)
  • LAST EDITED:  AUG 22, 2018
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 6 characters in length (HHMMSS).
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Time of day at which the patient admission occurred.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  A call is made to $$INP^ECXUTL2 using the patient's DFN and the date/time the IV was administered. The call will return the admission date/time associated with this episode of care.
    In the case of a patient who is ASIH OTHER FACILITY, it will be the date/time of the movement that put the patient into ASIH OTHER FACILITY status.
    The time portion of the DATE/TIME field (#.01) of the PATIENT MOVEMENT file (#405) is used to populate this field.
    This field is always exactly 6 numeric characters in length; if time cannot be determined, then "000300" is used as default.
26 DSS IDENTIFIER FOR ENCOUNTER 0;26 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>6!($L(X)<6) X
  • LAST EDITED:  SEP 22, 1997
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 6 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Primary and secondary stop codes associated with the clinic, if IV dispensed to outpatient.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    File #728.113 contains a pointer to HOSPITAL LOCATION (file #44). Using this pointer, obtain the primary and secondary clinic stop codes from the CLINIC AND STOP CODES file (#728.44).
27 PLACEHOLD MPI 1;1 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>10!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  APR 29, 2022
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-10 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This field, previously known as MASTER PATIENT INDEX, is no longer needed. The name has been changed to PLACEHOLD MPI and its value will be set to null.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    This field is no longer in use as of patch ECX*3*184.
28 PLACEHOLDER 1;2 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>10!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  APR 20, 2016
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-10 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This field, previously known as DSS PRODUCT DEPARTMENT, is no longer needed. The name has been changed to PLACEHOLDER and its value will be set to null.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    This field is no longer in use as of patch ECX*3*161.
29 PLACEHOLDER 1;3 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>8!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  APR 26, 2007
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-8 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Currently NULL.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Currently NULL.
30 PLACEHOLD PC PROV PERSON CLASS 1;4 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>7!($L(X)<7) X
  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 01, 2018
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 7 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This field, previously known as PC PROVIDER PERSON CLASS, is no longer needed. The name has been changed to PLACEHOLD PC PROV PERSON CLASS and its value will be set to null.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    This field is no longer in use as of patch ECX*3*170.
31 PLACEHOLD ASSOC PC PROVIDER 1;5 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>11!($L(X)<2) X
  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 01, 2018
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 2-11 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This field, previously known as ASSOCIATE PC PROVIDER, is no longer needed. The name has been changed to PLACEHOLD ASSOC PC PROVIDER and its value will be set to null.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    This field is no longer in use as of patch ECX*3*170.
32 PLACEHOLD AS PC PROV PERSON CL 1;6 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>7!($L(X)<7) X
  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 01, 2018
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 7 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This field, previously known as ASSOC. PC PROV. PERSON CLASS, is no longer needed. The name has been changed to PLACEHOLD AS PC PROV PERSON CL and its value will be set to null.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    This field is no longer in use as of patch ECX*3*170.
33 PLACEHOLDER 1;7 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>8!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  APR 26, 2007
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-8 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Currently NULL.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Currently NULL.
34 DOM,PRRTP AND SAARTP INDICATOR 1;8 SET
  • 'P' FOR GEN. PRRTP;
  • 'T' FOR PTSD PRRTP;
  • 'S' FOR DOM. PRRTP;
  • 'H' FOR HOMELESS CWT/TR;
  • 'A' FOR SA CWT/TR;
  • 'D' FOR DOMICILIARY;
  • 'B' FOR PTSD CWT/TR;
  • 'C' FOR GEN. CET/TR;

  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 31, 2012
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter the indicator associated with the treating specialty assigned to this record.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Indicates if the patient is admitted to either a RRTP, PRRTP, or SARRTP at the time care is provided.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  If the patient's treating specialty exists in the DSS TREATING SPECIALTY TRANSLATION file (#727.831), data is derived from the DOM/PRRTP/SARRTP CODE field (#2) of the DSS TREATING SPECIALTY TRANSLATION file (#727.831).
    Otherwise, the value is null.
35 OBSERVATION PATIENT INDICATOR 1;9 SET
  • 'NO' FOR NO;
  • 'YES' FOR YES;

