Name	Value
NAME	RACE MASTER
DESCRIPTION	The Race Master file contains standard Health Level Seven (HL7) race of locally defined fields that were created prior to the VHA Directive's 2005-044 effective date shall not be supported. codes. Per VHA Directive 2005-044, this file has been "locked down" by Data Standardization (DS). The file definition (i.e. data dictionary) shall not be modified. All additions, changes and deletions to entries in the file shall be done by Enterprise Reference Terminology (ERT) using the Master File Server (MFS), provided by Common Services (CS). Creating and/or editing locally defined fields in the file are not permitted. Use

Name

Value

NAME

RACE MASTER

DESCRIPTION

The Race Master file contains standard Health Level Seven (HL7) race
of locally defined fields that were created prior to the VHA Directive's
2005-044 effective date shall not be supported.
codes.
 
Per VHA Directive 2005-044, this file has been "locked down" by Data 
Standardization (DS).  The file definition (i.e. data dictionary) shall 
not be modified.  All additions, changes and deletions to entries in the
file shall be done by Enterprise Reference Terminology (ERT) using the
Master File Server (MFS), provided by Common Services (CS).  Creating
and/or editing locally defined fields in the file are not permitted.  Use

RACE MASTER (10.99) FILE (1)