MARITAL STATUS (102)    HL7 FIELD (771.1)

Name Value
NAME MARITAL STATUS
TABLE NUMBER 0002
SAMPLE DHCP VALUE MARRIED
SAMPLE HL7 VALUE M
ITEM NUMBER 00046
DESCRIPTION
The patient's current marital status (as found in field .05 of the
      S           Single              Single (S)
      W           Widowed             Widow/Widower (W)
PATIENT file via pointer to the MARITAL STATUS FILE) will be returned
in this field.  The data will be returned as defined by HL7 Table 0002.
If the patient's marital status is listed as UNKNOWN, nothing will be
returned.  The codes (as found in HL7 Table 0002-Marital Status) are:
  HL7 VALUE       DESCRIPTION         EQUIVALENT DHCP CODE
      A           Separated           Separated (S)
      D           Divorced            Divorced (D)
      M           Married             Married (M)
SEGMENT PID
SEQUENCE 16
VERSION
MAXIMUM LENGTH 1
DATA TYPE ID
REQUIRED? NOT REQUIRED