Appendix A Basic – Definitions Basic Definitions Data Type (DT) The basic building block used to construct or restrict the contents of a data field. – CE Coded element. – CK Composite ID with digit. – CM Composite – CN Composite ID number and name. – DT Date, Date/time YYYYMMDD – FN Family name – FT Formatted text – ID values for HL7 tables, all components are a ST data type – IS value for user-defined table. – PN person name – SI Sequence ID. A positive integer in the form of an NM field. – ST String, alphanumeric. – TQ Timing/quantity – TS Times stamp, date/time. Exact time if the event, including date/time. – TX Text data – Discrete (structured) Report Format are reported in individual OBX – segment. Please See Appendix D for an example.
Appendix A – Basic Definitions Basic Definitions Data Type (DT) – The basic building block used to construct or restrict the contents of a data field. CE – Coded element. CK – Composite ID with digit. CM – Composite CN – Composite ID number and name. DT – Date, Date/time YYYYMMDD FN – Family name FT – Formatted text ID – values for HL7 tables, all components are a ST data type IS – value for user-defined table. PN – person name SI – Sequence ID. A positive integer in the form of an NM field. ST – String, alphanumeric. TQ – Timing/quantity TS – Times stamp, date/time. Exact time if the event, including date/time. TX – Text data Discrete (structured) Report Format – are reported in individual OBX segment. Please See Appendix D for an example.