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3.2.23 ADT/ACK - delete a patient record (event A23)

The A23 event is used to delete visit or episode-specific information from the patient record. For example, it is used to remove old data from a database that cannot hold all historical patient visit data. When an event was entered erroneously, use one of the cancel transactions. This event can be used to purge account level data while retaining the person in the database.

The fields included when this message is sent should be the fields pertinent to communicate this event. When other important fields change it is recommended that the A08 (update patient information) event be used instead.

ADT     ADT Message        Chapter
MSH     Message Header        2
EVN     Event Type         3
PID     Patient Identification      3
[PD1]    Additional Demographics      3
PV1     Patient Visit        3

[ PV2 ] Patient Visit - Additional Info. 3
[ { DB1 } ]   Disability Information      3
[ { OBX } ]   Observation/Result       7
ACK     General Acknowledgment     Chapter
MSH     Message Header        2
MSA     Message Acknowledgment      2
[ ERR ]    Error           2

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