  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 31, 2012
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter observation patient status for this record.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Indicates if patient is considered to be an observation patient.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  Data (YES, NO) is retrieved from API call $$OBSPAT^ECXUTL4:
    If the patient's treating specialty exists in the DSS TREATING SPECIALTY TRANSLATION file (#727.831), data is derived from the OBSERVATION PAT INDICATOR field (#4) of the DSS TREATING SPECIALTY TRANSLATION file (#727.831).
    If patient is outpatient and treating specialty not in file, AND Feeder Key (CLI) or DSS ID (MTL,IVP,ECQ,NOS,SUR) is 290-297, Observation Patient Ind=YES. Else, Observation Patient Ind=NO.
    Otherwise, Observation Patient Ind=NO.
36 ENCOUNTER NUMBER 1;10 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>18!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 04, 2001
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-18 characters in length
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The unique number assigned for DSS.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  This field is determined by a call to $$ENCNUM^ECXUTL4. Within this call the inpatient/outpatient status, SSN, admit/visit date, treating specialty, observation patient indicator, and DSS Identifier or feeder key values
    of the record are used to create a unique encounter number.
37 ORDERING PROVIDER 1;11 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>11!($L(X)<2) X
  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 08, 2001
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 2-11 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The provider who ordered the IV product.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  The ORDERING PROVIDER field is derived from the PROVIDER field (#9) of the IV EXTRACT DATA file (#728.113).
    The provider comes from the PROVIDER field (#.06) within the IV multiple (#100) of the PHARMACY PATIENT file (#55).
    ORDERING PROVIDER is the value of a "2" prefixed to the pointer value from the NEW PERSON file (#200) to indicate that the source file is "200". For example, if the IEN of the provider in file #200 is 98765, the value that
    will be stored is 298765.
38 ORDERING STOP CODE 1;12 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>3!($L(X)<3) X
  • LAST EDITED:  OCT 02, 2002
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 3 characters in length
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This field contains the stop code associated with the order.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  For outpatients the stop code is the primary stop code for the clinic as determined by the AMIS REPORTING STOP CODE field (#1) of the CLINIC STOP file (#40.7) as pointed to by the STOP CODE NUMBER field (#8) of the
    HOSPITAL LOCATION file (#44) as pointed to by the CLINIC field (#136) of the IV multiple (#100) of the PHARMACY PATIENT file (#55). If none exists, the value is set to null.
    For observation patients the stop code is translated using the following table.
    Treating Specialty Observation Stop Code
    18 293
    23 295
    24 290
    36 296
    41 294
    65 291
    94 292
    1J 297
39 ORDERING DATE 1;13 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>8!($L(X)<8) X
  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 08, 2001
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 8 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Date the order was verified by Nurse.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  Data comes from the DATE field (#16) of the IV EXTRACT DATA file (#728.113).
    The date is derived from the START DATE/TIME field (#.02) in the IV multiple (#100) of the PHARMACY PATIENT file (#55).
    This field contains the date of the order in YYYYMMDD format.
40 REQUESTING PHYSICIAN 1;14 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>11!($L(X)<2) X
  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 08, 2001
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 2-11 characters in length
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    For future development; currently set to null.
41 PRODUCTION DIVISION CODE 1;15 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>7!($L(X)<3) X
  • LAST EDITED:  JUN 08, 2012
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 3-7 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Identifies the division/facility where the work was performed.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  Data comes from the DIVISION field (#.02) of the IV ROOM file (#59.5), which is a pointer to the MEDICAL CENTER DIVISION file (#40.8). This value is then used to call the api GETDIV^ECXDEPT to get the STATION NUMBER field
    (#99) from the INSTITUTION file (#4).
42 PLACEHOLD MEANS TEST 1;16 SET
  • This field, previously known as MEANS TEST, is no longer needed. The name has been changed to PLACEHOLD MEANS TEST and its value will be set to null.

  • LAST EDITED:  FEB 13, 2020
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Select the appropriate means test category.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This field, previously known as MEANS TEST, is no longer needed. The name has been changed to PLACEHOLD MEANS TEST and its value will be set to null.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    This field is no longer in use as of patch ECX*3*178.
43 ELIGIBILITY 1;17 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>3!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  JUN 12, 2002
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-3 characters in length
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Appropriate eligibility code based on veteran or non-veteran status.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  Using the patient pointer (DFN) stored in the PATIENT NO. - DFN field (4) in the IV DETAIL EXTRACT file (#727.819), ELIGIBILITY data is derived from the PRIMARY ELIGIBILITY CODE field (.361) in the PATIENT file (#2).
    PRIMARY ELIGIBILITY CODE is a pointer to the ELIGIBILITY CODE file (#8). The data is derived from the MAS ELIGIBILITY CODE field (8) in the ELIGIBILITY CODE file (#8) which in turn is a pointer to the MAS ELIGIBILITY CODE
    file (#8.1).
    The pointer value to file #8.1 is converted by ELIG^ECXUTL3 to the corresponding eligibility code used by NPCD. This code is composed of two or three numeric characters.
44 DATE OF BIRTH 1;18 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>8!($L(X)<8) X
  • LAST EDITED:  JUN 12, 2002
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 8 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Patient's date of birth.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Date of Birth is returned through the supported call DEM^VADPT. It is then represented by an 8-character numeric string in the YYYYMMDD format.
45 SEX 1;19 SET
  • 'M' FOR MALE;
  • 'F' FOR FEMALE;

