| # | Name | Location | Type | Details | Index | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .01 | name(+) | 0;1 | FREE TEXT | B | This is the name of this item that will be used for displaying and searching. | |
| .1 | inactivated | .1;1 | DATE-TIME | This is a date and time for inactivating this item. If this field has a value, this item will not ba available to select for ordering after this date. | ||
| .91 | notify on order | .9;1 | BOOLEAN | 1:YES 0:NO | This field is a flag to determine if a notification should be generated whenever an order for this item is placed. | |
| .92 | notify when resulted | .9;2 | BOOLEAN | 1:YES 0:NO | This field is a flag to determine if a notification should be sent when results are posted for an order for this item. | |
| 1 | synonyms | 2;0 | MULTIPLE | 101.432 | This multiple contains synonyms for this orderable item, used when searching the file. | |
| 1.1 | package name(+) | 0;8 | FREE TEXT | This is the name of this item as defined by the filling service. | ||
| 2 | id(+) | 0;2 | FREE TEXT | ID | This is a unique identifier for this item, created from the primary key passed in the Orderable Items update message from each package; it will be in the form of "package code;99XXX" where XXX indicates the package table originating this item (i.e. RAP, LRT, etc). | |
| 3 | code | 0;3 | FREE TEXT | This is the code assigned to this item by the authoritative package, from a national standard coding system such as CPT or SNOMED. | ||
| 4 | coding system | 0;4 | SET OF CODES | NDF:NATIONAL DRUG FILE CPT4:CPT4 NLT:NATIONAL LAB TEST FILE | This is the system used to generate the code assigned in field 3. | |
| 5 | display group | 0;5 | POINTER | 100.98 | This is the display group that this item is a menber of; this field is used for a variety of purposes such as narrowing a search for an item, sorting and grouping orders, and passing the order to the service for filling. | |
| 6 | cost | 0;6 | NUMERIC | This is the [approximate] cost of filling an order for this item. | ||
| 7 | authorization | 0;7 | SET OF CODES | 0:NO SIGNATURE REQUIRED 1:PHYSICIAN 2:SPECIALIST 3:SERVICE CHIEF 4:COSIGNATURE | This field is used to identify the level of authentication necessary to release an order for this item; it will be replaced by the Clinical Authorization and Subscription Utility (CASU) when it becomes available. | |
| 8 | order message | 8;0 | WORD-PROCESSING | This field contains text that is to be displayed to the user whenever this item is selected to be ordered. | ||
| 9 | set membership | 9;0 | MULTIPLE | 101.439 | This field contains the names of sets to which this orderable item belongs. When a set name is entered here, a cross-reference of the format "S.name" is created, allowing rapid lookups on this file. | |
| 10 | components | 10;0 | MULTIPLE | 101.431 | This multiple contains the components of this orderable item, i.e. drug ingredients or tests in a lab panel. | |
| 50.1 | inpatient med | PS;1 | SET OF CODES | 0:NO 1:YES 2:YES-IV | This field indicates if this drug is selectable for an inpatient med order. | |
| 50.2 | outpatient med | PS;2 | BOOLEAN | 1:YES 0:NO | This field indicates if this drug is selectable for an outpatient med order. | |
| 50.3 | iv base | PS;3 | BOOLEAN | 1:YES 0:NO | This field indicates if this drug is selectable as a base for an IV Fluid order. | |
| 50.4 | iv additive | PS;4 | BOOLEAN | 1:YES 0:NO | This field indicates if this drug is selectable as an additive for an IV Fluid order. | |
| 50.5 | supply | PS;5 | BOOLEAN | 1:YES 0:NO | This field indicates if this item is selectable for a medication supply order. | |
| 50.6 | non-formulary | PS;6 | BOOLEAN | 1:YES 0:NO | This field indicates if this item is available in the local formulary. | |
