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Global: ^ECX(727.811

Package: DSS Extracts

Global: ^ECX(727.811


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727.811 SURGERY EXTRACT DSS Extracts

Description

Pointer To FileMan Files, Total: 6

Package Total FileMan Files
Registration 2 PATIENT MOVEMENT(#405)[25]    PATIENT(#2)[4]    
DSS Extracts 1 DSS EXTRACT LOG(#727)[2]    
Event Capture 1 MEDICAL SPECIALTY(#723)[134]    
Scheduling 1 HOSPITAL LOCATION(#44)[82]    
Surgery 1 PROSTHESIS(#131.9)[22]    

Fields, Total: 140

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:  OCT 02, 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:  727.811^AC
    1)= S ^ECX(727.811,"AC",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
    2)= K ^ECX(727.811,"AC",$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 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>7!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  SEP 11, 1997
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter the station number (1-7 characters) where this extract was performed.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This is the facility/division where the extract was performed.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  If there is data in the DIVISION field (#50) of the SURGERY file (#130) for the extract record, this pointer to the INSTITUTION file (#4) is used. Otherwise, FACILITY is derived as follows. Using the NAME field (#.01)
    pointer from the DSS EXTRACTS file (#728), FACILITY is derived from the STATION NUMBER field (#99) for that pointer number in the INSTITUTION file (#4).
4 PATIENT NO. - DFN 0;5 POINTER TO PATIENT FILE (#2) PATIENT(#2)

  • LAST EDITED:  OCT 18, 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:  
    Derived from the PATIENT field (#.01) in the SURGERY file (#130). PATIENT NO. - DFN is a pointer to the NAME field (#.01) of 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:  OCT 02, 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 SURGERY EXTRACT file (#727.811), 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:  OCT 02, 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 SURGERY EXTRACT file (#727.811), 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:  
    This 8-character string represents the date on which the procedure associated with this Surgery extract record was performed.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  Date source:
    SURGERY file (#130); DATE OF OPERATION field (#.09)
    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. Year 2000 compliant per vendor.
9 CASE NUMBER 0;10 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>12!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  SEP 11, 1997
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-12 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This character string represents in IEN in the SURGERY file (#130).
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    CASE NUMBER is the internal entry number (IEN) of the entry from the SURGERY file (#130) for this extract record.
10 SURGICAL SPECIALTY 0;11 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>3!($L(X)<3)!'(X?3N) X
  • LAST EDITED:  OCT 02, 1996
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Your answer must be 3 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The surgical specialty credited for doing this operative procedure.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  Derived from the NATIONAL SURGICAL SPECIALTY field (1) in the LOCAL SURGICAL SPECIALTY file (#137.45) for the pointer value found in the SURGERY SPECIALTY field (.04) of the SURGERY file (#130). SURGICAL SPECIALTY is the
    three digit CODE field (.01) from the SURGICAL SPECIALTY file (#45.3). If no surgical specialty is found, this field is sent as 999.
11 OR ROOM NUMBER 0;12 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>6!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  SEP 11, 1997
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-6 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This character string represents an IEN to the HOSPITAL LOCATION file (#44) for the operating room where the principal operation was performed.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  Derived from the OPERATING ROOM field (#.02) in the SURGERY file (#130). Field #.02 points to the OPERATING ROOM file (#131.7), which in turn is a pointer to the HOSPITAL LOCATION file (#44).
    The character string stored in this field represents an IEN in file #44.
12 SURGEON 0;13 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>11!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  OCT 18, 1996
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter person performing the major portion of the principal operative procedure.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Person who performed the surgery.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  Derived from the SURGEON field (#.14) in the SURGERY file (#130) for the surgical case. If the case is a non-OR surgical procedure, the PROVIDER field (#123) from the SURGERY file (#130) is used.
    The SURGEON is the value of a "2" prefixed to the pointer value 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.
13 ATTENDING SURGEON 0;14 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>11!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  OCT 18, 1996
  • HELP-PROMPT:  The attending staff surgeon responsible for this case.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Person who oversaw and/or signed off on this surgery.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  Derived from the ATTEND SURG field (#.164) in the SURGERY file (#130) for the surgical case. If the case is a non-OR surgical procedure, the ATTEND PROVIDER field (#124) from the SURGERY file (#130) is used.
    The ATTENDING SURGEON is the value of a "2" prefixed to the pointer value 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.
14 ANESTHESIA SUPERVISOR 0;15 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>11!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  OCT 18, 1996
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter the anesthesiology staff supervisor.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Person who oversaw and/or signed off on the anesthesia for this case.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  Derived from the ANESTHESIOLOGIST SUPVR field (#.34) in the SURGERY file (#130) for the surgical case.
    The ANESTHESIOLOGIST SUPERVISOR is the value of a "2" prefixed to the pointer value 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.
15 ANESTHESIA TECHNIQUE 0;16 SET
  • 'S' FOR SPINAL;
  • 'E' FOR EPIDURAL;
  • 'O' FOR OTHER;
  • 'G' FOR GENERAL;
  • 'M' FOR MONITORED ANESTHESIA CARE;
  • 'L' FOR LOCAL;
  • 'R' FOR REGIONAL;
  • 'N' FOR NO ANESTHESIA;

