| DESCRIPTION |
This file contains the data elements as specified by the Decision Support
purposes only. Entries in this file should be made only by the extract
load routine.
Since validation techniques will be determined by the local site, it is
intended that the site add whatever cross references deemed necessary.
However, this file contains one nationally determined cross reference,
the "AC" cross reference on the EXTRACT NUMBER field (#2). This cross
reference is used by the DSS Extracts software package as an essential
feature for managing and purging data in this file and should not be
modified.
System (DSS) Program Office for the Prosthetics extract from existing
This file should NOT be modified directly using VA FileMan.
VISTA files. Entries into this file are made by extracting data that
originates in the Prosthetics RECORD OF PROS APPLIANCE/REPAIR file (#660).
Information respective to the patient for which Prosthetic information
is extracted is pulled from the PIMS Patient file (#2). Once the extracts
(making up the records in this file) are approved by the extract manager,
entries in this file are loaded into mail messages and transmitted to
the commercial vendor. This file is intended to be used for validation
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