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LEXICON EXPRESSION INFORMATION ICR (1597)

LEXICON EXPRESSION INFORMATION    ICR (1597)

Name Value
NUMBER 1597
IA # 1597
DATE CREATED 1996/08/18
CUSTODIAL PACKAGE LEXICON UTILITY
CUSTODIAL ISC Salt Lake City
USAGE Supported
TYPE Routine
DBIC APPROVAL STATUS APPROVED
ROUTINE LEXA
NAME LEXICON EXPRESSION INFORMATION
GENERAL DESCRIPTION 
LEXA is used by the Lexicon Utility to perform a silent
look-up and return an array of the expression found.
STATUS Active
DURATION Till Otherwise Agreed
ID LEXA
COMPONENT/ENTRY POINT
COMPONENT/ENTRY POINT COMPONENT DESCRIPTION VARIABLES
INFO(IEN,DATE) 
This entry point allows applications to retrieve
information about an expression without conducting a search.
VARIABLES TYPE VARIABLES DESCRIPTION
IEN Input 
Internal Entry Number in the Expression file #757.01.
LEX Output 
The local array LEX("SEL") contains the major
concept, synonyms, lexical variants, associated codes (i.e., ICD, CPT, DSM,
etc.), the expression definition (if one exists), the semantic class, the
semantic type, and all VA classification sources.  See the Lexicon Utility's
Technical Manual for a detailed description of this array.
DATE Input 
This is a date in Fileman format used to check if a
code is active or inactive on a specified date.  If not supplied, it will
default to TODAY.  Active codes will be retrieved and displayed.