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BAD ADDRESS INDICATOR ICR (4080)

BAD ADDRESS INDICATOR    ICR (4080)

Name Value
NUMBER 4080
IA # 4080
DATE CREATED 2003/04/09
CUSTODIAL PACKAGE REGISTRATION
CUSTODIAL ISC Albany
USAGE Supported
TYPE Routine
DBIC APPROVAL STATUS APPROVED
ROUTINE DGUTL3
NAME BAD ADDRESS INDICATOR
GENERAL DESCRIPTION 
This DBIA will allow applications outside of
Registration to access the Bad Address Indicator field added with patch
DG*5.3*506.  This should help prevent the mailing of medication and other
correspondence to known bad addresses, and will also prevent Bad Addresses
from being shared with other facilities through the Health Eligibility Center
(via Z07/Z05 messaging).
STATUS Active
KEYWORDS
  • BAD ADDRESS
  • ADDRESS
DURATION Till Otherwise Agreed
ID DGUTL3
COMPONENT/ENTRY POINT
COMPONENT/ENTRY POINT COMPONENT DESCRIPTION VARIABLES
$$BADADR(DFN) 
This extrinsic function will return the "Bad Address
Indicator" for a patient. This will be a supported API for outside packages to
call when/if they need to return the Bad Address Indicator.

If the patient has a Bad Address Indicator set, the return value will be 1, 2,
or 3.  If the Indicator is not set, then null is returned.  The following list
identifies what the numeric values represent:

1 - UNDELIVERABLE
2 - HOMELESS
3 - OTHER

Please see field # .121 of the Patient file (#2) for further details.
VARIABLES TYPE VARIABLES DESCRIPTION
DFN Input 
This is the internal entry number of the patient in
the Patient (#2) file.