00278
Hospital Item Code
2000-10-28
Components: <identifier (ST)> ^ <text (ST)> ^ <name of coding system (IS)> ^ <alternate identifier (ST)> ^ <alternate text (ST)> ^ <name of alternate coding system (IS)>
Definition: This field contains the identifier and description that uniquely identify the item on all applications in the hospital. The identifier is usually controlled by the hospital financial application in the charge description master file. This field is conditional because at least one of the three fields-- RQD-2-item code-internal, RQD-3-item code-external or RQD-4-hospital item code-- must be valued.
Length≤250
6 components
| 1 | O | - | identifier (ST) | |
| 2 | O | - | text | |
| 3 | O | - | name of coding system | |
| 4 | O | - | alternate identifier (ST) | |
| 5 | O | - | alternate text | |
| 6 | O | - | name of alternate coding system |