  • LAST EDITED:  OCT 02, 1996
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter the anesthesia technique used for this surgical case.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The code corresponding to the type of anesthesia technique used during this case.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Derived from the ANESTHESIA TECHNIQUE field (.01) within the ANESTHESIA TECHNIQUE multiple (.37) of the SURGERY file (#130). This anesthesia technique is the principal technique.
16 PRIMARY/SECONDARY/PROSTHETICS 0;17 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>1!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  OCT 02, 1996
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Your answer must be 1 character in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The indicator if this is a primary, secondary or prostheses.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  Data is P for primary when the extract record is for a principal procedure. It is S for secondary when the extract record is for other procedure. It is I for implants (prostheses) when the extract record is for a
    prosthesis item.
17 PLACEHOLDER 0;18 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>8!($L(X)<5) X
  • LAST EDITED:  APR 19, 2016
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter CPT Code, "-", and 2 character modifier.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This field, previously known as CPT, 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.
19 PATIENT TIME 0;20 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>4!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  AUG 04, 2000
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Your answer must be 1 to 4 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The time, in 15 minute increments, the patient was in the OR.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Derived from the TIME PAT OUT OR field (.232) minus the TIME PAT IN OR field (.205) in the SURGERY file (#130).
20 OPERATION TIME 0;21 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>4!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  OCT 02, 1996
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Your answer must be 1 to 4 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The time, in 15 minute increments, of the principal operative procedure.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  Derived from the TIME OPERATION ENDS field (#.23) minus the TIME OPERATION BEGAN field (#.22) in the SURGERY file (#130) for the surgical case. If the case is a non-OR surgical precede, OPERATION TIME is derived from the
    TIME PROCEDURE ENDED field (#122) minus the TIME PROCEDURE BEGAN field (#121) in the SURGERY file (#130).
21 ANESTHESIA TIME 0;22 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>4!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  OCT 02, 1996
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Your answer must be 1 to 4 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The time, in 15 minute increments, of the anesthesia care administered.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  Derived from the ANES CARE END TIME field (.24) minus the ANES CARE START TIME field (.21) in the SURGERY file (#130) if values exist in both fields.
    If either of the above fields are null then the earliest start time from the ANES CARE MULTIPLE START TIME field (.01) and the latest end time from the ANES CARE MULTIPLE END TIME field (1) in the ANES CARE TIME BLOCK
    multiple (.213) in the SURGERY file (#130) will be used to determine the value.
    If a start and end time cannot be found in the multiple then the person class of the PRINC ANESTHETIST field (.31) and the ANESTHESIOLOGIST SUPVR field (.34) will be compared against a list of specific classes. If either
    provider is assigned the specific person class then this field will be set to the value found in the PATIENT TIME field (19) of the SURGERY EXTRACT file (#727.811) plus 2 additional 15 minute increments.
    If all of the above fail, this field will be set to null.
22 PROSTHESIS 0;23 POINTER TO PROSTHESIS FILE (#131.9) PROSTHESIS(#131.9)

  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 07, 2012
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Select prosthesis used during surgery.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Describes which locally defined implant, if any, was used.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Derived from the PROSTHESIS ITEM field (#.01) within the PROSTHESIS INSTALLED multiple (#.47) in the SURGERY file (#130).
23 QUANTITY 0;24 NUMBER

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:+X'=X!(X>99)!(X<1)!(X?.E1"."1.N) X
  • LAST EDITED:  OCT 10, 2002
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Type a number between 1 and 99, 0 Decimal Digits
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This field is obsolete and has been replaced by the NEW QUANTITY field in this file.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Field is set to null.
25 MOVEMENT FILE # 0;26 POINTER TO PATIENT MOVEMENT FILE (#405) PATIENT MOVEMENT(#405)

  • LAST EDITED:  OCT 02, 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).
26 TREATING SPECIALTY 0;27 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>4!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  NOV 03, 2009
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-4 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.
27 CANCELLED 0;28 SET
  • 'C' FOR C;

  • LAST EDITED:  SEP 11, 1997
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter C if the procedure was cancelled.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    If set, this field indicates that the surgical procedure was cancelled after being started.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  If cancellation information exists (^SRF(D0,30)) or for a regular procedure (not a non-OR procedure ^SRF(D0,NON)), there is no data in the TIME PAT IN OR field (#.205), then the extract record is not sent as per 2/7/94
    decision.
    This field is being retained for backward compatibility; essentially it serves as a placeholder in the data line.
28 TIME 0;29 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>6!($L(X)<6)!'(X?6N) X
  • OUTPUT TRANSFORM:  S Y=$$ECXTIMEX^ECXUTL(Y,0)
  • LAST EDITED:  SEP 24, 1997
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 6 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The military time when the patient entered the OR.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  Data source:
    SURGERY file (#130); TIME PAT IN OR field (#.205)
    The character string is always consists of exactly 6 numerics. The field default is "000300" for Year 2000 compliance per vendor.
29 OR TYPE 0;30 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>4!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  SEP 11, 1997
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-4 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The OR TYPE of the operating room where this procedure was done. This field is a character string which represents an IEN in the OPERATING ROOM TYPE file (#134).
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  For the OPERATING ROOM field (#.02) identified in the SURGERY file (#130), OR TYPE is derived from the TYPE field (#9) in the OPERATING ROOM file (#131.7). It is a pointer to the OPERATING ROOM TYPE file (#134) which is a
    national standard operating room types list.
    That pointer value is stored here as a character string; this field then represents an IEN in file #134.
30 ATTENDING'S SERVICE 0;31 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>4!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  SEP 11, 1997
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-4 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The service to which the attending surgeon is assigned. The character string in this field represents an IEN in the NATIONAL SERVICE file (#730).
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  ATTENDING'S SERVICE is an IEN in the NATIONAL SERVICE file (#730).
    It is derived from the SERVICE/SECTION field (#29) in the NEW PERSON file (#200) for the ATTENDING SURGEON field (#13) in the SURGERY EXTRACT file (#727.811) which is a pointer to the SERVICE/SECTION file (#49). The
    pointer value found in the NATIONAL SERVICE field (#730) of the SERVICE/SECTION file (#49) points to the NATIONAL SERVICE file (#730).
    The pointer value to file #730 is stored in this field as a character string.
31 NON-OR DSS IDENTIFIER 0;32 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>10!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 07, 2012
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-10 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Identifies the non-OR location for this procedure if the non-OR portion of the Surgery Package is used.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  For a non-OR procedure this field is derived from the DSS UNIT IDENTIFIER field (#8) of the CLINIC AND STOP CODES file (#728.44), using the HOSPITAL LOCATION file pointer (#44) found in the NON-OR LOCATION field (#119) of
    the SURGERY file (#130).
32 RECOVERY ROOM (PACU) TIME 0;33 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>4!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  OCT 02, 1996
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Your answer must be 1 to 4 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The time, in 15 minute increments, that the patient spent in the post anesthesia care unit.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Derived from the PAC(U) DISCH TIME field (1.18) minus the ADMIT PAC(U) TIME field (1.17) in the SURGERY file (#130).
33 PLACEHOLDER3 0;34 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>15!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 12, 2014
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Your answer must be 1 to 15 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Currently Null.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Currently Null.
34 PLACEHOLD PRIMARY CARE TEAM 0;35 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>4!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 01, 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.
35 PLACEHOLD PC PROVIDER 0;36 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>11!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 01, 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.
36 ADMISSION DATE 0;37 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 (YYYYMMDD) in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This 8-character string represents the date on which the patient's admission occurred.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  If the patient on whom the surgical procedure was performed was an inpatient on the procedure date, then a call to PATDEM^ECXUTL2, which calls INP^ECXUTL2, which calls IN5^VADPT, will return the admission date/time in
    VAIP(13,1). The date is then converted to the DSS format of YYYYMMDD.
37 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.
38 PLACEHOLDER 1;2 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>10!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  APR 19, 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.
39 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.
40 PLACEHOLDER 1;4 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.
41 PLACEHOLDER 1;5 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.
42 PLACEHOLDER 1;6 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.
43 PLACEHOLD PC PROV PERSON CLASS 1;7 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.
44 PLACEHOLD ASSOC PC PROVIDER 1;8 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.
45 PLACEHOLD AS PC PROV PERSON CL 1;9 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.
46 PLACEHOLDER 1;10 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.
47 CPT CODE QUANTITY MODIFIERS 1;11 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>17!($L(X)<1) X
  • OUTPUT TRANSFORM:  NOT EXECUTABLE!! -- SPECIFIER NEEDS AN "O"!
  • LAST EDITED:  JUN 20, 2000
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-17 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The 5-character CPT Code of the procedure performed, the Quantity, or how many times the unique code appears in the record, and up to 5 two-character CPT modifiers.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  This field is derived from a call to CPT^ECXUTL3 using the PRINCIPAL PROCEDURE CODE field (#.02) of the SURGERY PROCEDURE/DIAGNOSIS CODE file (#136) and the PRIN. PROCEDURE CPT MODIFIER field (#28) of the SURGERY file
    (#130) as input.
48 DOM,PRRTP AND SAARTP INDICATOR 1;12 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 08, 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.
49 ENROLLMENT CATEGORY 1;13 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>1!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  JUN 20, 2000
  • 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 patient DFN and the ENROLLMENT STATUS field (#50).
50 ENROLLMENT STATUS 1;14 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>2!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  JUN 20, 2000
  • 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 patient DFN.
51 PLACEHOLDER 1;15 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>1!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  MAR 01, 2004
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1 character in length.
52 PERIOD OF SERVICE 1;16 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>1!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  JUN 20, 2000
  • 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:  Using the patient pointer (DFN) stored in the PATIENT NO. - DFN field (#4) in the SURGERY EXTRACT file (#727.811), PERIOD OF SERVICE data is derived from the PERIOD OF SERVICE field (#.323) in the PATIENT file (#2). This
    field is a pointer to the PERIOD OF SERVICE file (#21). Using the period of service pointer, the data is derived from the CODE field (#.03) in the PERIOD OF SERVICE file (#21). This code is a single alpha numeric
    character.
    The veteran's period of service (pointer) indicator is returned by ELIG^VADPT.
53 PURPLE HEART INDICATOR 1;17 SET
  • 'Y' FOR YES;
  • 'N' FOR NO;