  • LAST EDITED:  JUN 12, 2002
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter the sex of the patient.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Patient's gender.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  Data is taken from the SEX field (#.02) of the patient's record in the PATIENT file (#2).
    The gender is returned by DEM^VADPT.
46 STATE 1;20 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>2!($L(X)<2) X
  • LAST EDITED:  JUN 12, 2002
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 2 characters in length
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The state in which the patient resides.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  Using the patient pointer (DFN) stored in the PATIENT NO. - DFN field (#4) in the IV DETAIL EXTRACT file (#727.819), data is derived from the STATE field (#.115) in the PATIENT file (#2) which points to the STATE file
    (#5). From the STATE file record, use the two character VA STATE CODE field (#2).
47 COUNTY 1;21 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>3!($L(X)<3) X
  • LAST EDITED:  JUN 12, 2002
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 3 characters in length
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The county in which the patient resides.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  Using the patient pointer (DFN) stored in the PATIENT NO. - DFN field (#4) in the IV DETAIL EXTRACT file (#727.819), data is taken from the COUNTY field (#.117) in the PATIENT file (#2) which points to a subfile record in
    the COUNTY multiple field (#3) of the STATE file (#5). A pointer to the STATE file (#5) is obtained from the STATE field (#.115) of the file #2 record.
    From the subfile record of field #3 of file #5, use the value of the VA COUNTY CODE field (#2).
48 ZIP+4 1;22 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>10!($L(X)<5) X
  • LAST EDITED:  JUN 12, 2002
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 5-10 characters in length
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The ZIP code for where the patient resides. The 5-character ZIP code is provided if ZIP+4 is not available.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  The patient's ZIP code with optional 4-digit extension as found in the ZIP+4 field (#.1112) of the patient's record in the PATIENT file (#2). While the ZIP+4 field in file 2 is a max of 9 characters, it does put the "-" in
    if the ZIP code is a +4 type.
49 VETERAN 1;23 SET
  • 'Y' FOR YES;
  • 'N' FOR NO;

  • LAST EDITED:  JUN 12, 2002
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Select the appropriate veteran status for this patient.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Patient's Veteran status.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Using the patient pointer (DFN) stored in the PATIENT NO. - DFN field (#4) in the IV DETAIL EXTRACT file (#727.819), VETERAN data is derived from the VETERAN (Y/N)? field (#1901) in the PATIENT file (#2).
50 PERIOD OF SERVICE 1;24 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>1!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  JUN 12, 2002
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1 character in length
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The period of service that best classifies the patient based on eligibility code.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Period of Service is derived from the Period of Service field (#.323) in the Patient file (#2).
51 POW STATUS 1;25 SET
  • 'Y' FOR YES;
  • 'N' FOR NO;
  • 'U' FOR UNKNOWN;

  • LAST EDITED:  JUN 12, 2002
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter the patient's POW status.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Indicates if patient was confined as a Prisoner of War.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    PATIENT file (#2); POW STATUS INDICATED? field (#.525). The status indicator is returned by SVC^VADPT.
52 POW LOCATION 1;26 POINTER TO POW PERIOD FILE (#22) POW PERIOD(#22)

  • LAST EDITED:  JUN 12, 2002
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter the patient's POW location.
  • DESCRIPTION:  If POW Status is indicated, then this is the POW confinement location/period.
    1 WORLD WAR I
    2 WORLD WAR II - EUROPE
    3 WORLD WAR II - PACIFIC
    4 KOREAN
    5 VIETNAM
    6 OTHER
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    PATIENT file (#2); POW CONFINEMENT LOCATION field (#.526). This is a pointer value to the POW PERIOD file (#22). The location indicator is returned by SVC^VADPT.
53 RADIATION STATUS 1;27 SET
  • 'Y' FOR YES;
  • 'N' FOR NO;
  • 'U' FOR UNKNOWN;
  • '1' FOR NO RADIATION;
  • '2' FOR HIROSHIMA/NAGASAKI;
  • '3' FOR ATMOSPHERIC NUCLEAR TESTING;
  • '4' FOR H/N AND ATMOSPHERIC TESTING;
  • '5' FOR UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR TESTING;
  • '6' FOR EXPOSURE AT NUCLEAR FACILITY;
  • '7' FOR OTHER;

  • LAST EDITED:  JUN 12, 2002
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter the Radiation Status for the patient.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Indicates if patient claims exposure to ionizing radiation.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    PATIENT file (#2); RADIATION EXPOSURE INDICATED? field (#.32103). The status indicator is returned by SVC^VADPT.
54 AGENT ORANGE STATUS 1;28 SET
  • 'Y' FOR YES;
  • 'N' FOR NO;
  • 'U' FOR UNKNOWN;

