Files > STANDARD MEDICATION ROUTES

name

STANDARD MEDICATION ROUTES

number

51.23

location

^PS(51.23,

description

Per VHA Directive 2005-044, this file has been "locked down" by Data Standardization (DS). The file definition (i.e. data dictionary) shall not be modified. All additions, changes and deletions to entries in the file shall be done by Enterprise Reference Terminology (ERT) using the Master File Server (MFS), provided by Common Services (CS). Creating and/or editing locally defined fields in the file are not permitted. Use of locally defined fields that were created prior to the VHA Directive's 2005-044 effective date shall not be supported. This file contains the list of standard Medication Routes for Vista. Updates will only occur to this file at the national level. Updates cannot be made at a local facility. This file will be used to link local Medication Routes from the Medication Routes (#51.2) file to the national standard.

Fields

#	Name	Location	Type	Details	Index	Description
.01	name(+)	0;1	FREE TEXT			This is the name of the Standard Medication Route. It will be used to allow entries from the MEDICATION ROUTES (#51.2) File to be mapped to a standard Medication Route.
1	first databank med route	0;2	FREE TEXT		C	This field provides the mapping from the Vista Standard Medication Route to the First DataBank Medication Route. The First DataBank Medication Route will be used when processing the order checks provided by First DataBank.
99.97	replaced by vha standard term	VUID;3	POINTER	51.23	AREPLACETERM	This field is populated when one Term/Concept replaces another Term/Concept. This field is controlled by standardization and should only be changed by standardization processes. This field contains a pointer to a VHA standard term that replaces this entry.
99.98	master entry for vuid(+)	VUID;2	BOOLEAN	0:NO 1:YES		This field identifies the Master entry for a VUID associated with a Term/Concept.
99.99	vuid(+)	VUID;1	FREE TEXT		AVUID	VHA Unique ID (VUID). A unique meaningless integer assigned to reference terms VHA wide.
99.991	effective date/time	TERMSTATUS;0	MULTIPLE	51.2399		Describes the pair Status and Effective Date/Time for each reference term.