01539

Species Code

2007-05-08
Definition: The species of living organism. This may include the common or scientific name, based on the coding system(s) used. SNOMED is the recommended coding system. If this field is not valued, a human is assumed. Refer to User-defined Table 0446 - Species Code for suggested values.

Conditionality Rule: This field must be valued if PID-36 - Breed Code or PID-38 - Production Class Code is valued.

Length≤250
1 values
...no suggested valuesDeprecated
6 components
1O-Identifier
2O-Text
3OName of Coding System
4O-Alternate Identifier
5O-Alternate Text
6OName of Alternate Coding System