Files > IMMUNIZATION INFO SOURCE

name

IMMUNIZATION INFO SOURCE

number

920.1

location

^PXV(920.1,

description

Per VHA Directive, 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 the 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 shall not be supported. This file is a table of standard possible sources from which the information about a particular immunization event was obtained. The data in this file are derived from the CDC-defined Immunization Information Source table (NIP001).

Fields

#	Name	Location	Type	Details	Index	Description
.01	source(+)	0;1	FREE TEXT		B	This is the source of the information being provided for an immunization event.
.02	hl7 code(+)	0;2	FREE TEXT		H	This is the HL7 code used for this SOURCE. It is a required entry of 2 numbers. A leading zero is acceptable. NO TWO SOURCES MAY USE THE SAME HL7 CODE.
.03	inactive flag	0;3	SET OF CODES	0:ACTIVE 1:INACTIVE		This is used to show if the Source is ACTIVE OR INACTIVE. This should be a '1' if it is INACTIVE or a '0' or no value if it is ACTIVE.
99.97	replaced by vha standard term	VUID;3	POINTER	920.1	AREPLACETERM	This 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	1:YES 0:NO		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	920.199		Describes the pair Status and Effective Date/Time for each reference term.