HL7 v2.3
Final ReleasePublished April 1997 · successor to HL7 v2.2
What's changed in v2.3
Changes from v2.2 to v2.3
2859
Total Changes
110
Segments Affected
147
Data Types Affected
707
New Fields
Accident
11 changes
Addendum
1 change
Appointment Information - General Resource
14 changes
Appointment Information - Location Resource
12 changes
Appointment Information - Personnel Resource
12 changes
Appointment Information - Service
10 changes
Patient allergy information
6 changes
Appointment Preferences
5 changes
Appointment Request
23 changes
Authorization Information
10 changes
Batch header
14 changes
Billing Segment
4 changes
Batch trailer segment
4 changes
Charge Description Master
13 changes
Clinical Study Master
11 changes
Clinical Study Phase Master
3 changes
Clinical Study Schedule Master
4 changes
Clinical Study Phase
4 changes
Clinical Study Registration
16 changes
Clinical Study Data Schedule
3 changes
Contact Data
7 changes
Clinical Trial Identification
3 changes
Disability Segment
8 changes
Diagnosis
43 changes
Diagnosis Related Group
10 changes
Continuation pointer segment
1 change
Display Data
4 changes
Embedded Query Language
4 changes
Event Replay Query
3 changes
Error
1 change
Event type
8 changes
Facility
12 changes
File Header
13 changes
Financial transaction
60 changes
File Trailer
2 changes
Goal Detail
21 changes
Guarantor
105 changes
Insurance
135 changes
Insurance Additional Information
136 changes
Insurance Additional Information, Certification
47 changes
Location Charge Code
4 changes
Location Characteristic
5 changes
Location Department
11 changes
Location Identification
8 changes
Location Relationship
6 changes
Master File Acknowledgment
6 changes
Master File Entry
4 changes
Master File Identification
9 changes
Merge patient information
12 changes
Message Acknowledgment
5 changes
Message Header
37 changes
System Clock
1 change
Next of kin
52 changes
Bed status update
4 changes
STATUS CHANGE
4 changes
Statistics
4 changes
Notes and Comments
3 changes
Observation Request
70 changes
Observation/Result
23 changes
Dietary orders, supplements, and preferences
3 changes
Diet Tray Instructions
3 changes
General - fields that apply to most observations
187 changes
Numeric observation
42 changes
Categorical test/observation
26 changes
Observations that require specimens
54 changes
Observation batteries
14 changes
Observations that are calculated from other observations
9 changes
Common Order
37 changes
Possible Causal Relationship
23 changes
Patient Demographic
12 changes
Product Detail Country
15 changes
Product Experience Observation
25 changes
Product Experience Sender
13 changes
Patient Identification
63 changes
Procedures
40 changes
Practitioner Detail
13 changes
Problem Detail
25 changes
Pricing
18 changes
Provider Data
9 changes
Product Summary Header
14 changes
Pathway
6 changes
Patient visit
79 changes
Patient visit - additional information
41 changes
Query Acknowledgement
2 changes
Query definition segment
13 changes
Query filter segment
13 changes
Table Row Definition
2 changes
Table Row Data
1 change
Referral Information Segment
11 changes
Resource Group
3 changes
Role
8 changes
Requisition Detail-1
9 changes
Requisition detail
13 changes
Pharmacy administration segment
20 changes
Pharmacy component order segment
3 changes
Pharmacy dispense segment
30 changes
Pharmacy encoded order segment
33 changes
Pharmacy give segment
26 changes
Pharmacy/Treatment Order
19 changes
Pharmacy route segment
3 changes
Schedule Activity Information
25 changes
Stored Procedure Request Definition
4 changes
Staff identification segment
34 changes
Document notification segment
23 changes
UB82 data
51 changes
UB92 data
33 changes
Results/update Definition
13 changes
Unsolicited Selection
11 changes
Variance
6 changes
Virtual Table Query Request
5 changes
address
2 changes
Channel Definition
6 changes
coded element
1 change
CE with table 48
6 changes
CE with table 49
1 change
CE bound to table 50
6 changes
CE bound to table 51
1 change
CE bound to table 55
6 changes
CE bound to table 59
6 changes
CE bound to table 63
1 change
CE bound to table 66
1 change
CE bound to table 70
6 changes
CE bound to table 72
