LCH

Location Characteristic

The LCH segment is used to identify location characteristics which determine which patients will be assigned to the room or bed. It contains the location characteristics of the room or bed identified in the preceding LOC segment. There should be one LCH segment for each attribute.

When the LCH segment appears immediately following the LOC segment, it communicates characteristics which are the same across multiple departments that may use the same room. When the LCH segment appears immediately following the LDP segment, it communicates characteristics which differ for different departments that may use the same room. For example, the following characteristics are more likely to vary by which department is using the room: teaching, gender, staffed, set up, overflow, whereas the other characteristics are likely to remain the same.

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1..200-PLR1-01305LCH-1Primary Key Value - LCH2
2..3-IDO1020600763LCH-2Segment Action Code
3..80-EIO1-00764LCH-3Segment Unique Key
4..80-CE_0324R1032401295LCH-4Location Characteristic ID
5..80-CE_0136_0262_0263O1-01294LCH-5Location Characteristic Value2
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