  • LAST EDITED:  JUN 10, 2012
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter the Agent Orange Status for the patient.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Indicates whether patient was exposed to Agent Orange.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    PATIENT file (#2); AGENT ORANGE EXPOS. INDICATED? field (#.32102). The status indicator is returned by SVC^VADPT.
55 AGENT ORANGE LOCATION 1;29 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>1!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 24, 2023
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Choose the location where the patient was exposed to Agent Orange. Answer must be 1 character in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  This field indicates the location where the patient was exposed to Agent Orange. Values are:
    "B" = BLUE WATER NAVY
    "K" = KOREAN DMZ
    "V" = VIETNAM
    "T" = THAILAND(U.S. OR ROYAL THAI MIL BASE)
    "L" = LAOS
    "C" = CAMBODIA(MIMOT OR KREK,KAMPONG CHAM)
    "G" = GUAM, AMERICAN SAMOA, OR TERRITORIAL WATERS
    "J" = JOHNSTON ATOLL
    "O" = OTHER
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  The location is returned by a call to SVC^VADPT which gets its data from the AGENT ORANGE EXPOSURE LOCATION field (#.3213) of the PATIENT file (#2). Values are:
    "B" = BLUE WATER NAVY
    "K" = KOREAN DMZ
    "V" = VIETNAM
    "T" = THAILAND(U.S. OR ROYAL THAI MIL BASE)
    "L" = LAOS
    "C" = CAMBODIA(MIMOT OR KREK,KAMPONG CHAM)
    "G" = GUAM, AMERICAN SAMOA, OR TERRITORIAL WATERS
    "J" = JOHNSTON ATOLL
    "O" = OTHER
56 PURPLE HEART INDICATOR 1;30 SET
  • 'Y' FOR YES;
  • 'N' FOR NO;

  • LAST EDITED:  JUN 12, 2002
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter the Purple Heart Indicator for the patient.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Indicates whether or not a patient is a Purple Heart recipient.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    PATIENT file (#2); CURRENT PH INDICATOR field (#.531). The status indicator is returned by SVC^VADPT.
57 MST STATUS 1;31 SET
  • 'Y' FOR Yes, screened reports MST;
  • 'N' FOR Screened, does not report MST;
  • 'D' FOR Screened, declines to answer;
  • 'U' FOR Unknown, not screened;

  • LAST EDITED:  JUN 13, 2012
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter the patient's MST Status.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Indicates the Military Sexual Trauma (MST) status of a patient on the date of the encounter.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  The MST HISTORY file (#29.11) holds data regarding military sexual trauma claims and effective dates. The patient's MST status is stored in the MST STATUS field (#3). A call will be made to $$GETSTAT^DGMSTAPI(DFN,DGDATE)
    using the DFN in the PATIENT NO. DFN field (#4) and the date in the DAY field (#8).
58 ENROLLMENT LOCATION 1;32 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>7!($L(X)<3) X
  • LAST EDITED:  JUN 12, 2002
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 3-7 characters in length
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The facility that the patient chooses to designate as his preferred location for care.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  The PREFERRED FACILITY field (# 27.02) of the PATIENT file (#2) is defined as the facility that the patient chooses to designate as his preferred location for care. The PREFERRED FACILITY field (# 27.02) is a pointer to
    the INSTITUTION file (#4). From file #4, the value in the STATION NUMBER field (#99) is used.
59 ENROLLMENT CATEGORY 1;33 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>1!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  JUN 12, 2002
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1 character in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Patient's enrollment category.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    ENROLLMENT CATEGORY is derived from the standard call $$CATEGORY^DGENA4 using the patient's DFN and the ENROLLMENT STATUS (#60) field.
60 ENROLLMENT STATUS 1;34 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>2!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  JUN 12, 2002
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-2 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Patient's enrollment status.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    ENROLLMENT STATUS is derived from the standard call $$STATUS^DGENA using the patient's DFN and returns the ENROLLMENT STATUS field (#.04) of the PATIENT ENROLLMENT file (#27.11).
61 SHAD STATUS 1;35 SET
  • 'Y' FOR YES;
  • 'N' FOR NO;
  • 'U' FOR UNKNOWN;

  • LAST EDITED:  FEB 12, 2010
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter SHAD Status.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Indicates whether patient meets requirements for Shipboard Hazard and Defense (SHAD).
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Using the patient pointer (DFN) stored in the PATIENT NO. - DFN field (#4) in the IV DETAIL EXTRACT file (#727.819), Shipboard Hazard and Defense data is derived from using DBIA #4462 GETSHAD^DGUTL3(DFN).
62 CNH STATUS 1;36 SET
  • 'YES' FOR YES;
  • 'NO' FOR NO;

  • LAST EDITED:  MAR 12, 2014
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter the CNH status for this patient.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This field is used to indicate whether a patient is currently in a contract nursing home.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Using the CNHSTAT^ECXUTL4(DFN) call, the CNH status is returned based on the CNH CURRENT field (#148) of the PATIENT file (#2).
63 PLACEHOLDER 1;37 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>11!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  APR 26, 2007
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-11 characters in length
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Currently NULL.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Currently NULL.
64 HEAD & NECK CANCER INDICATOR 2;1 SET
  • 'Y' FOR YES;
  • 'N' FOR NO;