6 changes
CE bound to table 83
6 changes
CE bound to table 88
6 changes
CE bound to table 118
1 change
CE bound to table 129
1 change
CE bound to table 131
1 change
CE bound to table 132
1 change
CE bound to table 160
1 change
CE bound to table 162
1 change
CE bound to table 163
1 change
CE bound to table 164
1 change
CE bound to table 165
1 change
CE bound to table 172
6 changes
CE bound to table 175
1 change
CE bound to table 181
1 change
CE bound to table 184
1 change
CE bound to table 185
6 changes
CE bound to table 212
6 changes
CE bound to table 215
6 changes
CE bound to table 218
6 changes
CE bound to table 222
6 changes
CE bound to table 233
6 changes
CE bound to table 247
6 changes
CE bound to table 254
6 changes
CE bound to table 258
6 changes
CE bound to table 259
6 changes
CE bound to table 262
6 changes
CE bound to table 263
6 changes
CE bound to table 265
6 changes
CE bound to table 276
6 changes
CE bound to table 277
6 changes
CE bound to table 278
6 changes
CE bound to table 280
6 changes
CE bound to table 281
6 changes
CE bound to table 282
6 changes
CE bound to table 283
6 changes
CE bound to table 284
6 changes
CE bound to table 285
6 changes
CE bound to table 286
6 changes
CE bound to table 292
6 changes
CE bound to table 293
6 changes
CE bound to table 296
6 changes
CE bound to table 321
6 changes
CE bound to table 324
6 changes
CE bound to table 325
6 changes
CE bound to table 336
6 changes
coded element with formatted values
6 changes
composite ID with check digit
4 changes
Account number
4 changes
Patient ID with check digit
4 changes
authorization information
1 change
CM for Batch Totals
2 changes
charge time
1 change
daily deductible
1 change
activation date
1 change
Day Type and Number
1 change
parent order
2 changes
error
4 changes
Filler order number
2 changes
Financial transaction
2 changes
Order group number
2 changes
Internal location
8 changes
Job code/class
2 changes
Location with address information
18 changes
Driver's license number
2 changes
Charge To Practise
2 changes
Message Type
1 change
observing practitioner
11 changes
occurence
1 change
occurence span
1 change
Patient ID
5 changes
Patient ID with table 0192
5 changes
Pre-certification required
3 changes
penalty
2 changes
person identifier
3 changes
Privileges
1 change
Placer order number
2 changes
Practitioner ID Numbers
4 changes
Seat/location position
3 changes
Practitioner performing procedure
2 changes
parent result link
3 changes
Policy Type
2 changes
Value range
2 changes
reference range
11 changes
interval
2 changes
Room Coverage
4 changes
specimen source
2 changes
Value code and amount
2 changes
value qualifier
1 change
channel identifier
2 changes
Composite ID number and name (2.8.7)
9 changes
Composite ID and name
8 changes
Physician ID and name
13 changes
Composite Price
6 changes
composite quantity with units
2 changes
Composite quantity with units
2 changes
extended composite ID with check digit
6 changes
driver's license number
3 changes
Date Time Range
2 changes
Date
1 change
encapsulated data
5 changes
entity identifier
4 changes
financial class
2 changes
formatted text data
1 change
hierarchic designator
3 changes
Coded Value for HL7 tables
1 change
Coded Value for user defined tables
1 change
Job Code Class
2 changes
multiplexed array
6 changes
money
2 changes
numeric array
4 changes
numeric
1 change
person location
9 changes
person name
6 changes
performing person time stamp
15 changes
processing type
2 changes
query input parameter list
2 changes
query selection criteria
4 changes
row column definition
3 changes
repeat interval
2 changes
reference pointer
4 changes
scheduling class value pair
2 changes
sequence ID
1 change
structured numeric
4 changes
string data
1 change
time
1 change
telephone number
1 change
timing quantity
5 changes
text data
1 change
visiting hours
4 changes
extended address
10 changes
Extended Composite ID number and name (2.8.46)
14 changes
Extended Composite Name and ID for organizations (2.8.47)
8 changes
extended person name
8 changes
extended telecommunication number
9 changes
Most used in v2.3
Structural usage across the specification — not popularity, arithmetic.