HL7 - REFACTORED

The variance segment contains the data necessary to describe differences that may have occurred at the time when a healthcare event was documented.

Segment (new)
(base framework)
Segment (new)
(w/o profiles)
Segment (new)
(w/ profiles)
Segment (classic)
(w/ profiles)
Segment (classic)
(w/o profiles)
FHIR
Structure Definition
v2.xml
XSD

Base Framework
	Seq#	Data Element	Description	Flags	Implement	Cardinality	Length	C.LEN	Vocabulary	Data Type
VAR
	1	01212	Variance Instance ID		SHOULD	[1..1]				EI Entity Identifier
	2	01213	Documented Date/Time		SHOULD	[1..1]				DTM Date/Time
	3	01214	Stated Variance Date/Time		MAY	[0..1]				DTM Date/Time
	4	01215	Variance Originator		MAY	[0..*]				XCN Extended Composite ID Number and Name for Persons
	5	01216	Variance Classification		MAY	[0..1]				CWE Coded with Exceptions
	6	01217	Variance Description	= Truncation not allowed!	MAY	[0..*]		512		ST String Data

	Seq#	Data Element	Description	Flags	Implement	Cardinality	C.LEN	Data Type
VAR
	1	01212	Variance Instance ID		SHALL	[1..1]		EI Entity Identifier
	2	01213	Documented Date/Time		SHALL	[1..1]		DTM Date/Time
	3	01214	Stated Variance Date/Time		MAY	[0..1]		DTM Date/Time
	4	01215	Variance Originator		MAY	[0..*]		XCN Extended Composite ID Number and Name for Persons
	5	01216	Variance Classification		MAY	[0..1]		CWE Coded with Exceptions
	6	01217	Variance Description	= Truncation not allowed!	MAY	[0..*]	512	ST String Data

Base Framework											Base Standard Profile
	Seq#	Data Element	Description	Flags	Implement	Cardinality	Length	C.LEN	Vocabulary	Data Type	Implement	Vocabulary
VAR
	1	01212	Variance Instance ID		SHOULD	[1..1]				EI Entity Identifier	SHALL
	2	01213	Documented Date/Time		SHOULD	[1..1]				DTM Date/Time	SHALL
	3	01214	Stated Variance Date/Time		MAY	[0..1]				DTM Date/Time	MAY
	4	01215	Variance Originator		MAY	[0..*]				XCN Extended Composite ID Number and Name for Persons	MAY
	5	01216	Variance Classification		MAY	[0..1]				CWE Coded with Exceptions	MAY
	6	01217	Variance Description	= Truncation not allowed!	MAY	[0..*]		512		ST String Data	MAY

Base Framework											Base Standard Profile
	Seq#	Data Element	Description	Flags	Optionality	Repetition	Length	C.LEN	Table	Data Type	Optionality	Table
VAR
	1	01212	Variance Instance ID		O					EI Entity Identifier	R
	2	01213	Documented Date/Time		O					DTM Date/Time	R
	3	01214	Stated Variance Date/Time		O					DTM Date/Time
	4	01215	Variance Originator		O	Y				XCN Extended Composite ID Number and Name for Persons
	5	01216	Variance Classification		O					CWE Coded with Exceptions
	6	01217	Variance Description		O	Y		512=		ST String Data

	Seq#	Data Element	Description	Optionality	Repetition	C.LEN	Data Type
VAR
	1	01212	Variance Instance ID	R			EI Entity Identifier
	2	01213	Documented Date/Time	R			DTM Date/Time
	3	01214	Stated Variance Date/Time	O			DTM Date/Time
	4	01215	Variance Originator	O	Y		XCN Extended Composite ID Number and Name for Persons
	5	01216	Variance Classification	O			CWE Coded with Exceptions
	6	01217	Variance Description	O	Y	512=	ST String Data

18.8.182.1 VAR - Field Definitions (12.4.4.0)

18.8.182.2 VAR-1 Variance Instance ID (EI) 01212 (12.4.4.1)

Definition: This field contains the unique identifier of the specific variance record.

18.8.182.3 VAR-2 Documented Date/Time (DTM) 01213 (12.4.4.2)

Definition: This field contains the time stamp that identifies the timed occurrence of the variance documentation.

18.8.182.4 VAR-3 Stated Variance Date/Time (DTM) 01214 (12.4.4.3)

Definition: This field contains the time stamp that identifies a stated time of the variance which may be different than the time it was documented.

18.8.182.5 VAR-4 Variance Originator (XCN) 01215 (12.4.4.4)

Definition: This field contains the originator (person or system) documenting the variance.

18.8.182.6 VAR-5 Variance Classification (CWE) 01216 (12.4.4.5)

Definition: This field identifies a categorical set of variances. Classification may be used by applications for presentation and processing functions.

18.8.182.7 VAR-6 Variance Description (ST) 01217 (12.4.4.6)

Definition: This field specifies the details of a variance. The content of the field is a string with optional formatting.

18.8.182 VAR - Variance Segment (12.4.4)