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2.24.13 BHS - batch header segment

The BHS segment defines the start of a batch.

Figure 2-20. BHS attributes

SEQ

LEN

DT

OPT

RP/#

TBL#

ITEM #

ELEMENT NAME

1

1

ST

R



00081

Batch Field Separator

2

3

ST

R



00082

Batch Encoding Characters

3

15

ST

O



00083

Batch Sending Application

4

20

ST

O



00084

Batch Sending Facility

5

15

ST

O



00085

Batch Receiving Application

6

20

ST

O



00086

Batch Receiving Facility

7

26

TS

O



00087

Batch Creation Date/Time

8

40

ST

O



00088

Batch Security

9

20

ST

O



00089

Batch Name/ID/Type

10

80

ST

O



00090

Batch Comment

11

20

ST

O



00091

Batch Control ID

12

20

ST

O



00092

Reference Batch Control ID

2.24.13.0 BHS field definition

2.24.13.1 Batch field separator (ST) 00081

Definition: This field contains the separator between the segment ID and the first real field, BHS-2-batch encoding characters. As such it serves as the separator and defines the character to be used as a separator for the rest of the message. Recommended value is |,(ASCII 124).

2.24.13.2 Batch encoding characters (ST) 00082

Definition:. This field contains the four characters in the following order: the component separator, reptition separator, escape characters, and subcomponent separator. Recommended values are ^~\&, (ASCII 94, 126, 92, and 38, respectively. See Section 2.7, "MESSAGE DELIMITERS."

2.24.13.3 Batch sending application (ST) 00083

Definition: This field uniquely identifies the sending application among all other applications within the network enterprise. The network enterprise consists of all those applications that participate in the exchange of HL7 messages within the enterprise. Entirely site-defined.

2.24.13.4 Batch sending facility (ST) 00084

Definition: This field contains the address of one of several occurrences of the same application within the sending system. Absent other considerations, the Medicare Provider ID might be used with an appropriate sub-identifier in the second component. Entirely user-defined.

2.24.13.5 Batch receiving application (ST) 00085

Definition: This field uniquely identifies the receiving applications among all other applications within the network enterprise. The network enterprise consists of all those applications that participate in the exchange of HL7 messages within the enterprise. Entirely site-defined.

2.24.13.6 Batch receiving facility (ST) 00086

Definition: This field identifies the receiving application among multiple identical instances of the application running on behalf of different organizations. See comments BSH-4-batch sending facility. Entirely site-defined.

2.24.13.7 Batch creation date/time (TS) 00087

Definition: This field contains the date/time that the sending system created the message. If the time zone is specified, it will be used throughout the message as the default time zone.

2.24.13.8 Batch security (ST) 00088

Definition: In some applications of HL7, this field is used to implement security features. Its use is not yet further specified.

2.24.13.9 Batch name/ID/type (ST) 00089

Definition: This field can be used by the application processing the batch. It can have extra components if needed.

2.24.13.10 Batch comment (ST) 00090

Definition: This field is a comment field that is not further defined in the HL7 protocol.

2.24.13.11 Batch control ID (ST) 00091

Definition: This field is used to uniquely identify a particular batch. It can be echoed back in BHS-12-reference batch control ID if an answering batch is needed.

2.24.13.12 Reference batch control ID (ST) 00092

Definition: This field contains the value of BHS-11-batch control ID when this batch was originally transmitted. Not present if this batch is being sent for the first time. See definition for BHS-11-batch control ID.

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