| MSH-1 |
Field Separator
|
ST |
R |
Prefer “|”
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| MSH-2 |
Encoding Characters
|
ST |
R |
Prefer “^~\&”
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| MSH-3 |
Sending Application
|
HD |
RE |
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| MSH-4 |
Sending Facility
|
HD |
RE |
For feeds aggregating data from multiple MRN sources, the sending facility can be used to identify the record authority for the MRN in the transaction. See Patient Identity for additional information.
|
| MSH-5 |
Receiving Application
|
HD |
X |
|
| MSH-6 |
Receiving Facility
|
HD |
X |
|
| MSH-7 |
Date/Time of Message
|
TS |
R |
Precision to the second is required. If a time zone offset is not supplied, then a default will need to be supplied to CareEvolution during interface configuration.
|
| MSH-8 |
Security
|
ST |
O |
|
| MSH-9 |
Message Type
|
MSG |
R |
|
| MSH-10 |
Message Control ID
|
ST |
R |
|
| MSH-11 |
Processing ID
|
PT |
X |
|
| MSH-12 |
Version ID
|
VID |
O |
“2.7” is implied, regardless of the value in this field, which is not validated. See section Error! Reference source not found. in the Introduction.
|
| MSH-13 |
Sequence Number
|
NM |
O |
|
| MSH-14 |
Continuation Pointer
|
ST |
O |
|
| MSH-15 |
Accept Acknowledgement Type
|
ID |
X |
|
| MSH-16 |
Application Acknowledgment Type
|
ID |
X |
|
| MSH-17 |
Country Code
|
ID |
X |
|
| MSH-18 |
Character Set
|
ID |
X |
|
| MSH-19 |
Principal Language of Message
|
CE |
X |
|
| MSH-20 |
Alternate Character Set Handling Scheme
|
ID |
X |
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| MSH-21 |
Message Profile Identifier
|
EI |
O |
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