HL7 v2.4
Published November 2000 · successor to HL7 v2.3.1
What's changed in v2.4
Changes from v2.3.1 to v2.4
1948
Total Changes
123
Segments Affected
184
Data Types Affected
326
New Fields
Abstract
14 changes
Accident
6 changes
Professional Affiliation
5 changes
Appointment Information - General Resource
7 changes
Appointment Information - Location Resource
5 changes
Appointment Information - Personnel Resource
6 changes
Appointment Information - Service
7 changes
Patient allergy information
12 changes
Appointment Request
14 changes
Authorization Information
2 changes
Blood Code
2 changes
Charge Description Master
11 changes
Clinical Study Master
5 changes
Clinical Study Phase Master
1 change
Clinical Study Schedule Master
5 changes
Clear Notification
6 changes
Clinical Study Phase
2 changes
Clinical Study Registration
8 changes
Clinical Study Data Schedule Segment
2 changes
Contact Data
6 changes
Clinical Trial Identification
2 changes
Disability
2 changes
Diagnosis
5 changes
Diagnosis Related Group
3 changes
Continuation Pointer
1 change
Equipment Command
5 changes
Equipment Command Response
3 changes
Educational Detail
8 changes
Embedded Query Language
4 changes
Equipment/log Service
5 changes
Equipment Detail
5 changes
Event Replay Query
1 change
Event Type
2 changes
Facility
8 changes
Financial Transaction
9 changes
Goal Detail
8 changes
Grouping/Reimbursement - Visit
5 changes
Grouping/Reimbursement - Procedure Line Item
14 changes
Guarantor
35 changes
Patient Adverse Reaction Information
20 changes
Insurance
26 changes
Insurance Additional Information
45 changes
Insurance Additional Information, Certification
10 changes
Inventory Detail
18 changes
Interaction Status Detail
3 changes
Language Detail
4 changes
Location Charge Code
4 changes
Location Characteristic
6 changes
Location Department
5 changes
Location Identification
7 changes
Location Relationship
3 changes
Master File Acknowledgment
3 changes
Master File Identification
1 change
Merge patient information
9 changes
Message Acknowledgment
3 changes
Message Header
6 changes
System clock
1 change
Notification Detail
4 changes
Next of Kin / Associated Parties
28 changes
Application status change
15 changes
Application control level statistics
17 changes
Notes and Comments
1 change
Observation Request
22 changes
Observation/Result
13 changes
Dietary Orders, Supplements, and Preferences
2 changes
Diet Tray Instructions
2 changes
General Segment
40 changes
Numeric Observation
12 changes
Categorical Service/Test/Observation
14 changes
Observations that Require Specimens
8 changes
Observation Batteries (Sets)
4 changes
Observations that are Calculated from Other Observations
1 change
Additional Basic Attributes
24 changes
Common Order
16 changes
Practitioner Organization Unit
12 changes
Possible Causal Relationship
6 changes
Patient Additional Demographic
16 changes
Patient death and autopsy
9 changes
Product Detail Country
4 changes
Product Experience Observation
9 changes
Product Experience Sender
4 changes
Patient identification
30 changes
Procedures
13 changes
Practitioner Detail
8 changes
Problem Details
12 changes
Pricing
6 changes
Provider Data
6 changes
Pathway
2 changes
Patient visit
13 changes
Patient visit - additional information
18 changes
Query Acknowledgment
4 changes
Query Identification
2 changes
Query Parameter Definition
3 changes
Original-Style Query Definition
3 changes
Original Style Query Filter
3 changes
Query Response Instance
3 changes
Response Control Parameter
7 changes
Table Row Definition
1 change
Referral Information
6 changes
Resource Group
1 change
Risk Management Incident
3 changes
Role
11 changes
Requisition Detail-1
6 changes
Requisition Detail
5 changes
Pharmacy/Treatment Administration
10 changes
Pharmacy/Treatment Component Order
4 changes
Pharmacy/Treatment Dispense
12 changes
Pharmacy/Treatment Encoded Order
19 changes
Pharmacy/Treatment Give
10 changes
Pharmacy/Treatment Order
20 changes
Pharmacy/Treatment Route
6 changes
Specimen and container detail
44 changes
Scheduling Activity Information
18 changes
Substance Identifier
4 changes
Stored Procedure Request Definition
2 changes
Staff Identification
19 changes
Test Code Configuration
14 changes
Test Code Detail
8 changes
Transcription Document Header
7 changes
UB82
7 changes
Results/update Definition
3 changes
Variance
2 changes
Virtual Table Query Request
3 changes
address
1 change
authorization information
1 change
channel definition
3 changes
coded element
4 changes
CE with table 2
4 changes
CE with table 5
4 changes
CE with table 6
4 changes
CE with table 48
4 changes
CE with table 49
4 changes
CE bound to table 50
4 changes
CE bound to table 51
4 changes
CE bound to table 55
4 changes
CE bound to table 59
4 changes
CE bound to table 63
4 changes
CE bound to table 66
4 changes
CE bound to table 69
4 changes
CE bound to table 70
6 changes
CE bound to table 72
4 changes
CE bound to table 83
4 changes
CE bound to table 88
4 changes
CE bound to table 114
4 changes
CE bound to table 118
4 changes
CE bound to table 127
6 changes
CE bound to table 128
6 changes
CE bound to table 129
4 changes
CE bound to table 131
4 changes
CE bound to table 132
4 changes
CE bound to table 136
