PATIENT NAME (28)    HL7 FIELD (771.1)

Name Value
NAME PATIENT NAME
SAMPLE DHCP VALUE SMITH,JOHN J JR
SAMPLE HL7 VALUE SMITH~JOHN~J~JR
ITEM NUMBER 00041
DESCRIPTION
The patient's name (as found in the .01 field of the PATIENT file) will
be returned in this field.  The family name (last name), given name
(first name), middle initial or name, and suffix (JR or III) may be
returned separated by the designated HL7 component separator.
SEGMENT PID
SEQUENCE 5
VERSION
MAXIMUM LENGTH 48
DATA TYPE PN
REQUIRED? REQUIRED