00689

Specialty

2001-02-02
Components: <specialty name (ST)> ^ <governing board (ST)> ^ <eligible or certified (IS)> ^ <date of certification (DT)>

Definition: This repeating field is made up of multiple components to record the practitioner's specialties. The multiple components of each specialty are: (1) specialty name or abbreviation, identifies provider's specialty, (2) name of specialty governing board, (3) Certification Status, (4) certified date contains the date of certification, if certified.

Length≤100
2 values
IInstitution bills for provider
PProvider does own billing
4 components
1O-specialty name
2O-governing board
3O-eligible or certified
4O-date of certification