SPM - The intent of this segment is to describe the characteristics of a specimen. It differs from the intent of the OBR, in that the OBR addresses order-specific information. Supported to allow for the sending of laboratory data elements of interest under the Laboratory Information Section Header (Lab OBR), optionally supported to allow mapping similar to ELR. Table 5.2.6: SPECIMEN Segment (SPM) Field Name Seq Data Len Usage Cardinality Value Set Description/Comments type Set ID - SPM 1 SI 4 R [1..1] Specimen ID 2 EIP 855 O [0..1] Specimen Parent IDs 3 EIP 855 RE [0..*] Specimen Type 4 CWE 1063 R [1..1] Specimen Type Modifier 5 CWE 1063 O [0..*] Specimen Additives 6 EI 427 O [0..*] Specimen Collection Method 7 CWE 1063 O [0..1] Specimen Source Site 8 CWE 1063 O [0..1] Source from which the specimen was obtained. For biological samples, it represents the anatomical site from which the specimen was collected. Specimen Source Site 9 CWE 1063 O [0..1] Modifier Specimen Collection Site 10 CWE 1063 O [0..1] 3 Specimen Role 11 CWE 1063 O [0..1] HL70369 Specimen Collection Amount 12 CQ 858 O [0..1] Grouped Specimen Count 13 NM 16 C (R/X) [0..1] Condition Predicate: If SPM-11 Specimen Role is ‘G’. Specimen Description 14 ST 250 O [0..1] Specimen Handling Code 15 CWE 1063 O [0..1] HL70376
SPM - The intent of this segment is to describe the characteristics of a specimen. It differs from the intent of the OBR, in that the OBR addresses order-specific information. Supported to allow for the sending of laboratory data elements of interest under the Laboratory Information Section Header (Lab OBR), optionally supported to allow mapping similar to ELR. Table 5.2.6: SPECIMEN Segment (SPM) Field Name Seq Data type Len Usage Cardinality Value Set Description/Comments Set ID - SPM 1 SI 4 R [1..1] Specimen ID 2 EIP 855 O [0..1] Specimen Parent IDs 3 EIP 855 RE [0..*] Specimen Type 4 CWE 1063 R [1..1] Specimen Type Modifier 5 CWE 1063 O [0..*] Specimen Additives 6 EI 427 O [0..*] Specimen Collection Method 7 CWE 1063 O [0..1] Specimen Source Site 8 CWE 1063 O [0..1] Source from which the specimen was obtained. For biological samples, it represents the anatomical site from which the specimen was collected. Specimen Source Site Modifier 9 CWE 1063 O [0..1] Specimen Collection Site 10 CWE 1063 O [0..1] 3 Specimen Role 11 CWE 1063 O [0..1] HL70369 Specimen Collection Amount 12 CQ 858 O [0..1] Grouped Specimen Count 13 NM 16 C (R/X) [0..1] Condition Predicate: If SPM-11 Specimen Role is ‘G’. Specimen Description 14 ST 250 O [0..1] Specimen Handling Code 15 CWE 1063 O [0..1] HL70376