00278

Hospital Item Code

1995-11-25
Components: <identifier> ^ <text> ^ <name of coding system>^<alternate identifier> ^ <alternate text> ^ <name of alternate coding system>

Definition: identifier and description that uniquely identify the item on all applications in the hospital. The identifier is usually controlled by the hospital Financial application in the Charge Description Master file.

Length≤60
6 components
1O-identifier
2O-text
3O-name of coding system
4O-alternate identifier
5O-alternate text
6O-name of alternate coding system