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

LEXA

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.