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Hospital Item Code

2007-10-26
Definition: This field contains the identifier and description that uniquely identify the item on all applications in the hospital. The identifier is usually controlled by the hospital financial application in the charge description master file. This field is conditional because at least one of the three fields - RQD-2-item code-internal, RQD-3-item code-external or RQD-4-hospital item code -- must be valued.
Note: At least one of the three fields 4.11.1.2 through 4.11.1.4 must be non-null.
Length≤250
9999no table for CE
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