00248
Specimen Received Date/Time
2007-10-26
Definition: This field has been retained for backward compatibility only. As of version 2.5, in messages where the SPM segment is present, the use of SPM-18 Specimen Received Date/Time is favored over this field
For observations requiring a specimen, the specimen received date/time is the actual login time at the diagnostic service. This field must contain a value when the order is accompanied by a specimen, or when the observation required a specimen and the message is a report.
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