  • LAST EDITED:  OCT 09, 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.
54 OBSERVATION PATIENT INDICATOR 1;18 SET
  • 'NO' FOR NO;
  • 'YES' FOR YES;

  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 08, 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.
55 ENCOUNTER NUMBER 1;19 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>18!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 03, 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.
56 AGENT ORANGE LOCATION 1;20 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>1!($L(X)<1) X
    MAXIMUM LENGTH: 1
  • 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:  Using the patient's DFN, a call is made to SVC^VADPT, which returns the location indicator, as found in 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
57 PRODUCTION DIVISION CODE 1;21 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>7!($L(X)<3) X
  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 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 (#50) of the SURGERY file (#130) which is a pointer to the INSTITUTION file (#4). This value is then used to call the API RADDIV^ECXDEPT to get the STATION NUMBER field (#99) from the
    INSTITUTION file (#4).
58 HEAD & NECK CANCER INDICATOR 1;22 SET
  • 'Y' FOR YES;
  • 'N' FOR NO;

  • LAST EDITED:  AUG 29, 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).
59 PLACEHOLD ETHNICITY 1;23 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.
60 PLACEHOLD RACE 1 1;24 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.
61 NEW QUANTITY 1;25 NUMBER

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:+X'=X!(X>99999)!(X<1)!(X?.E1"."1.N) X
  • LAST EDITED:  OCT 10, 2002
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Type a number between 1 and 99999, 0 Decimal Digits
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The quantity of the prosthetic device(s) used for this operative procedure.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Derived from the QUANTITY field (#7) within the PROSTHESIS INSTALLED multiple (#.47) in the SURGERY file (#130) for the PROSTHESIS ITEM referred to in the PROSTHESIS field (#22) of this file.
62 DSS IP # 1;26 NUMBER

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:+X'=X!(X>9999999)!(X<1)!(X?.E1"."1N.N) X
  • LAST EDITED:  NOV 13, 2003
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Type a Number between 1 and 9999999, 0 Decimal Digits.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The nationally defined DSS Intermediate Product Number designated to the patient care product.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    For the Surgery extract, the DSS IP# field is null.
63 ENROLLMENT PRIORITY 1;27 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>2!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  MAR 01, 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:
    '1' FOR a
    '3' FOR c
    '5' FOR e
    '7' FOR g
    Data is obtained from a call to $$ENRSBGRP^DGENA4(DFN) using the patient's DFN.
64 USER ENROLLEE 1;28 SET
  • 'U' FOR USER ENROLLED;

  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 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 ENROLLMENT STATUS field (#.04), the value is set to 'U' and is 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.
65 PATIENT TYPE 1;29 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:  MAY 08, 2012
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter type of patient.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Refers to the various types of patient which may be seen at a VA facility. Every patient in the system must have a TYPE specified.
  • 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).
66 CV STATUS ELIGIBILITY 1;30 SET
  • 'Y' FOR YES;
  • 'E' FOR ELIGIBILITY EXPIRED;

  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 08, 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. 1^20011006^0
    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 or date
    Based on this result the field will be set to 'Y' for 'YES', E for 'ELIGIBILITY EXPIRED' or 'NULL' for 'NOT ELIGIBLE'.
67 CV ELIGIBILITY END DATE 1;31 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>8!($L(X)<8) X
  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 08, 2012
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 8 characters (YYYYMMDD) in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  Records the Combat Veteran eligibility expiration date of the 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 (YYYYMMDD).
68 ENCOUNTER CV 1;32 SET
  • 'Y' FOR YES;

  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 08, 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:  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.
69 ROOM CLEANING TIME 1;33 NUMBER

