01903
Specimen Risk Code
2003-08-22
Definition: This field contains any known or suspected specimen hazards, e.g., exceptionally infectious agent or blood from a hepatitis patient. Either code and/or text may be absent. However, the code is always placed in the first component position and any free text in the second component. Thus, a component delimiter must precede free text without a code. Refer to User-defined Table 0489 _ Risk Codes for suggested entries
Length≤250
11 values
AGG | Aggressive |
BHZ | Biohazard |
BIO | Biological |
COR | Corrosive |
ESC | Escape Risk |
EXP | Explosive |
IFL | MaterialDangerInflammable |
INF | MaterialDangerInfectious |
INJ | Injury Hazard |
POI | Poison |
RAD | Radioactive |
9 components
| 1 | O | - | Identifier | |
| 2 | O | - | Text | |
| 3 | O | Name of Coding System | ||
| 4 | O | - | Alternate Identifier | |
| 5 | O | - | Alternate Text | |
| 6 | O | Name of Alternate Coding System | ||
| 7 | C | - | Coding System Version ID | |
| 8 | O | - | Alternate Coding System Version ID | |
| 9 | O | - | Original Text |