  • LAST EDITED:  AUG 28, 2002
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter the Head & Neck Cancer Indicator for the patient.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Identifies whether patient has head and/or neck cancer.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Using the patient pointer (DFN) stored in the PATIENT NO. - DFN field (#4), a call is made to $$GETCUR^DGNTAPI to retrieve the HEAD/NECK CA DX field (#2.01) of the NOSE AND THROAT RADIUM HISTORY file (#28.11).
65 PLACEHOLD ETHNICITY 2;2 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>6!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  MAR 15, 2018
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-6 characters in length
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This field, previously known as ETHNICITY, is no longer needed. The name has been changed to PLACEHOLD ETHNICITY and its value will be set to null.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    This field is no longer in use as of patch ECX*3*170.
66 PLACEHOLD RACE 1 2;3 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>6!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  MAR 15, 2018
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-6 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This field, previously known as RACE 1, is no longer needed. The name has been changed to PLACEHOLD RACE 1 and its value will be set to null.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    This field is no longer in use as of patch ECX*3*170.
67 PLACEHOLDER 2;4 POINTER TO DRUG FILE (#50) DRUG(#50)

  • LAST EDITED:  APR 05, 2013
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter drug dispensed.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Currently NULL. This field is not currently used.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Currently NULL.
68 PLACEHOLDER 2;5 NUMBER

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:+X'=X!(X>50)!(X<0)!(X?.E1"."3N.N) X
  • LAST EDITED:  APR 05, 2013
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Type a Number between 0 and 50, 2 Decimal Digits.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Currently NULL. This field is not currently used.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Currently NULL.
69 PLACEHOLDER 2;6 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>40!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  APR 05, 2013
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-40 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Currently NULL. This field is not currently used.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Currently NULL.
70 PLACEHOLDER 2;7 SET
  • 'Y' FOR YES;
  • 'N' FOR NO;

  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 15, 2013
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Indicate if patient is in the ICU.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Currently NULL. This field is not currently used.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Currently NULL.
71 ORDERING PROVIDER PERSON CLASS 2;8 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>7!($L(X)<7) X
  • LAST EDITED:  JUN 24, 2003
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 7 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The VA code of the Person Class of the Ordering Provider as of the date of this extract record.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  ORDERING PROVIDER PERSON CLASS format of the field will be V999999, where 999999 wil be six numeric digits.
    ORDERING PROVIDER PERSON CLASS is the Active Person which is determined by $$GET^AU4A71(PERS,DATE), where PERS is the IEN from NEW PERSON file (#200).
72 PLACEHOLD DSS IP # 2;9 NUMBER

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:+X'=X!(X>9999999)!(X<1)!(X?.E1"."1N.N) X
  • LAST EDITED:  FEB 04, 2019
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Type a Number between 1 and 9999999, 0 Decimal Digits.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This field, previously known as DSS IP #, is no longer needed. The name has been changed to PLACEHOLD DSS IP # and its value will be set to null.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    This field is no longer in use as of patch ECX*3*174.
73 ENROLLMENT PRIORITY 2;10 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>2!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  FEB 26, 2004
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-2 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This field contains the enrollment priority group and the enrollment priority subgroup.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  ENROLLMENT PRIORITY field contains the enrollment priority group and the enrollment priority subgroup from the PATIENT ENROLLMENT File (#27.11).
    ENROLLMENT PRIORITY Groups determined for a patient enrollment include:
    '1' FOR GROUP 1
    '2' FOR GROUP 2
    '3' FOR GROUP 3
    '4' FOR GROUP 4
    '5' FOR GROUP 5
    '6' FOR GROUP 6
    '7' FOR GROUP 7
    '8' FOR GROUP 8
    ENROLLMENT PRIORITY Subgroups determined for a patient enrollment include:
    'a' FOR 1
    'c' FOR 3
    'e' FOR 5
    'g' FOR 7
74 USER ENROLLEE 2;11 SET
  • 'U' FOR USER ENROLLED;

  • LAST EDITED:  JUN 08, 2012
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter patient's current enrollment status.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Indicates whether a Veteran has User Enrollee status for the current or future fiscal year.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  User enrollee is determined by checking the PATIENT ENROLLMENT file (#27.11). When a user has a current or future fiscal year in the VistA ENROLLMENT STATUS field (#.04) the value is set to 'U' and Null if no date or a
    past year's value is contained. Determined by the use of an API: $$UESTAT^EASUSER where the Patient Identifier (DFN) is passed in.
75 PATIENT TYPE 2;12 SET
  • 'AC' FOR ACTIVE DUTY;
  • 'AL' FOR ALLIED VETERAN;
  • 'CO' FOR COLLATERAL;
  • 'EM' FOR EMPLOYEE;
  • 'IN' FOR INELIGIBLE;
  • 'MI' FOR MILITARY RETIREE;
  • 'NO' FOR NON-VETERAN (OTHER);
  • 'NS' FOR NSC VETERAN;
  • 'SC' FOR SC VETERAN;
  • 'TR' FOR TRICARE;

  • LAST EDITED:  FEB 26, 2004
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter type of patient.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Refers to the various types of patient which may be seen at a VA facility.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  PATIENT TYPE is derived from a call to TYPE^ECXUTL5(DFN). Using the patient's DFN, the NAME field (#.01) of the TYPE OF PATIENT file (#391) as pointed to by the TYPE field (#391) of the PATIENT file (#2) is shortened to
    the first two characters to determine the value stored in the PATIENT TYPE field (#68).
76 CV STATUS ELIGIBILITY 2;13 SET
  • 'Y' FOR YES;
  • 'E' FOR ELIGIBILITY EXPIRED;