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:+X'=X!(X>96)!(X<2)!(X?.E1"."1N.N) X
  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 09, 2012
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter the number of 15 minute intervals required to clean the room.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    ROOM CLEANING TIME is the number of 15 minute intervals required to clean the room. For example, an entry of 3 indicates that it took 45 minutes to clean the room.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  The ROOM CLEANING TIME is determined by using the OR CLEAN START TIME field (#.234), OR CLEAN END TIME field (#.236) and the TIME PAT OUT OR field (#.232) of the SURGERY file (#130).
    If the OR CLEAN START TIME and the OR CLEAN END TIME field have values, then they are used to determine the amount of time to clean the room. If that yields no result then the OR CLEAN END TIME and the TIME PAT OUT OR
    fields are used. If that yields no result then the default value will be 2.
70 HOLDING AREA TIME 1;34 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>4!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  MAR 01, 2004
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-4 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    HOLDING AREA TIME field shall contain the time (in 15-minute increments) that the the patient spent in the holding area.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  HOLDING AREA TIME field shall contain the time (in 15-minute increments) that the the patient spent in the holding area, divide by 2 if doing clnical staff are doing concurrent surgeries.
    This is derived by subtracting the TIME PT IN HOLD AREA from TIME PT IN OR and converting the result into the number of 15-minute increments. If the TIME PT IN HOLD AREA = 0 or null, set the extract field to null.
71 NATIONAL PATIENT RECORD FLAG 1;35 SET
  • 'Y' FOR YES;

  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 08, 2012
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Indicate if patient is associated with a category 1 patient record flag.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This field records that the patient's record contains 1 or more 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.
72 PRINCIPAL ANESTHETIST 1;36 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>11!($L(X)<2) X
  • LAST EDITED:  JUL 20, 2012
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 2-11 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The principal anesthesiologist or Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) (or surgeon, if local anesthesia).
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  The PRINCIPAL ANESTHETIST field is derived from the PRINC ANESTHETIST field (#.31) of the SURGERY file (#130). This field is a pointer to the NEW PERSON file (#200).
    The PRINCIPAL ANESTHETIST is the value of a "2" prefixed to the pointer value 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.
73 SURGEON PERSON CLASS 1;37 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>7!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  APR 05, 2005
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-7 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The VA Code of the Person Class of the Surgeon associated with this record. The VA Code is always of the form "V"_six numeric digits; exactly 7.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Active Person Class is determined by $$GET^XUA4A72(PERS,DATE), where PERS is the IEN from the NEW PERSON file (#200). It returns the VA CODE field (#5) from the PERSON CLASS sub-file (#8932.1).
74 ATTENDING SURGEON PC 2;1 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>7!($L(X)<7) X
  • LAST EDITED:  APR 26, 2005
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 7 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The VA Code of the Person Class of the Attending Surgeon associated with this record. The VA Code is always of the form "V"_six numeric digits; exactly 7.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Active Person Class is determined by $$GET^XUA4A72(PERS,DATE), where PERS is the IEN from the NEW PERSON file (#200). It returns the VA CODE field (#5) from the PERSON CLASS sub-file (#8932.1).
75 ANESTHESIA SUPERVISOR PC 2;2 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>7!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  APR 05, 2005
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-7 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The VA Code of the Person Class of the Anesthesia Supervisor associated with this record. The VA Code is always of the form "V"_six numeric digits; exactly 7.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Active Person Class is determined by $$GET^XUA4A72(PERS,DATE), where PERS is the IEN from the NEW PERSON file (#200). It returns the VA CODE field (#5) from the PERSON CLASS sub-file (#8932.1).
76 PRINCIPAL ANESTHETIST PC 2;3 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>7!($L(X)<7) X
  • LAST EDITED:  SEP 29, 2005
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 7 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The field will hold the VA Code associated with the active Person Class of the Principal Anesthetist. The VA Code is always of the form "V"_six numeric digits; exactly 7.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Active Person Class is determined by $$GET^XUA4A72(PERS,DATE), where PERS is the IEN from the NEW PERSON file (#200). It returns the VA CODE field (#5) from the PERSON CLASS sub-file (#8932.1).
77 ERI 2;4 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
78 AGENT ORANGE ENC INDICATOR 2;5 SET
  • 'Y' FOR YES;
  • 'N' FOR NO;

  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 08, 2012
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter patient's agent orange exposure indicator.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Indicates whether service provided during this patient encounter is related to exposure to Agent Orange.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  Using the VISIT field (#.015) in the SURGERY file (#130) a call is made to API VISIT^ECXSCX1 which in turn calls ENCEVENT^PXAPI. The ENCEVENT^PXAPI will return the agent orange indicator stored at the AGENT ORANGE EXPOSURE
    field (#80002) in the VISIT file (#9000010). The value will be stored in the output array subscripted "AO".
79 ENC HEAD/NECK CA 2;6 SET
  • 'Y' FOR YES;
  • 'N' FOR NO;

  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 08, 2012
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Indicate whether patient has head and/or neck cancer.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Indicates whether service provided during this patient encounter is related to head and/or neck cancer.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  Using the VISIT field (#.015) in the SURGERY file (#130) a call is made to API VISIT^ECXSCX1 which in turn calls ENCEVENT^PXAPI. The ENCEVENT^PXAPI will return the head/neck cancer data stored at the HEAD AND/OR NECK
    CANCER field (#80006) in the VISIT file (#9000010). The value will be stored in the output array subscripted by "HNC".
80 OEF/OIF 2;7 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 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
81 OEF/OIF RETURN DATE 2;8 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 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.
82 CLINIC POINTER 2;9 POINTER TO HOSPITAL LOCATION FILE (#44) HOSPITAL LOCATION(#44)

