00118

Primary Language

1999-04-14
Components: <identifier (ST)> ^ <text (ST)> ^ <name of coding system (ST)> ^ <alternate identifier (ST)> ^ <alternate text (ST)> ^ <name of alternate coding system (ST)>

Definition: This field contains the patient's primary language. HL7 recommends using ISO table 639 as the suggested values in user-defined table 0296 - Language.

Length≤60
0296Primary Language
6 components
1Oidentifier
2O-text
3O-name of coding system
4O-alternate identifier
5O-alternate text
6O-name of alternate coding system

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