6 changes
CE bound to table 160
4 changes
CE bound to table 162
4 changes
CE bound to table 163
4 changes
CE bound to table 164
4 changes
CE bound to table 165
4 changes
CE bound to table 171
4 changes
CE bound to table 172
4 changes
CE bound to table 175
4 changes
CE bound to table 181
4 changes
CE bound to table 184
4 changes
CE bound to table 185
4 changes
CE bound to table 189
4 changes
CE bound to table 212
4 changes
CE bound to table 215
4 changes
CE bound to table 218
4 changes
CE bound to table 222
4 changes
CE bound to table 227
4 changes
CE bound to table 233
4 changes
CE bound to table 247
4 changes
CE bound to table 255
4 changes
CE bound to table 255
4 changes
CE bound to table 258
4 changes
CE bound to table 259
4 changes
CE bound to table 264
6 changes
CE bound to table 265
4 changes
CE bound to table 276
4 changes
CE bound to table 277
4 changes
CE bound to table 278
4 changes
CE bound to table 280
4 changes
CE bound to table 281
4 changes
CE bound to table 282
4 changes
CE bound to table 283
4 changes
CE bound to table 284
4 changes
CE bound to table 285
4 changes
CE bound to table 286
4 changes
CE bound to table 292
4 changes
CE bound to table 293
4 changes
CE bound to table 296
4 changes
CE bound to table 324
4 changes
CE bound to table 325
4 changes
CE bound to table 336
4 changes
CE bound to table 339
4 changes
CE bound to table 340
4 changes
CE bound to table 341
4 changes
CE bound to table 342
4 changes
CE bound to table 343
4 changes
CE bound to table 344
4 changes
CE bound to table 345
4 changes
CE bound to table 346
4 changes
CE bound to table 347
4 changes
CE bound to table 348
4 changes
CE bound to table 349
4 changes
CE bound to table 351
4 changes
CE bound to table 357
6 changes
CE bound to table 358
4 changes
CE bound to table 364
4 changes
CE bound to table 365
6 changes
CE bound to table 366
6 changes
CE bound to table 367
6 changes
CE bound to table 368
6 changes
CE bound to table 369
6 changes
CE bound to table 370
6 changes
CE bound to table 371
6 changes
CE bound to table 373
6 changes
CE bound to table 374
6 changes
CE bound to table 375
6 changes
CE bound to table 376
6 changes
CE bound to table 377
6 changes
CE bound to table 378
6 changes
CE bound to table 379
6 changes
CE bound to table 380
6 changes
CE bound to table 381
6 changes
CE bound to table 382
6 changes
CE bound to table 383
6 changes
CE bound to table 384
6 changes
CE bound to table 385
6 changes
CE bound to table 386
6 changes
CE bound to table 387
6 changes
CE bound to table 388
6 changes
CE bound to table 389
6 changes
CE bound to table 393
6 changes
CE bound to table 394
6 changes
CE bound to table 401
6 changes
CE bound to table 402
6 changes
CE bound to table 403
6 changes
CE bound to table 404
6 changes
CE bound to table 405
6 changes
CE bound to table 406
6 changes
CE bound to table 411
6 changes
CE bound to table 412
6 changes
CE bound to table 413
6 changes
CE bound to table 414
6 changes
CE bound to table 417
6 changes
CE bound to table 421
6 changes
CE bound to table 422
6 changes
CE bound to table 423
6 changes
CE bound to table 424
6 changes
CE bound to table 425
6 changes
CE bound to table 426
6 changes
CE bound to table 427
6 changes
CE bound to table 428
6 changes
CE bound to table 429
6 changes
CE bound to table 430
6 changes
CE bound to table 431
6 changes
CE bound to table 432
6 changes
CE bound to table 433
6 changes
CE bound to table 434
6 changes
CE bound to table 435
6 changes
CE bound to table 436
6 changes
CE bound to table 437
6 changes
CE bound to table 438
6 changes
CE bound to table 443
6 changes
CE bound to table 446
6 changes
CE bound to table 447
6 changes
CE bound to table 450
6 changes
CE bound to table 451
6 changes
CE bound to table 452
6 changes
CE bound to table 453
6 changes
CE bound to table 454
6 changes
CE bound to table 461
6 changes
CE bound to table 462
6 changes
CE bound to table 463
6 changes
CE bound to table 464
6 changes
CE bound to table 466
6 changes
CE bound to table 471
6 changes
CE bound to table 474
6 changes
coded element with formatted values
6 changes
composite ID with check digit
2 changes
composite ID number and name
2 changes
coded with no exceptions
4 changes
composite ID number and name (special DT for NDL)
11 changes
Composite ID number and Name simplified
11 changes
coded with exceptions
4 changes
extended composite ID with check digit
6 changes
discharge location
1 change
financial class
1 change
familiy name
5 changes
Location with address information (variant 2)
1 change
multiplexed array
3 changes
observing practitioner
1 change
occurence
1 change
person location
1 change
person name
2 changes
performing person time stamp
7 changes
query input parameter list
1 change
reference range
1 change
street address
3 changes
scheduling class value pair
1 change
structured numeric
1 change
specimen source
3 changes
sort order
2 changes
timing quantity
4 changes
extended address
3 changes
extended composite ID number and name for persons
6 changes
extended composite name and identification number for organizations
2 changes
extended person name
5 changes
Most used in v2.4
Structural usage across the specification — not popularity, arithmetic.