Notification identification This segment (PV1) is not required until further notice. This is anticipated to be after laboratory information systems have been adapted to cater for this requirement. Table : Notification identification Data Field Len Opt Required Comments for: Patient class PV1-2 1 R BusProc Use ‘N’ not applicable Pre-admit number PV1-5 250 R PHAction, and BusProc PV1-2 – patient class This field is used by some laboratory systems to classify patients. In the case of a notification this is not applicable so the code ‘N’ is used. Example: PV1|N|||esr number PV1-5– pre-admit number See section 4.8 for more detail on the use of this field. The future require will be the notification number issued by the ESR or the GP-linked tracing number. Example: PV1|N|||GP order number Observation request Table : OBR observation request message Data element Field Len Type Opt Required Comments for: Placer order OBR-2 50 EI R BusProc, Specimen/sample number from a number practitioner. Created by laboratory PHAction when none supplied. Filler order number OBR-3 50 EI R BusProc, Specimen/sample number preferably from the laboratory PHAction doing the test. Order numbers should be kept below 50 in length to ensure forward compatibility. Universal service OBR-4 250 R PHAction, ID Legislation
Notification identification This segment (PV1) is not required until further notice. This is anticipated to be after laboratory information systems have been adapted to cater for this requirement. Table : Notification identification Data Field Len Opt Required for: Comments Patient class PV1-2 1 R BusProc Use ‘N’ not applicable Pre-admit number PV1-5 250 R PHAction, and BusProc PV1-2 – patient class This field is used by some laboratory systems to classify patients. In the case of a notification this is not applicable so the code ‘N’ is used. Example: PV1|N|||esr number PV1-5– pre-admit number See section 4.8 for more detail on the use of this field. The future require will be the notification number issued by the ESR or the GP-linked tracing number. Example: PV1|N|||GP order number Observation request Table : OBR observation request message Data element Field Len Type Opt Required for: Comments Placer order number OBR-2 50 EI R BusProc, PHAction Specimen/sample number from a practitioner. Created by laboratory when none supplied. Filler order number OBR-3 50 EI R BusProc, PHAction Specimen/sample number preferably from the laboratory doing the test. Order numbers should be kept below 50 in length to ensure forward compatibility. Universal service ID OBR-4 250 R PHAction, Legislation