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Per VHA Directive, this file has been "locked down" by Data
In order to preserve the continuity of files shared by the Indian Health
Service and the Department of Veterans Affairs, this file includes
fields used by Indian Health Service that will not be used by the
Department of Veterans Affairs. These fields may point to other files
and routines not deployed by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Inclusion of these fields, as designed, was approved by the DBA. These
fields were initially introduced with the release of the VISTA
IMMUNIZATION ENHANCEMENTS 1.0 (PX*1*201) for the VistA Immunization
Enhancements Project. Additional fields may be included in later
enhancements.
Standardization (DS). The file definition (i.e. data dictionary) shall
This file is a list of Immunizations and associated codes developed
specifically for use in the IHS. This file contains a full descriptive
name for each Immunization, plus a shortened name of Ten Characters
which is used on the Health Summary and on reports where space is
limited, plus a Two Digit Code for each Immunization.
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 the Common Services (CS). Creating
and/or editing locally defined fields in the file are not permitted. Use
of locally defined fields that were created prior to the VHA Directive
shall not be supported.
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