00772

Associated Diagnosis 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 contains the diagnosis which is the primary reason this procedure was performed, e.g., Medicare wants to know for which diagnosis this procedure is submitted for inclusion on HCFA 1500 form. User-defined table 0051 - Diagnosis code is used as the HL7 identifier for the user-defined table of values for this field.

Length≤80
0051Diagnosis Code
6 components
1Oidentifier
2O-text
3O-name of coding system
4O-alternate identifier
5O-alternate text
6O-name of alternate coding system