DBIA263-A ICR (263)

Name

Value

NUMBER

263

IA #

263

DATE CREATED

1993/08/10

CUSTODIAL PACKAGE

REGISTRATION

CUSTODIAL ISC

Albany

USAGE

Supported

TYPE

Routine

DBIC APPROVAL STATUS

APPROVED

ROUTINE

VAFHLPID

NAME

DBIA263-A

ORIGINAL NUMBER

263

STATUS

Active

KEYWORDS

DURATION

Till Otherwise Agreed

VAFHLPID

COMPONENT/ENTRY POINT

COMPONENT DESCRIPTION

VARIABLES

$$EN(DFN,VAFSTR,VAFNUM,PTID)

Function call returns the standard HL7 PID segment
for a given patient

** Warning **  This function makes external calls to VADPT.  Non-namespaced
variables may be altered.

VARIABLES	TYPE	VARIABLES DESCRIPTION
DFN	Input	Pointer to entry in PATIENT file (#2)
VAFSTR	Input	String of requested fields separated by commas (ex: 1,2,3)
VAFNUM	Input	Sequential number for SET ID (sequence 1). Default value is '1'.
PTID	Input	Flag denoting which Patient ID (sequence 3) to use 0 - Use DFN formatted as data type CK (default) 1 - Use ICN 2 - Use DFN formatted as data type CX 3 - Use SSN (with dashes)
VAFPID(1)	Output	If the returned string is longer than 245 characters, the remaining characters will be returned in VAFPID(1). VAFPID(1) will not be set if the returned string is less than 245 characters.
Assumed Variables	Input	Call assumes that all HL7 variables returned from INIT^HLTRANS are defined