Files > IMAGING PATIENT REFERENCE

name

IMAGING PATIENT REFERENCE

number

2005.6

location

^MAGV(2005.6,

description

+---------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Property of the US Government. | | No permission to copy or redistribute this software is given. | | Use of unreleased versions of this software requires the user | | to execute a written test agreement with the VistA Imaging | | Development Office of the Department of Veterans Affairs, | | telephone (301) 734-0100. | | | | The Food and Drug Administration classifies this software as | | a medical device. As such, it may not be changed in any way. | | Modifications to this software may result in an adulterated | | medical device under 21CFR820, the use of which is considered | | to be a violation of US Federal Statutes. | | | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ This file contains information about each patient with whom Imaging procedures and studies are associated within VistA.

Fields

#	Name	Location	Type	Details	Index	Description
.01	enterprise patient id(+)	0;1	FREE TEXT		B	This is the patient's unique internal identifier designated by the issuer, as identified by the ASSIGNING ENTITY (#2) field. If that field is blank, this is the patient's DFN.
.02	assigning authority	0;2	SET OF CODES	V:DEPT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS I:INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE D:DEPT OF DEFENSE		This field indicates who issued the identifier in field #.01 (ENTERPRISE PATIENT ID). If this field is blank, it is assumed to be the VA.
.03	id type	0;3	SET OF CODES	M:MEDICAL RECORD NUMBER I:INTEGRATION CONTROL NUMBER D:DFN		This field indicates what kind of patient identifier is represented by the value in field #.01.
.05	service institution reference	0;8	POINTER	2005.8		This is the institution within VA, MHS or elsewhere at which the patient imaging service record was created.
1	artifact on file	0;4	SET OF CODES	0:NOT ON FILE 1:AOF		This field is a flag that records if an artifact is on file or not. Artifact On File means that at least one Object is already stored on disk. An Object can be an image, an abstract or a text file.
2	status	0;5	SET OF CODES	A:ACCESSIBLE I:INACCESSIBLE		This field indicates whether the patient reference is ACCESSIBLE or INACCESSIBLE. ACCESSIBLE means that the patient reference can be retrieved by imaging database methods and may have "child" procedure references that are cross referenced to this patient reference. INACCESSIBLE means that the patient reference will not be retrieved by imaging database methods and will not have "child" procedure references.
3	patient file reference	0;7	POINTER	2	C	If the ENTERPRISE PATIENT ID (#.01) field is a DFN then this field will point to the same patient entry in the PATIENT (#2) file.