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Sub-Field: 2006.5204

Package: Imaging

DICOM MESSAGE TEMPLATE DICTIONARY(#2006.52)-->2006.5204

Sub-Field: 2006.5204

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Parent File	Name	Number	Package
DICOM MESSAGE TEMPLATE DICTIONARY(#2006.52)	MESSAGE	2006.5204	Imaging

Details

Field #	Name	Loc	Type	Details
.01	TAG	0;1	FREE TEXT	INPUT TRANSFORM: `K:$L(X)>9!($L(X)<9) X` LAST EDITED: `NOV 13, 1998` HELP-PROMPT: `Enter a DICOM tag (nnnn,nnnn).` DESCRIPTION: `The value of this field is a 'tag' as defined in the DICOM element dictionary. Such a tag consists of 4 hexadecimal digits, a comma, and 4 more hexadecimal digits. A 'tag' uniquely identifies a DICOM data element.`
2	NAME	0;2	FREE TEXT	INPUT TRANSFORM: `K:$L(X)>30!($L(X)<1) X` LAST EDITED: `NOV 13, 1998` HELP-PROMPT: `Copy the name of this data element from the DICOM standard.` DESCRIPTION: `The value of this field is the name of a DICOM data element. Names of DICOM data elements are defined in the DICOM standard. The 'tag' in this entry uniquely identifies the DICOM data element. The DICOM standard` `specifies the name for this data element.`
3	SCUSCP	0;3	FREE TEXT	INPUT TRANSFORM: `K:$L(X)>30!($L(X)<1) X` LAST EDITED: `NOV 13, 1998` HELP-PROMPT: `Enter the Required/Optional Type Codes for this element.` DESCRIPTION: `SCU stands for Service Class User; SCP stands for Service Class Provider.` `The value of this field consists of two numeric parts, separated by a slash. The first piece is a code that specified whether or not the data element in this entry is required for an SCU; the second piece is a code that` `specifies whether or not this data element is required for an SCP` `The 'required' codes may be:` `1: Always required` `2: Required, but may be left 'empty' when not known` `3: Optional` `Any of these numeric codes may be followed by a letter C to indicate that the classification is conditional. When this is the case, the DICOM standard spells out the conditions when the data element is required, and` `when not.`
4	VALUE	0;4	FREE TEXT	INPUT TRANSFORM: `K:$L(X)>30!($L(X)<1) X` LAST EDITED: `NOV 13, 1998` HELP-PROMPT: `If a fixed value is to be transmitted, enter that value.` DESCRIPTION: `The value of this field, if non-empty, is the value that will be transmitted for this data element. Normally, a value would be derived from the information that pertains to the patient or study at hand, in which case` `this field is left empty, but sometimes the value to be transmitted is a fixed value, in which case a value is entered in this field.`
5	POINTER	0;5	NUMBER	INPUT TRANSFORM: `K:+X'=X!(X>9999999)!(X<0)!(X?.E1"."1N.N) X` LAST EDITED: `NOV 13, 1998` HELP-PROMPT: `Identify the start of the sequence for this element (if any).` DESCRIPTION: `The value of this field is a pointer to the entry in this list of data elements that is the start of the sequence to which the current data element belongs.` `If the current data element is not part of a sequence, this field will be left empty.`