00612

Outside Site(s) Where Observation may be Performed

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 identification(s) of the outside service(s) that produce(s) the observation. The format of this CE field uses the producer ID (as defined in OM1-5 - Producer ID) and the name of the service separated by component delimiters. An example is ...|39221^ACME lab^MC|... If multiple services are used, they should be separated by repeat delimiter(s).

Length≤250
9999for unknown CE data elements
6 components
1O-identifier (ST)
2O-text
3O-name of coding system
4O-alternate identifier (ST)
5O-alternate text
6O-name of alternate coding system