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Character Set

2007-10-26
Definition: This field contains the character set for the entire message. Refer to HL7 Table 0211 - Alternate character sets for valid values.

An HL7 message uses field MSH-18-character set to specify the character set(s) in use. Valid values for this field are specified in HL7 Table 0211, "Alternate Character Sets". MSH-18-character set may be left blank, or may contain one or more values delimited by the repetition separator. If the field is left blank, the character set in use is understood to be the 7-bit ASCII set, decimal 0 through decimal 127 (hex 00 through hex 7F). This default value may also be explicitly specified as ASCII.

Length≤16
22 values
8859/1The printable characters from the ISO 8859/1 Character set
8859/2The printable characters from the ISO 8859/2 Character set
8859/3The printable characters from the ISO 8859/3 Character set
8859/4The printable characters from the ISO 8859/4 Character set
8859/5The printable characters from the ISO 8859/5 Character set
8859/6The printable characters from the ISO 8859/6 Character set
8859/7The printable characters from the ISO 8859/7 Character set
8859/8The printable characters from the ISO 8859/8 Character set
8859/9The printable characters from the ISO 8859/9 Character set
8859/15The printable characters from the ISO 8859/15 (Latin-15)
ASCIIThe printable 7-bit ASCII character set.
BIG-5Code for Taiwanese Character Set (BIG-5)
CNS 11643-1992Code for Taiwanese Character Set (CNS 11643-1992)
GB 18030-2000Code for Chinese Character Set (GB 18030-2000)
ISO IR14Code for Information Exchange (one byte)(JIS X 0201-1976).
ISO IR87Code for the Japanese Graphic Character set for information interchange (JIS X 0208-1990),
ISO IR159Code of the supplementary Japanese Graphic Character set for information interchange (JIS X 0212-1990).
KS X 1001Code for Korean Character Set (KS X 1001)
UNICODEThe world wide character standard from ISO/IEC 10646-1-1993
UNICODE UTF-8UCS Transformation Format, 8-bit form
UNICODE UTF-16UCS Transformation Format, 16-bit form
UNICODE UTF-32UCS Transformation Format, 32-bit form
IDCoded Value for HL7 Defined TablesPrimitive