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SPM - Specimen Segment (SPM)

Global Profile (Differential)
Seq#Data ElementDescriptionFlagsImplementVocabulary
SPM
401900Specimen Type  SHALLuniv: SpecimenType (CD) hl7VS-specimenType (VS) specimenType (CS)
Global Profile (Snapshot)
Seq#Data ElementDescriptionFlagsImplementCardinalityVocabularyData Type
SPM
101754Set ID - SPM MAY[0..1]
SI

Sequence ID

201755Specimen Identifier MAY[0..1]
EIP

Entity Identifier Pair

301756Specimen Parent IDs MAY[0..*]
EIP

Entity Identifier Pair

401900Specimen Type  SHALL[1..1]univ: SpecimenType (CD) hl7VS-specimenType (VS) specimenType (CS)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

501757Specimen Type Modifier MAY[0..*]SpecimenTypeModifier (CD)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

601758Specimen Additives MAY[0..*]univ: Additive/Preservative (CD) hl7VS-additivePreservative (VS) additivePreservative (CS)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

701759Specimen Collection Method  MAY[0..1]univ: SpecimenCollectionMethod (CD) hl7VS-specimenCollectionMethod (VS) specimenCollectionMethod (CS)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

801901Specimen Source Site MAY[0..1]SpecimenSourceSite (CD)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

901760Specimen Source Site Modifier MAY[0..*]SpecimenSourceTypeModifier (CD)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

1001761Specimen Collection Site MAY[0..1]SpecimenCollectionSite (CD)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

1101762Specimen Role MAY[0..*]repr: SpecimenRole (CD) hl7VS-specimenRole (VS) specimenRole (CS)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

1201902Specimen Collection Amount MAY[0..1]
CQ

Composite Quantity with Units


1301763Grouped Specimen Count
C

Condition defined for this element

=

Truncation not allowed!

MAY[0..1]
NM

Numeric

1401764Specimen Description  MAY[0..*]
ST

String Data

1501908Specimen Handling Code  MAY[0..*]repr: SpecialHandlingCode (CD) hl7VS-specialHandlingConsiderations (VS) specialHandling (CS)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

1601903Specimen Risk Code MAY[0..*]RiskCodes (CD) hl7VS-riskCodes (VS) risks (CS)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

1701765Specimen Collection Date/Time  MAY[0..1]
DR

Date/Time Range

1800248Specimen Received Date/Time MAY[0..1]
DTM

Date/Time

1901904Specimen Expiration Date/Time MAY[0..1]
DTM

Date/Time

2001766Specimen Availability MAY[0..1]univ: Yes/noIndicator (CD) hl7VS-yes-no-Indicator (VS) expandedYes-NoIndicator (CS)
ID

Coded Value for HL7 Defined Tables

2101767Specimen Reject Reason MAY[0..*]univ: SpecimenRejectReason (CD) hl7VS-specimenRejectReason (VS) specimenRejectReason (CS)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

2201768Specimen Quality  MAY[0..1]SpecimenQuality (CD) hl7VS-specimenQuality (VS) specimenQuality (CS)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

2301769Specimen Appropriateness  MAY[0..1]SpecimenAppropriateness (CD) hl7VS-specimenAppropriateness (VS) specimenAppropriateness (CS)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

2401770Specimen Condition  MAY[0..*]SpecimenCondition (CD) hl7VS-specimenCondition (VS) specimenCondition (CS)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

2501771Specimen Current Quantity  MAY[0..1]
CQ

Composite Quantity with Units

2601772Number of Specimen Containers
=

Truncation not allowed!

MAY[0..1]
NM

Numeric

2701773Container Type  MAY[0..1]ContainerType (CD)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

2801774Container Condition MAY[0..1]repr: ContainerCondition (CD) hl7VS-containerCondition (VS) containerCondition (CS)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

2901775Specimen Child Role  MAY[0..1]univ: SpecimenChildRole (CD) hl7VS-specimenChildRole (VS) specimenChildRole (CS)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

3002314Accession ID MAY[0..*]
CX

Extended Composite ID with Check Digit

3102315Other Specimen ID MAY[0..*]
CX

Extended Composite ID with Check Digit

3202316Shipment ID MAY[0..1]
EI

Entity Identifier

3303485Culture Start Date/Time MAY[0..1]
DTM

Date/Time

3403486Culture Final Date/Time MAY[0..1]
DTM

Date/Time

3500816Action Code MAY[0..1]univ: SegmentActionCode (CD) hl7VS-segmentActionCode (VS) segmentAction (CS)
ID

Coded Value for HL7 Defined Tables