Components: <HL7 item number (ST)> ^ <HL7 data type (ST)> ^ <maximum column width (NM)>
Definition: Each repetition of this field consists of three components:
The HL7 item number, which identifies the field occupying the column. (Refer to Section 2.8.30, "QIP - query input parameter list," for item numbering conventions).
The two or three character HL7 data type, as defined in Section 2.8, "Data types."
The maximum width of the column, as dictated by the responding system. (This may vary from the HL7-defined maximum field length.)