  • LAST EDITED:  JUN 10, 2012
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter patient's combat veteran eligibility.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Records if veteran served on active duty in a theater of combat operations during a period of war after the Persian Gulf War or in combat against a hostile force during a period of hostilities after November 11, 1998.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  CV STATUS ELIGIBILITY is determined by the use of API $$CVEDT^DGCV(DFN,DATE) that checks the COMBAT VET END DATE field (#.5295) from the PATIENT file (#2) to determine CV Status. API returns three pieces (i.e.
    1^20010106^0) and the first piece is resolved as follows.
    1 - veteran qualifies as a CV
    0 - veteran does not qualify as a CV
    -1 - bad DFN
    Based on this result the field will be set to 'Y' for 'YES' or 'E' for 'ELIGIBILITY EXPIRED' or 'NULL' for not eligible.
77 CV ELIGIBILITY END DATE 2;14 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>8!($L(X)<8) X
  • LAST EDITED:  JUN 10, 2012
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 8 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  Records the Combat Veteran eligibility expiration date or veteran who served on active duty in a theater of combat operations during a period of war after the Persian Gulf War or in combat against a hostile force during a
    period of hostilities after November 11, 1998.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  CV ELIGIBILITY END DATE is determined by the use of API $$CVEDT^DGCV(DFN,DATE) that checks the COMBAT VET END DATE field (#.5295) from the PATIENT file (#2) to determine CV Status. API returns three pieces (i.e.
    1^20010106^0) the 2nd piece is the COMBAT VET END DATE in HL7 format.
78 ENCOUNTER CV 2;15 SET
  • 'Y' FOR YES;

  • LAST EDITED:  JUN 10, 2012
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter patient's combat veteran eligibility.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Records if a Veteran served on active duty in a theater of combat operations during a period of war after the Persian Gulf War or in combat against a hostile force during a period of hostilities after November 11, 1998.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  ENCOUNTER CV is determined by the use of API $$CVEDT^DGCV(DFN,DATE) that checks the COMBAT VET END DATE field (#.5295) from the PATIENT file #(2) to determine CV Status. API returns three pieces (i.e. 1^20100106^0). The
    third piece returns:
    1 - vet was eligible on date specified
    0 - vet was not eligible on date specified
    Based on these returns, the value for this field shall be Y for Yes if value is 1 or left blank if 0 to indicate ineligibility.
79 NATIONAL PATIENT RECORD FLAG 2;16 SET
  • 'Y' FOR YES;

  • LAST EDITED:  JUN 10, 2012
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Indicate if patient is associated with a category 1 patient record flag.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This field records whether the patient's record contains 1 or more active category 1 (National) Patient Record Flags.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  The NATIONAL PATIENT RECORD FLAG field is set based on the results of the $$GETACT^DGPFAPI(DFN,TARGET ARRAY) call. This call looks at the category 1 national patient record flags as recorded in the PRF NATIONAL FLAG file
    (#26.15). The resulting value of this call is the number of active category I patient record flags assigned to this patient. This field is set to Y (YES) if the result is greater than zero. A value of zero causes this
    field to be left null.
80 ERI 2;17 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>2!($L(X)<1) X
    MAXIMUM LENGTH: 2
  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 05, 2020
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-2 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This field identifies patients from impacted zip code areas designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  This field is extracted from the EMERGENCY RESPONSE INDICATOR field (#.181) located in the PATIENT file (#2). Values are:
    "K" = Hurricane Katrina
    "P" = Pandemic
    Null
81 SW ASIA CONDITIONS 2;18 SET
  • 'Y' FOR YES;
  • 'N' FOR NO;
  • 'U' FOR UNKNOWN;

