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2.24.11 FHS - file header segment

The FHS segment is used to head a file (group of batches) as defined in Section 2.23.3, "HL7 batch protocol."

Figure 2-18. FHS attributes

SEQ

LEN

DT

OPT

RP/#

TBL#

ITEM #

ELEMENT NAME

1

1

ST

R



00067

File Field Separator

2

4

ST

R



00068

File Encoding Characters

3

15

ST

O



00069

File Sending Application

4

20

ST

O



00070

File Sending Facility

5

15

ST

O



00071

File Receiving Application

6

20

ST

O



00072

File Receiving Facility

7

26

TS

O



00073

File Creation Date/Time

8

40

ST

O



00074

File Security

9

20

ST

O



00075

File Name/ID

10

80

ST

O



00076

File Header Comment

11

20

ST

O



00077

File Control ID

12

20

ST

O



00078

Reference File Control ID

2.24.11.0 FHS field definitions

2.24.11.1 File field separator (ST) 00067

Definition: This field has the same definition as the corresponding field in the MSH segment.

2.24.11.2 File encoding characters (ST) 00068

Definition: This field has the same definition as the corresponding field in the MSH segment.

2.24.11.3 File sending application (ST) 00069

Definition: This field has the same definition as the corresponding field in the MSH segment.

2.24.11.4 File sending facility (ST) 00070

Definition: This field has the same definition as the corresponding field in the MSH segment.

2.24.11.5 File receiving application (ST) 00071

Definition: This field has the same definition as the corresponding field in the MSH segment.

2.24.11.6 File receiving facility (ST) 00072

Definition: This field has the same definition as the corresponding field in the MSH segment.

2.24.11.7 File creation date/time (TS) 00073

Definition: This field has the same definition as the corresponding field in the MSH segment.

2.24.11.8 File security (ST) 00074

Definition: This field has the same definition as the corresponding field in the MSH segment.

2.24.11.9 File name/ID (ST) 00075

Definition: This field can be used by the application processing file. Its use is not further specified.

2.24.11.10 File header comment (ST) 00076

Definition: This field contains the free text field, the use of which is not further specified.

2.24.11.11 File control ID (ST) 00077

Definition: This field is used to identify a particular file uniquely. It can be echoed back in FHS-12-reference file control ID.

2.24.11.12 Reference file control ID (ST) 00078

Definition: This field contains the value of FHS-11-file control ID when this file was originally transmitted. Not present if this file is being transmitted for the first time.

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