  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 08, 2012
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter clinic associated with the outpatient surgical procedure.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Identifies the clinic associated with surgery specialty for this case.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  This applies to outpatients only. Value is null for inpatients. The clinic is determined as follows.
    If a case is for the Non-OR portion of the Surgery package, the value for the CLINIC POINTER is retrieved from the ASSOCIATED CLINIC field (#.021) located in the SURGERY file (#130).
    If the value in the ASSOCIATED CLINIC is NULL, then the value is obtained from the NON-OR LOCATION field (#119), located in the SURGERY file (#130).
    If a case is not for the Non-OR portion of the Surgery package, the value for the CLINIC POINTER is retrieved from the ASSOCIATED CLINIC field (#2) of the SURGICAL SPECIALTY file (#137.45) as pointed to by the SURGERY
    SPECIALTY field (#.04) of the SURGERY file (#130).
83 CREDIT STOP 2;10 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>3!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 02, 2007
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-3 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Identifies the Credit Stop Code of the clinic associated with the surgery specialty for this case.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  This applies only to outpatients. The clinic associated with the Surgery Specialty is a pointer to the HOSPITAL LOCATION file (#44). CREDIT STOP is field (#2503) in the HOSPITAL LOCATION file (#44). Follow pointer to
    clinic entry in CLINIC STOP file (#40.7) to obtain three-character code. Value is null for inpatients.
84 STOP CODE 2;11 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>3!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 02, 2007
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-3 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Identifies the Primary Stop Code of the clinic associated with the surgery specialty for this case.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  This applies only to outpatients. The clinic associated with the Surgery Specialty is a pointer to the HOSPITAL LOCATION file (#44). STOP CODE is field (#8) in the HOSPITAL LOCATION file (#44). Value is null for
    inpatients.
85 PLACEHOLD PRINC POSTOP DX 2;12 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>7!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  MAR 03, 2017
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-7 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This field, previously known as PRINC POSTOP DIAGNOSIS CODE, is no longer needed. The name has been changed to PLACEHOLD PRINC POSTOP DX and its value will be set to null.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    This field is no longer in use as of patch ECX*3*166.
86 PLACEHOLD OTHER POSTOP DX #1 2;13 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>7!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  MAR 03, 2017
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-7 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This field, previously known as OTHER POSTOP DIAGNOSIS CODE #1, is no longer needed. The name has been changed to PLACEHOLD OTHER POSTOP DX #1 and its value will be set to null.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    This field is no longer in use as of patch ECX*3*166.
87 PLACEHOLD OTHER POSTOP DX #2 2;14 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>7!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  MAR 03, 2017
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-7 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This field, previously known as OTHER POSTOP DIAGNOSIS CODE #2, is no longer needed. The name has been changed to PLACEHOLD OTHER POSTOP DX #2 and its value will be set to null.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    This field is no longer in use as of patch ECX*3*166.
88 PLACEHOLD OTHER POSTOP DX #3 2;15 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>7!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  MAR 03, 2017
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-7 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This field, previously known as OTHER POSTOP DIAGNOSIS CODE #3, is no longer needed. The name has been changed to PLACEHOLD OTHER POSTOP DX #3 and its value will be set to null.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    This field is no longer in use as of patch ECX*3*166.
89 PLACEHOLD OTHER POSTOP DX #4 2;16 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>7!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  MAR 03, 2017
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-7 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This field, previously known as OTHER POSTOP DIAGNOSIS CODE #4, is no longer needed. The name has been changed to PLACEHOLD OTHER POSTOP DX #4 and its value will be set to null.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    This field is no longer in use as of patch ECX*3*166.
90 PLACEHOLD OTHER POSTOP DX #5 2;17 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>7!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  MAR 03, 2017
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-7 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This field, previously known as OTHER POSTOP DIAGNOSIS CODE #5, is no longer needed. The name has been changed to PLACEHOLD OTHER POSTOP DX #5 and its value will be set to null.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    This field is no longer in use as of patch ECX*3*166.
91 ANESTHESIA SUPERVISOR NPI 2;18 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 person who oversaw and/or signed off on the anesthesia for the surgical procedure. This field has a length of fifteen characters.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  A standard unique life-long identifier of the person who oversaw and/or signed off on the anesthesia for the surgical procedure. This field has a length of fifteen characters. The qualified identifier is retrieved via the
    supporting Kernel API: $$NPI^XUSNPI.
92 PLACEHOLD ASSOC PC PROV NPI 2;19 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.
93 ATTENDING SURGEON NPI 2;20 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 person who oversaw and/or signed off on the surgical procedure. This field has a length of fifteen characters.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  A standard unique life-long identifier of the person who oversaw and/or signed off on the surgical procedure. This field has a length of fifteen characters. The qualified identifier is retrieved via the supporting Kernel
    API: $$NPI^XUSNPI.
94 PLACEHOLD PC PROVIDER 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 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.
95 PRINCIPLE ANESTHETIST 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 principal anesthesiologist or Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) who provided anesthesia for the surgical procedure. This field has a length of fifteen characters.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  A standard unique life-long identifier of the principal anesthesiologist or Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) who provided anesthesia for the surgical procedure. This field has a length of fifteen characters.
    The qualified identifier is retrieved via the supporting Kernel API: $$NPI^XUSNPI.
96 SURGEON NPI 2;23 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 person who performed the surgical procedure. This field has a length of fifteen characters.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    A standard unique life-long identifier of the person who performed the surgical procedure. This field has a length of fifteen characters. The qualified identifier is retrieved via the supporting Kernel API: $$NPI^XUSNPI.
97 ENCOUNTER SWAC 2;24 SET
  • 'Y' FOR YES;
  • 'N' FOR NO;

  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 13, 2009
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Indicate if treatment is related to Southwest Asia conditions for this encounter.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This field indicates if treatment provided during this patient encounter is related to exposure to Southwest Asia conditions while serving in the Southwest Asia Theater of Operations.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Using the pointer to the VISIT file (#90000.10) a call to the PCE API ENCEVENT^PXAPI is made. This call returns visit data, including the SW ASIA CONDITIONS field (#80004) in the VISIT file (#9000010).
98 RADIATION ENCOUNTER INDICATOR 2;25 SET
  • 'Y' FOR YES;
  • 'N' FOR NO;

  • LAST EDITED:  JUL 17, 2008
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Indicate Ionizing Radiation exposure for this encounter.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Indicates whether service provided during this patient encounter is related to exposure to ionizing radiation.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  Using the VISIT field (#.015) in the SURGERY file (#130) a call is made to API VISIT^ECXSCX1 which in turn calls ENCEVENT^PXAPI. The ENCEVENT^PXAPI returns visit data, including the IONIZING RADIATION EXPOSURE field
    (#80003) in the VISIT file (#9000010).
99 MST ENCOUNTER INDICATOR 2;26 SET
  • 'Y' FOR YES;
  • 'N' FOR NO;

  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 12, 2008
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Encounter Military Sexual Trauma - Y/N
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Indicates if treatment provided during this patient encounter is related to Military Sexual Trauma. Values: Y=YES, N=NO
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Using a pointer to the VISIT file (#9000010) a call to the PCE API, ENCEVENT^PXAPI, is made. This call returns visit data, including the MST ENCOUNTER INDICATOR field (#80005) in the VISIT file (#9000010).
100 ENCOUNTER SC 2;27 SET
  • 'Y' FOR YES;
  • 'N' FOR NO;