  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 27, 2009
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This field is used to indicate if this visit represents treatment of a VA patient claiming exposure to Southwest Asia Conditions.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    This field is derived from the SOUTHWEST ASIA CONDITIONS? field (#.322013) in the Patient File (#2) using the patient's DFN. The status indicator is returned by SVC^VADPT. The field values are: Y=YES N=NO U= UNKNOWN
82 OEF/OIF 2;19 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>9!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 02, 2007
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-9 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The Military Operation in which the patient was in combat during the specified time period. This field is a length of nine characters and reflects the OEF or OIF where this patient was in combat.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  The Military Operation in which the patient was in combat during the specified time period. This field is a length of nine characters and reflects the OEF or OIF where this patient was in combat. The value of this field
    is derived from the LOCATION OF SERVICE field (#.01) from the SERVICE [OEF OR OIF] sub-file (#2.3215) of field (#.3215) located in the PATIENT file (#2). DSS will capture once, each location where the veteran served. In
    order to accommodate multiple locations, the values for this field are concatenated into this 9-character field. Possible field values are one or more combinations of the following: OEF = Operation Enduring Freedom OIF =
    Operation Iraqi Freedom UNK = Unknown OEF/OIF
83 OEF/OIF RETURN DATE 2;20 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>8!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 02, 2007
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-8 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The date the patient left the OEF/OIF area, if known. Otherwise, it is the end date of military pay for this OEF/OIF deployment. This date field has a format equal to YYYYMMDD.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  The date the patient left the OEF/OIF area, if known. Otherwise, it is the end date of military pay for this OEF/OIF deployment. This date field has a format equal to YYYYMMDD. The value of this field is derived from the
    OEF/OIF TO DATE field (#.03) from the SERVICE [OEF OR OIF] sub-file (#2.3215) of field (#.3215) located in the PATIENT file (#2). In cases of multiple OEF/OIF tours, this field contains only most recent return date.
84 PLACEHOLD ASSOC PC PROV NPI 2;21 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>15!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 01, 2018
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-15 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This field, previously known as ASSOCIATE PC PROVIDER NPI, is no longer needed. The name has been changed to PLACEHOLD ASSOC PC PROV NPI and its value will be set to null.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    This field is no longer in use as of patch ECX*3*170.
85 ORDERING PROVIDER NPI 2;22 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>15!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 02, 2007
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-15 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    A standard unique life-long identifier of the provider who ordered the intravenous product. This field has a length of fifteen characters.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    A standard unique life-long identifier of the provider who ordered the intravenous product. This field has a length of fifteen characters. The qualified identifier is retrieved via the supporting Kernel API: $$NPI^XUSNPI.
86 PLACEHOLD PC PROVIDER NPI 2;23 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>15!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 01, 2018
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-15 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This field, previously known as PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER NPI, is no longer needed. The name has been changed to PLACEHOLD PC PROVIDER NPI and its value will be set to null.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    This field is no longer in use as of patch ECX*3*170.
87 COUNTRY CODE 2;24 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>3!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  JUN 09, 2009
  • HELP-PROMPT:  The code for the country. Answer must be 1-3 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This is the code for the country associated with the address.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    The three-character alpha identifying code is copied from the CODE field (#.01) of the COUNTRY file (#779.004).
88 PATCAT 2;25 SET
  • 'AD' FOR Active Duty;
  • 'ADD' FOR Active Duty Dependent;
  • 'FNRS' FOR Former Non-Remarried Spouse;
  • 'RET' FOR Retired;
  • 'RETD' FOR Retiree Dependent;
  • 'RES' FOR Reservist;
  • 'REC' FOR Recruit;
  • 'TDRL' FOR Temporary Disability;
  • 'TFL' FOR TRICARE for Life;

  • LAST EDITED:  SEP 03, 2010
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Select the Patient's Category for the FHCC Reconciliation process.
  • DESCRIPTION:  This is the Patient's category which will be used for FHCC (Federal Health Care Center) Reconciliation. DSS must capture and report DoD patients so that the FHCC reconciliation process can function as designed.
    "Reconciliation" is the process used within the new FHCC to determine which patients DoD pays for and which VA pays for.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  If the VistA Patient Type Code (TYPE field (#391) of the PATIENT file (#2) ) = Active Duty, Military Retiree, or TRICARE, then the value(s) in the VistA Other Eligibility multiple (PATIENT ELIGIBILITIES field (#361) of the
    PATIENT file (#2)), which points to locally modifiable ELIGIBILITY CODE file (#8) should be evaluated. If the value in the ELIGIBILITY CODE is equal to any entry in the set of codes in this field, the value should be
    placed in this field.
89 ENCOUNTER SC 2;26 SET
  • 'Y' FOR YES;
  • 'N' FOR NO;

  • LAST EDITED:  MAR 11, 2013
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Is this Encounter Service Connected?
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Indicates if treatment provided during this patient encounter is Service Connected.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  Using a pointer to the VISIT file (#9000010) a call is made to API VISIT^ECXSCX1 which in turn calls ENCEVENT^PXAPI. This call returns visit data, including the SERVICE CONNECTED field (#80001) in the VISIT file
    (#9000010).
90 CAMP LEJEUNE STATUS 2;27 SET
  • 'Y' FOR YES;
  • 'N' FOR NO;

  • LAST EDITED:  MAR 09, 2013
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Indicate Camp Lejeune status for the patient.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Indicates if patient was exposed to contaminated water while stationed at Camp Lejeune, NC between January 1, 1957 and December 31, 1987.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Using the patient's DFN, a call is made to PAT^ECXUTL3, which in turn calls SVC^VADPT. This call returns all service related information for a patient, including their Camp Lejeune status.
91 ENCOUNTER CAMP LEJEUNE 2;28 SET
  • 'Y' FOR YES;
  • 'N' FOR NO;

  • LAST EDITED:  MAR 09, 2013
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Indicate if this encounter is related to exposure at Camp Lejeune.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Indicates if episode of care is related to exposure to contaminated water while stationed at Camp Lejeune, NC between January 1, 1957 and December 31, 1987.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Using a pointer to the VISIT file (#9000010) a call is made to API VISIT^ECXSCX1 which in turn calls ENCEVENT^PXAPI. The ENCEVENT^PXAPI returns the encounter Camp Lejeune data from the VISIT file (#9000010).
92 COMBAT VETERAN INDICATOR 2;29 SET
  • 'Y' FOR YES;
  • 'N' FOR NO;

