ACK The ACK segment should appear on the application level acknowledgement (ACK) message. Position Name Max Usage Width 1 Acknowledgement 2 Should contain one of the two values Code AA Successful acknowledgement – AE Error – 2 Message Control ID 30 Should contain the Message control ID passed in MSH:10 of the message acknowledged. 3 Text Message 15 In the case of a positive acknowledgement of an A04 message this field should contain the PAS primary key allocated to the new patient. 6 Error Condition 100 Sub field 2 (Text) may contain an error message. MRG The segment appears on the ADT^A40 message. Position Name Max Usage Width 1 Prior Patient ID Patient identifiers for the source patient of the merge, refer to Internal the notes on patient identifiers above. 1.1 ID 15 1.4 Assigning Authority 5 1.5 Identifier Type 2 Code NK1 The next of kin segment appears on the ADT^A04, ADT^A08, ADT^A28 and ADT^A31 messages. Position Name Max Width 2 Next of Kin name 250 If this field is repeated CRIS uses the first occurrence. 2.1 Surname 25 2.2 First name 25 3.2 Relationship 250 This may need to be mapped.
ACK The ACK segment should appear on the application level acknowledgement (ACK) message. Position Name Max Width Usage 1 Acknowledgement Code 2 Should contain one of the two values AA – Successful acknowledgement AE – Error 2 Message Control ID 30 Should contain the Message control ID passed in MSH:10 of the message acknowledged. 3 Text Message 15 In the case of a positive acknowledgement of an A04 message this field should contain the PAS primary key allocated to the new patient. 6 Error Condition 100 Sub field 2 (Text) may contain an error message. MRG The segment appears on the ADT^A40 message. Position Name Max Width Usage 1 Prior Patient ID Internal Patient identifiers for the source patient of the merge, refer to the notes on patient identifiers above. 1.1 ID 15 1.4 Assigning Authority 5 1.5 Identifier Type Code 2 NK1 The next of kin segment appears on the ADT^A04, ADT^A08, ADT^A28 and ADT^A31 messages. Position Name Max Width 2 Next of Kin name 250 If this field is repeated CRIS uses the first occurrence. 2.1 Surname 25 2.2 First name 25 3.2 Relationship 250 This may need to be mapped.
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