  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 12, 2008
  • 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).
101 AGENT ORANGE STATUS 2;28 SET
  • 'Y' FOR YES;
  • 'N' FOR NO;
  • 'U' FOR UNKNOWN;

  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 12, 2008
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Indicate agent orange status for the patient.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Indicates if patient was exposed to Agent Orange.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Derived from the PATIENT file (#2); AGENT ORANGE EXPOS. INDICATED field (#.32102). The status indicator is returned by SVC^VADPT.
102 SW ASIA CONDITIONS 2;29 SET
  • 'Y' FOR YES;
  • 'N' FOR NO;
  • 'U' FOR UNKNOWN;

  • LAST EDITED:  JUN 09, 2009
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Select patient's claimed SW ASIA condition status.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Indicate if patient claims 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 which is called by PAT^ECXUTL3.
103 RADIATION STATUS 2;30 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:  MAY 12, 2017
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter the Radiation Status for the patient.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Indicates if patient claims exposure to ionizing radiation.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  Derived from the RADIATION EXPOSURE INDICATED field (#.32103) in the PATIENT file (#2) using the patient's DFN. The status indicator is returned by SVC^VADPT. This field will have a NULL value if the PATIENT file (#2)
    record does not indicate a status.
104 MST STATUS 2;31 SET
  • 'Y' FOR Screened, reports MST;
  • 'N' FOR Screened, does not report MST;
  • 'D' FOR Screened, declines to answer;
  • 'U' FOR Unknown;

  • LAST EDITED:  MAY 12, 2008
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Military Sexual Trauma-Y=Yes,N=No,D=Declined to answer,U=Unknown
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Indicates if patient claims Military Sexual Trauma Values: Y=SCREENED, REPORTS MST N=SCREENED, DOES NOT REPORT MST D=SCREENED, DECLINES TO ANSWER U=UNKNOWN
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  The MST HISTORY file (#29.11) holds data regarding military sexual trauma claims and effective dates. The MST status is stored in the MST STATUS field (#3). A call is made to $$GETSTAT^DGMSTAPI(DFN,DGDATE) using the
    patient DFN and the date in the DAY field.
105 SHAD STATUS 2;32 SET
  • 'Y' FOR YES;
  • 'N' FOR NO;
  • 'U' FOR UNKNOWN;

  • LAST EDITED:  FEB 16, 2010
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter SHAD Status
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Data is Y if this patient was exposed to Shipboard Hazard and Defense. N if not, or U if unknown.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Using the patient pointer (DFN) stored in the PATIENT NO. - DFN field (4) in the SURGERY EXTRACT file (#727.811), Shipboard Hazard and Defense data is derived from using DBIA #4462 GETSHAD^DGUTL3(DFN).
106 ENCOUNTER SHAD 2;33 SET
  • 'Y' FOR YES;
  • 'N' FOR NO;