  • LAST EDITED:  MAR 12, 2014
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter 'YES' if this patient is a Combat Veteran.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Identifies if the patient served in a combat zone.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  Using the patient pointer (DFN) stored in the PATIENT NO. - DFN field (#4) in this file, COMBAT SERVICE INDICATOR data is derived from the COMBAT SERVICE INDICATED field (#.5291) in the PATIENT file (#2). COMBAT SERVICE
    INDICATED is returned by the supported call SVC^VADPT.
93 COMBAT VETERAN LOCATION 2;30 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>14!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  APR 03, 2014
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-14 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Identifies the war in which the combat service was incurred.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  Using the patient pointer (DFN) stored in the PATIENT NO. - DFN field (#4) in this file, COMBAT SERVICE LOCATION data is derived from the COMBAT SERVICE LOCATION field (#.5292) in the PATIENT file (#2). The COMBAT SERVICE
    LOCATION IEN is returned by the supported call SVC^VADPT, this IEN is then used to retrieve the ABBREVIATION field(#1) from the POW PERIOD file (#22).
94 PATIENT DIVISION 2;31 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>7!($L(X)<3) X
    MAXIMUM LENGTH: 7
  • LAST EDITED:  JUN 29, 2017
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter the 3 to 7 character Station Number of the ward (for inpatients and observation patients) or outpatient clinic (for outpatients).
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This field is the Station Number of the ward (for inpatients and observation patients) or the outpatient clinic (for outpatients) where the IV was administered.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  For inpatients and observation patients, the input parameter for the RADDIV^ECXDEPT API is based on the ward where the IV was administered.
    For outpatients, the input parameter for the RADDIV^ECXDEPT API is based on the outpatient clinic where the IV was administered.
95 VISTA DEA SPECIAL HDLG 2;32 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>6!($L(X)<1) X
    MAXIMUM LENGTH: 6
  • LAST EDITED:  MAR 11, 2019
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-6 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Identifies the DEA codes assigned to the drug associated with this record.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Derived from the DEA, SPECIAL HDLG field (#3) in the DRUG file (#50).
96 PLACEHOLD CERNER 3;1 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>439!($L(X)<1) X
    MAXIMUM LENGTH: 439
  • LAST EDITED:  APR 29, 2022
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-439 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Placeholder for Cerner fields. Reserved for EHRM conversion.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    This field is reserved for EHRM conversion.
97 NEW MPI 4;1 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>20!($L(X)<1) X
    MAXIMUM LENGTH: 20
  • LAST EDITED:  APR 29, 2022
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-20 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  A national VA system IDENTIFIER which uniquely identifies a patient.
    Commonly called "Patient ICN" or "Patient IEN"; not to be confused with the IEN from the VistA PATIENT file.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Derived by calling API $$GETICN^MPIF001 (supported DBIA #2701) that returns the Integration Control Number (ICN) and the ICN checksum for the given patient in the PATIENT file (#2).
98 SELF IDENTIFIED GENDER 4;2 SET
  • 'M' FOR Male;
  • 'F' FOR Female;
  • 'TM' FOR Transgender Male;
  • 'TF' FOR Transgender Female;
  • 'O' FOR Other;
  • 'N' FOR Does not wish to disclose;
  • 'B' FOR Non-Binary;

  • LAST EDITED:  APR 29, 2022
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-2 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  This SELF IDENTIFIED GENDER value indicates the patient's personal sense of their gender identity (if they choose to provide it).
    Self-identified gender may be the same or different as the sex assigned at birth.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Using the patient pointer (DFN) stored in the PATIENT NO. - DFN field (#4) in the IV DETAIL EXTRACT file (#727.819), this data is derived from the SELF IDENTIFIED GENDER field (#.024) in the PATIENT file (#2).
99 PRICE PER DISPENSE UNIT 4;3 NUMBER

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:+X'=X!(X>999999)!(X<0)!(X?.E1"."5N.N) X
  • LAST EDITED:  APR 18, 2023
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter the price per dispense unit for the drug. Value must be a number between 0 and 999999, 4 decimal digits.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This is the price per dispense unit for this drug.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    This is the PRICE PER DISPENSE UNIT field (#16) of the DRUG file (#50).
100 DISPENSE UNIT 4;4 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>10!($L(X)<1) X
    MAXIMUM LENGTH: 10
  • LAST EDITED:  MAR 31, 2023
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter the dispense unit for the drug. Answer must be 1-10 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This is the dispense unit for this drug.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  The Dispense Unit is calculated based on whether this IV order was an Additive or a Solution type.
    For Additive orders, the Dispense Unit is drawn from the ADDITIVE STRENGTH UNITS (#7) field of the IV EXTRACT DATA (#728.113) file.
    For Solution orders, the Dispense Unit is set to ML.
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