00049

R/U What Department Code

Components: <identifier (ID)> ^ <text (ST)> ^ <name of coding system (ST)> ^ <alternate identifier (ID)> ^ <alternate text (ST)> ^ <name of alternate coding system (ST)>

Definition: This field contains either a test number, procedure number, drug code, item number, order number, etc. to identify the department The contents of this field are determined by the contents of the previous field. This field could contain multiple occurrences separated by repetition delimiters.

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