  • LAST EDITED:  FEB 16, 2010
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Encounter related to treatment for PROJ 112/SHAD condition - Y/N
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Indicates if treatment provided during this patient encounter is related to exposure PROJ 112/SHAD condition. Values: Y=YES, N=NO
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  Using the VISIT FILE ENTRY field (#.27) in the PATIENT MOVEMENT file (#405) a call is made to API VISIT^ECXSCX1 which in turn calls ENCEVENT^PXAPI. The ENCEVENT^PXAPI returns the Shipboard Hazard and Defense conditions
    indicator stored at the PROJ 112/SHAD field (#80008) in the VISIT file (#9000010). The value will be stored in the output array subscripted by "SHAD".
107 FIRST ASST 3;1 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>11!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  FEB 22, 2010
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter the name of the person assisting the surgeon during the major portion of the principal operation.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This is the name of the person assisting the surgeon during the operative procedure.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Derived from the FIRST ASST field (#.15) in the SURGERY file (#130) for the surgical case. It is a pointer to the NEW PERSON file (#200). The data is stored as "2"_pointer value.
108 FIRST ASST PC 3;2 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>7!($L(X)<7) X
  • LAST EDITED:  FEB 22, 2010
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 7 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The VA Code of the Person Class of the First Asst associated with this record. The VA Code is always of the form "V"_six numeric digits; exactly 7.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Active Person Class is determined by $$GET^XUA4A72(PERS,DATE), where PERS is the IEN from file #200.
109 FIRST ASST NPI 3;3 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>15!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  FEB 22, 2010
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-15 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    A standard unique life-long identifier of the First Assistant. This field has a length of 15 characters.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    A standard unique life-long identifier of the First Assistant. This field has a length of 15 characters. The qualified identifier is retrieved via the supporting Kernel API: $$NPI^XUSNPI.
110 SECOND ASST 3;4 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>11!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  FEB 22, 2010
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter the name of the person assisting the surgeon.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This is the name of the second person assisting the surgeon during the operative procedure.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Derived from the SECOND ASST field (#.16) in the SURGERY file (#130) for the surgical case. It is a pointer to the NEW PERSON file (#200). The data is stored as "2"_pointer value.
111 SECOND ASST PC 3;5 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>7!($L(X)<7) X
  • LAST EDITED:  FEB 22, 2010
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 7 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The VA Code of the Person Class of the Second Asst associated with this record. The VA Code is always of the form "V"_six numeric digits; exactly 7.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Active Person Class is determined by $$GET^XUA4A72(PERS,DATE), where PERS is the IEN from file #200.
112 SECOND ASST NPI 3;6 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>15!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  FEB 22, 2010
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-15 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    A standard unique life-long identifier of the Second Assistant. This field has a length of 15 characters.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    A standard unique life-long identifier of the Second Assistant. This field has a length of 15 characters. The qualified identifier is retrieved via the supporting Kernel API: $$NPI^XUSNPI.
113 PERFUSIONIST 3;7 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>11!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  FEB 22, 2010
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter the name of the person operating the cardio-pulmonary or organ perfusion apparatus.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This is the name of the person operating the cardio-pulmonary or organ perfusion apparatus.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Derived from the PERFUSIONIST field (.167) in the SURGERY file (#130) for the surgical case. It is a pointer to the NEW PERSON file (#200). The data is stored as "2"_pointer value.
114 PERFUSIONIST PC 3;8 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>7!($L(X)<7) X
  • LAST EDITED:  FEB 22, 2010
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 7 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The VA Code of the Person Class of the Perfusionist associated with this record. The VA Code is always of the form "V"_six numeric digits; exactly 7.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Active Person Class is determined by $$GET^XUA4A72(PERS,DATE), where PERS is the IEN from file #200.
115 PERFUSIONIST NPI 3;9 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>15!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  FEB 22, 2010
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-15 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    A standard unique life-long identifier of the Perfusionist. This field has a length of 15 characters.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    A standard unique life-long identifier of the Perfusionist. This field has a length of 15 characters. The qualified identifier is retrieved via the supporting Kernel API: $$NPI^XUSNPI.
116 ASST PERFUSIONIST 3;10 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>11!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  FEB 22, 2010
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter the name of the person assisting the perfusionist.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This is the name of the person assisting the perfusionist. If applicable, this information may be valuable in documentation of this case.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Derived from the ASST PERFUSIONIST field (.168) in the SURGERY file (#130) for the surgical case. It is a pointer to the NEW PERSON file (#200). The data is stored as "2"_pointer value.
117 ASST PERFUSIONIST PC 3;11 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>7!($L(X)<7) X
  • LAST EDITED:  FEB 22, 2010
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 7 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The VA Code of the Person Class of the Asst Perfusionist associated with this record. The VA Code is always of the form "V"_six numeric digits; exactly 7.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Active Person Class is determined by $$GET^XUA4A72(PERS,DATE), where PERS is the IEN from file #200.
118 ASST PERFUSIONIST NPI 3;12 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>15!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  FEB 22, 2010
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-15 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    A standard unique life-long identifier of the Asst Perfusionist. This field has a length of 15 characters.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    A standard unique life-long identifier of the Asst Perfusionist. This field has a length of 15 characters. The qualified identifier is retrieved via the supporting Kernel API: $$NPI^XUSNPI.
119 ANESTHESIA SEVERITY ASSESSMENT 3;13 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>2!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  FEB 26, 2010
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter ASA code: Number followed by 'E' if Emergency
  • DESCRIPTION:  NSQIP Definition (2004): Record the American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) Physical Status Classification of the patient's present physical condition on a scale from 1-6 as it appears on the anesthesia record. Most
    likely there will be a 2nd assessment of the ASA class prior to anesthesia induction. If this is available, report this most recent assessment.
    The definitions are:
    ASA 1 - A normal healthy patient
    ASA 2 - A patient with mild systemic
    disease
    ASA 3 - A patient with severe
    systemic disease
    ASA 4 - A patient with severe
    systemic disease that is a
    constant threat to life
    ASA 5 - A moribund patient who is not
    expected to survive without
    the operation
    ASA 6 - A declared brain-dead patient
    whose organs are being
    removed for donor purposes
    ASA 6 cases should be excluded.
    Classification numbers followed by an 'E'
    indicate an emergency.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Derived by using the ASA CLASS field (1.13) pointer in the SURGERY file (#130) to return the ASA CLASS field (#.01) value from the ASA CLASS file (#132.8).
120 PATCAT 3;14 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.
121 DATE OF BIRTH 3;15 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>8!($L(X)<8) X
  • OUTPUT TRANSFORM:  S Y=$$ECXDATEX^ECXUTL(Y)
  • LAST EDITED:  FEB 06, 2013
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 8 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Patient's date of birth.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  Data source:
    SURGERY file (#130); PATIENT field (#.01) then to PATIENT file (#2); DATE OF BIRTH field (#.03)
    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.
122 VIETNAM 3;16 SET
  • 'Y' FOR YES;
  • 'N' FOR NO;
  • 'U' FOR UNKNOWN;

  • LAST EDITED:  MAR 09, 2013
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Select the appropriate Vietnam service status for this patient.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Indicates if patient is a Vietnam era veteran.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    Using the patient pointer (DFN) stored in the PATIENT NO. - DFN field (#4) in the SURGERY EXTRACT file (#727.811), VIETNAM data is derived from the VIETNAM SERVICE INDICATED? field (#.32101) in the PATIENT file (#2).
123 CAMP LEJEUNE STATUS 3;17 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.
124 ENCOUNTER CAMP LEJEUNE 3;18 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).
125 CONCURRENT CASE 3;19 SET
  • 'C' FOR CONCURRENT CASE;

