Sending Facility

Definition: This field further describes the sending application, MSH-3-sending application. With the promotion of this field to an HD data type, the usage has been broadened to include not just the sending facility but other organizational entities such as a) the organizational entity responsible for sending application; b) the responsible unit; c) a product or vendor's identifier, etc. Entirely site-defined. User-defined Table 0362 - Sending/receiving facility is used as the HL7 identifier for the user-defined table of values for the first component.