| 50.7 | non-va meds | PS;7 | BOOLEAN | 1:YES 0:NO | This field indicates if this drug is selectable for a non-VA med order. | |
| 60.1 | specimen | LR;1 | FREE TEXT | This is the specimen to be collected for this test; it is in the 6-piece HL7 format, where the first 3 pieces are the code, name, and system of the SNOMED code for this specimen, and the last 3 pieces are similarly from the local Site/Specimen file. | ||
| 60.2 | can lab collect | LR;2 | BOOLEAN | 1:YES 0:NO | This identifies which specimens the lab phlebotomy team can collect. | |
| 60.3 | sequence | LR;3 | NUMERIC | This field indicates the order in which specimens are presented for selection, the first being the most often selected and the default. | ||
| 60.4 | max order frequency | LR;4 | NUMERIC | This is used to control how often this item may be ordered within a given time period. This item may be ordered only once within the number of days specified in this field. | ||
| 60.5 | daily order max | LR;5 | NUMERIC | This is the number of times within a given day that this item may be ordered. | ||
| 60.6 | lab section | LR;6 | SET OF CODES | CH:CHEMISTRY MI:MICROBIOLOGY BB:BLOOD BANK EM:ELECTRON MICROSCOPY SP:SURGICAL PATHOLOGY AU:AUTOPSY CY:CYTOLOGY | This is the lab section to which orders for this test and sample will be sent. | |
| 60.7 | type | LR;7 | SET OF CODES | I:input O:output B:both N:neither | This field indicates if this item may be selected when ordering a lab test, and/or if it is included in this file for results reporting only. | |
| 71.1 | contrast media | RA;1 | FREE TEXT | This field indicates what contrast media, if any, is used by this radiologic procedure where: I = Ionic Iodinated N = Non-ionic Iodinated L = Gadolinium C = Cholecystographic G = Gastrografin B = Barium M = Unspecified contrast media This value may consist of as many of these flags as are appropriate for this procedure; if empty, no contrast media is assumed. This field is used primarily for Order Checking. | ||
| 71.2 | procedure type | RA;2 | SET OF CODES | B:BROAD D:DETAILED S:SERIES P:PARENT | This field identifies the procedure type for this orderable item whether broad or detailed, a series or parent exam. | |
| 71.3 | imaging type | RA;3 | SET OF CODES | RAD:RADIOLOGY CT:CT SCAN MRI:MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING ANI:ANGIO/NEURO/INTERVENTIONAL CARD:CARDIOLOGY STUDIES NM:NUCLEAR MEDICINE US:ULTRASOUND VAS:VASCULAR LAB MAM:MAMMOGRAPHY | This is the imaging type of this radiology procedure. | |
| 71.4 | common procedure | RA;4 | BOOLEAN | 1:YES 0:NO | This field indicates that this procedure is commonly ordered from Radiology, and is an entry in the Radiology Common Procedures file; the number stored here is the sequence number for display. | |
| 111.1 | diet type | FH;1 | SET OF CODES | D:DIET T:TUBEFEEDING PRODUCT | This field identifies the diet type associated with this orderable item, if the order is for a diet modification or a tubefeeding product. | |
| 111.2 | precedence | FH;2 | NUMERIC | This field is used to avoid conflicting diet modifications; items with the same precedence number may not be selected together. | ||
| 111.3 | ask expiration date? | FH;3 | BOOLEAN | Y:YES N:NO | This is a flag that determines if a stop date should be prompted for when placing an order for this diet. | |
| 123.1 | service usage | CS;1 | SET OF CODES | 1:GROUPER ONLY 2:TRACKING ONLY | This field contains the usage of this consult service; a value here indicates that this service may NOT be selectable for ordering. Services with a 1 are used for grouping purposes only, and a 2 indicates that only service personnel may order or forward consults to this service. | |
| 6001 | blood component | VB;1 | BOOLEAN | 1:YES 0:NO | ||
| 6002 | diagnostic test | VB;2 | SET OF CODES | 0:NO 1:YES 2:TAS |