00271

Diet, Supplement, or Preference Code

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 is the identifier of the ordered item for a patient; it is equivalent to OBR-4-universal service ID in function. Since ODS is a repeating segment, multiple entities get multiple segments. Example:

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