The patient problem message message is used to send problems from one application to another (e.g., a point of care system to a clinical repository). Many of the segments associated with this event are optional. This optionality allows systems in need of this information to set up transactions that fulfill their requirements.
PPR Patient Problem Message Chapter
MSH Message Header 2
PID Patient ID Information 3
[PV1 Patient Visit 3
[PV2]] Patient Visit 3
{
PRB Detail Problem 12
[{NTE}] Notes (Problem Comments) 2
[{VAR}] Variance (Problem) 12
[{ROL Role (Problem) 12
[{VAR]} Variance (Role) 12
}]
[{PTH Detail Pathway 12
[{VAR}] Variance (Pathway) 12
}]
[{OBX Observation/Result 7
[{NTE}] Notes (Observation/Result Comments) 2
}]
[{GOL Detail Goal 12
[{NTE}] Notes (Goal Comments) 2
[{VAR}] Variance (Goal) 12
[{ROL Role (Goal) 12
[{VAR}] Variance (Role) 12
}]
[{OBX Observation/Result 7
[{NTE}] Notes (Observation/Result Comments) 2
}]
}]
[{ORC Common Order 4
[OBR, etc Order Detail Segment, etc. 4
[{NTE]} Notes (Order Detail Comments) 2
[{VAR}] Variance (Order) 12
[{OBX Observaton/Result 7
[{NTE}] Notes (Observation Comments) 2
[{VAR}] Variance (Observation/Result) 12
}]
]
}]
}
ACK General Acknowledgment Chapter
MSH Message Header 2
MSA Message Acknowledgment 2
[ ERR ] Error 2
This error segment indicates the fields that caused a transaction to be rejected.