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4.4.11 Examples of quantity/timing usage

3^once

Perform the service at one point in time, e.g., order 3 units of blood to be given once.

1^QHS^X2 

Perform the service twice at bedtime, e.g., give a unit of blood at bedtime on two sequential nights.

1^C^3D 

Do a service continuously for 3 days.

1^Q1H^X4^^^^PVCs>10/min

Perform an EKG every hour up to a maximum of 4 EKGs, if patient is having more than 10 PVCs per minute.

1^Q2J^^1432

Perform a service every Tuesday at 2:32 p.m.

1^^^^198911210800 

Perform a test before 11/21/89 0800, e.g., some preop laboratory tests.

1^Q3600S^X5^198911051030 

Perform a service every hour for 5 hours starting at 10:30 a.m. 11/5/89, e.g., draw a blood glucose.

1^QAM^X3^^^^^S~1^QOD^4D^^^if K+>5.5.

Perform a service every morning for 3 days and then do it every other morning for 4 days (i.e., max twice) if the serum potassium is greater than 5.5.

^^^198812120800^^T^^Trough specimen for MIC^C~^^^^^R  

Draw a blood specimen exactly at 8:00 a.m. on 12/12/1988 and report results routinely.

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