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name

COUNTRY CODE

number

779.004

location

^HL(779.004,

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 is a table of country codes that are used by the Messaging System when building message header segments. This file should not be modified locally.

Fields

#	Name	Location	Type	Details	Index	Description
.01	code(+)	0;1	FREE TEXT		B	The three-character alpha identifying code. The alpha 3 code for the USA is "USA".
1.1	numeric code(+)	SDS;1	FREE TEXT			The three-digit numeric identifying code. The numeric code for the USA is "840".
1.2	fips code(+)	SDS;2	FREE TEXT			The code assigned to this nation by US Government standard FIPS 10-4. The FIPS code for the USA is "US".
1.3	postal name	SDS;3	FREE TEXT		C	The name used as the destination country for mail sent from the United States to this country.
2	description(+)	0;2	FREE TEXT
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	779.00409		Describes the pair Status and Effective Date/Time for each reference term.
100	version	1;0	MULTIPLE	779.00401