The MSH segment defines the intent, source, destination, and some specifics of the syntax of a message.
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1..1-STR1-00001MSH-1Field Separator-
2..4-STR1-00002MSH-2Encoding Characters-
3..227-HDO1036100003MSH-3Sending Application4 mappings
4..227-HDO1036200004MSH-4Sending Facility5 mappings
5..227-HDO1036100005MSH-5Receiving Application3 mappings
6..227-HDO1036200006MSH-6Receiving Facilitydestination[1].receiver(Organization)
7..24-DTMR1-00007MSH-7Date/Time of Message33 mappings
8..40-STO1-00008MSH-8Securitymeta.security
9..15-MSGR1-00009MSH-9Message Type3 mappings
10..199-STR1-00010MSH-10Message Control IDLength2 mappings
11..3-PTR1-00011MSH-11Processing IDmeta
12..60-VIDR1-00012MSH-12Version ID-
13..15-NMO1-00013MSH-13Sequence Number-
14..180-STO1-00014MSH-14Continuation Pointer-
15..2-IDO1015500015MSH-15Accept Acknowledgment Type-
16..2-IDO1015500016MSH-16Application Acknowledgment Type-
17..3-IDO1039900017MSH-17Country Codesender(Organization.address.country)
18..16-IDO*021100692MSH-18Character Set-
19..250-CWEO1-00693MSH-19Principal Language Of MessageData Typelanguage
20..20-IDO1035601317MSH-20Alternate Character Set Handling Scheme-
21..427-EIO*-01598MSH-21Message Profile Identifier-
22..567-XONO1-01823MSH-22Sending Responsible OrganizationNEW5 mappings
23..567-XONO1-01824MSH-23Receiving Responsible OrganizationNEWdestination[1].receiver(Organization)
24..227-HDO1-01825MSH-24Sending Network AddressNEW3 mappings
25..227-HDO1-01826MSH-25Receiving Network AddressNEW3 mappings
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