01901

Specimen Source Site

2007-05-08
Definition: specifies the source from which the specimen was obtained. For example, in the case where a liver biopsy is obtained via a percutaneous needle, the source would be ‘liver.'

Any nationally recognized coding system might be used for this field including SNOMED; alternatively the HL7 defined table 0070 may be used. Veterinary medicine may choose the tables supported for the components of this field as decided by their industry.

Length≤250
9 components
1O-Identifier
2O-Text
3OName of Coding System
4O-Alternate Identifier
5O-Alternate Text
6OName of Alternate Coding System
7C-Coding System Version ID
8O-Alternate Coding System Version ID
9O-Original Text