00692

Character Set

1997-07-11
Definition: This field contains the character set for the entire message. Refer to HL7 table 0211 - Alternate character sets for valid values.
Length≤6
13 values
8859/1The printable characters from the ISO 8859/1 Character set
8859/2The printable characters from the ISO 8859/2 Character set
8859/3The printable characters from the ISO 8859/3 Character set
8859/4The printable characters from the ISO 8859/4 Character set
8859/5The printable characters from the ISO 8859/5 Character set
8859/6The printable characters from the ISO 8859/6 Character set
8859/7The printable characters from the ISO 8859/7 Character set
8859/8The printable characters from the ISO 8859/8 Character set
8859/9The printable characters from the ISO 8859/9 Character set
ASCIIThe printable 7-bit ASCII character set . (This is the default if this field is omitted)
JAS2020A subset of ISO2020 used for most Kanjii transmissions
JIS X 0202ISO 2022 with escape sequences for Kanjii
UNICODE<needs document reference>
IDCoded Value for HL7 tablesPrimitive