HL7 Component Table - VID - Version Identifier
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Seq# | Description | Interpretation | Flags | Cardinality | Length | C.LEN | Vocabulary | Data Type | Implement | Cardinality | Vocabulary |
VID | |||||||||||
1 | Version ID | [1..1] | versionId (CD VS) | ID | SHALL | (CS) | |||||
2 | Internationalization Code | [0..1] | iso3166-1 (CD VS) | CWE | (CS) | ||||||
3 | International Version ID | [0..1] | CWE |
Definition: Used to identify the HL7 version. Refer to HL7 Table 0104 - Version ID in Chapter 2C for valid values.
Definition: Used to identify the international affiliate country code. The values to be used are those of ISO 3166 -1:1977. The ISO 3166 table has three separate forms of the country code: HL7 specifies that the 3-character (alphabetic) form be used for the country code.
Refer to HL7 Table 0399 - Country Code in Chapter 2C for the 3-character codes as defined by ISO 3166 table.
Definition: This field component identifies international affiliate’s version; it is especially important when the international affiliate has more than a single local version associated with a single US version.