6.7 PV2-Patient Visit Segment
The PV2 segment is a continuation of visit-specification information contained in the PV1 segment.

Seq
Element Name
Req
Type
Len
Comments
0
Segment ID (PV2)
R
ID
3 "PV2"
1-7
Fields 1-7
NU
 AN
  Not used
8
Expected Admit Date/Time
O
AN
8 YYYYMMDDhhmm[ss]
9-37 
Fields 9-37
NU
  AN
  Not used

6.8 AL1-Allergy Information Segment
This segment contains and describes a single patient's allergy information. This information will arrive from user-defined tables.

Seq
Element Name
Req
Type
Len
Comments

0

Segment ID (AL1)

R

ID

3

“AL1”

1

Set ID – Allergy Information

NU

AN

4

HL7TEMPLATE Field

2

Allergy Type

NU

AN

2

Not used

3

Allergy Description

R

AN

15

Only a 15 char AN description is sent.

4

Allergy Severity

NU

AN

2

Not used

5

Allergy Reaction

NU

AN

15

Not used

6

Identification Date

NU

AN

8

Not used

6.9 DG1-Diagnosis Segment
The DG1 segment contains information about a patient's diagnosis.

Seq
Element Name
Req
Type
Len
Comments

0

Segment ID (DG1)

R

ID

3

"DG1"

1
Fields 1
R
ID
3
HL7TEMPLATE Field

2-3

Fields 2-3

NU

AN 

 

Not used

4

Diagnosis Description

O

AN

40

 

5-19  Fields 5-19
NU
AN 
  Not used

R = Required, CR = Conditionally Required, O = Optional, NU = Not Used, N = Numeric, AN = Alpha/Numeric, ID = Segment Identification




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