1 (1)    CIRN HL7 EXCEPTION TYPE (991.11)

Name Value
NUMBER 1
SEVERITY SEVERE
TEXT Invalid integration control number
ACTION MPI EXCEPTION HANDLER
COUNT 5
MAIL GROUP MPIF EXCEPTIONS
DESCRIPTION
The integration control number (ICN) is used to uniquely identify a patient 
patient.  Further processing of the message is not possible until this problem 
is resolved.  Possible causes include a bad checksum stored in the PATIENT file 
of either the sending or the receiving institution, or a message that was 
corrupted during transmission.
within VHA.  This patient's ICN has failed validation for one of the reasons 
listed below:

NO MPI NODE or NO ICN:  The patient has not been assigned an ICN.  This should 
not occur under normal circumstances.

BAD ICN CHECKSUM:  The checksum accompanying the ICN in the message does not 
match that stored in the ICN CHECKSUM field of the PATIENT file entry for this