  • LAST EDITED:  APR 12, 2013
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Indicate if this record has a Concurrent Case.
  • DESCRIPTION:  An additional operative procedure performed by a different surgical team (i.e., a different specialty/service) under the same anesthetic which has a CPT code different from that of the Principle Operative Procedure (e.g.,
    fixation of a femur fracture in a patient undergoing a laparotomy for trauma).
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    This field is determined by using the CONCURRENT CASE field (#35) of the SURGERY file (#130). If there is a value in that field, this field is set to "C" to indicate a concurrent case exists.
126 PRINCIPLE POSTOP ICD-10 CODE 3;20 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>8!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  MAR 09, 2013
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter the principle ICD-10 code for this surgical procedure (1-8 characters).
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The post-op diagnosis for the Principle Procedure.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    PRINCIPLE POSTOP ICD-10 CODE is derived from the CODE NUMBER field (#.01) of the ICD DIAGNOSIS file (#80) as pointed to by the PRIN POSTOP DIAGNOSIS CODE field (#.03) of the SURGERY PROCEDURE/DIAGNOSIS CODES file (#136).
127 OTHER POSTOP ICD-10 CODE #1 3;21 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>8!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  MAR 09, 2013
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter the secondary ICD-10 code for this surgical procedure (1-8 characters).
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The first associated diagnosis for the Principle Procedure.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  OTHER POSTOP ICD-10 CODE #1 is derived from the CODE NUMBER field (#.01) of the ICD DIAGNOSIS file (#80) as pointed to by the first entry in the OTHER POSTOP DIAGNOSIS field (#.01) of the OTHER POST DIAGNOSIS multiple (#4)
    of the SURGERY PROCEDURE/DIAGNOSIS CODES file (#136).
128 OTHER POSTOP ICD-10 CODE #2 3;22 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>8!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  MAR 09, 2013
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter the secondary ICD-10 code for this surgical procedure (1-8 characters).
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The second associated diagnosis for the Principle Procedure.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  OTHER POSTOP ICD-10 CODE #2 is derived from the CODE NUMBER field (#.01) of the ICD DIAGNOSIS file (#80) as pointed to by the second entry in the OTHER POSTOP DIAGNOSIS field (#.01) of the OTHER POST DIAGNOSIS multiple
    (#4) of the SURGERY PROCEDURE/DIAGNOSIS CODES file (#136).
129 OTHER POSTOP ICD-10 CODE #3 3;23 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>8!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  MAR 10, 2013
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter the secondary ICD-10 code for this surgical procedure (1-8 characters).
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The third associated diagnosis for the Principle Procedure.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  OTHER POSTOP ICD-10 CODE #3 is derived from the CODE NUMBER field (#.01) of the ICD DIAGNOSIS file (#80) as pointed to by the third entry in the OTHER POSTOP DIAGNOSIS field (#.01) of the OTHER POST DIAGNOSIS multiple (#4)
    of the SURGERY PROCEDURE/DIAGNOSIS CODES file (#136).
130 OTHER POSTOP ICD-10 CODE #4 3;24 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>8!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  MAR 10, 2013
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter the secondary ICD-10 code for this surgical procedure (1-8 characters).
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The fourth associated diagnosis for the Principle Procedure.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  OTHER POSTOP ICD-10 CODE #4 is derived from the CODE NUMBER field (#.01) of the ICD DIAGNOSIS file (#80) as pointed to by the fourth entry in the OTHER POSTOP DIAGNOSIS field (#.01) of the OTHER POST DIAGNOSIS multiple
    (#4) of the SURGERY PROCEDURE/DIAGNOSIS CODES file (#136).
131 OTHER POSTOP ICD-10 CODE #5 3;25 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>8!($L(X)<1) X
  • LAST EDITED:  MAR 10, 2013
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter the secondary ICD-10 code for this surgical procedure (1-8 characters).
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    The fifth associated diagnosis for the Principle Procedure.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  OTHER POSTOP ICD-10 CODE #5 is derived from the CODE NUMBER field (#.01) of the ICD DIAGNOSIS file (#80) as pointed to by the fifth entry in the OTHER POSTOP DIAGNOSIS field (#.01) of the OTHER POST DIAGNOSIS multiple (#4)
    of the SURGERY PROCEDURE/DIAGNOSIS CODES file (#136).
132 COMBAT VETERAN INDICATOR 3;26 SET
  • 'Y' FOR YES;
  • 'N' FOR NO;

  • LAST EDITED:  MAR 06, 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.
133 COMBAT VETERAN LOCATION 3;27 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).
134 MEDICAL SPECIALTY 4;1 POINTER TO MEDICAL SPECIALTY FILE (#723) MEDICAL SPECIALTY(#723)

  • LAST EDITED:  MAR 02, 2017
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Enter the assigned medical specialty of the provider performing the non-OR procedure.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This is the medical specialty of the provider credited with performing this non-OR procedure.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  Derived from the value found in the MEDICAL SPECIALTY field (#125) of the SURGERY file (#130). MEDICAL SPECIALTY is a pointer to the NAME field (#.01) from the MEDICAL SPECIALTY file (#723).
    The MEDICAL SPECIALTY will only contain a value if the procedure is a non-OR procedure.
135 ORGAN1 4;2 SET
  • 'HART' FOR HEART;
  • 'LUNG' FOR LUNG;
  • 'KDNY' FOR KIDNEY;
  • 'LIVR' FOR LIVER;
  • 'PCRS' FOR PANCREAS;
  • 'INTN' FOR INTESTINE;
  • 'OTHR' FOR OTHER;

  • LAST EDITED:  MAR 31, 2017
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Select the organ being transplanted.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This field identifies the first organ transplanted during a transplant procedure.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    This field is derived from the ORGANS TO BE TRANSPLANTED multiple (#647) of the SURGERY file (#130) and will identify the first organ found in the multiple.
136 ORGAN2 4;3 SET
  • 'HART' FOR HEART;
  • 'LUNG' FOR LUNG;
  • 'KDNY' FOR KIDNEY;
  • 'LIVR' FOR LIVER;
  • 'PCRS' FOR PANCREAS;
  • 'INTN' FOR INTESTINE;
  • 'OTHR' FOR OTHER;

  • LAST EDITED:  MAR 31, 2017
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Select the organ being transplanted.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This field identifies the second organ transplanted during a transplant procedure.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    This field is derived from the ORGANS TO BE TRANSPLANTED multiple (#647) of the SURGERY file (#130) and will identify the second organ found in the multiple.
137 ORGAN3 4;4 SET
  • 'HART' FOR HEART;
  • 'LUNG' FOR LUNG;
  • 'KDNY' FOR KIDNEY;
  • 'LIVR' FOR LIVER;
  • 'PCRS' FOR PANCREAS;
  • 'INTN' FOR INTESTINE;
  • 'OTHR' FOR OTHER;

  • LAST EDITED:  MAR 31, 2017
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Select the organ being transplanted.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This field identifies the third organ transplanted during a transplant procedure.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    This field is derived from the ORGANS TO BE TRANSPLANTED multiple (#647) of the SURGERY file (#130) and will identify the third organ found in the multiple.
138 PATIENT DIVISION 4;5 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 or clinic where the procedure was performed.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    This is the Station Number of the ward or clinic where the surgery was performed. If the ward or clinic cannot be determined, the value is based on the Station Number of the production division code.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  Data come from the WARD LOCATION field (#.06) in the PATIENT MOVEMENT file (#405). This value is a pointer to the WARD LOCATION file (#42), which in turn is used to get the DIVISION field (#.015) in the WARD LOCATION file
    (#42), a pointer to the MEDICAL CENTER DIVISION file (#40.8). This value is then used to call the API RADDIV^ECXDEPT to get the STATION NUMBER field (#99) from the INSTITUTION file (#4).
    If a movement file record is not found, the production division code is used.
139 PLACEHOLD CERNER 5;1 FREE TEXT

  • INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>642!($L(X)<1) X
    MAXIMUM LENGTH: 642
  • LAST EDITED:  APR 29, 2022
  • HELP-PROMPT:  Answer must be 1-642 characters in length.
  • DESCRIPTION:  
    Placeholder for Cerner fields. Reserved for EHRM conversion.
  • TECHNICAL DESCR:  
    This field is reserved for CERNER extract data.
140 NEW MPI 6;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).
141 SELF IDENTIFIED GENDER 6;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:  The 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 SURGERY EXTRACT file (#727.811), this data is derived from the SELF IDENTIFIED GENDER field (#.024) in the PATIENT file (#2).
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