LAN/WLAN Data Export
Efficia CM Series Data Export Guide 2-9
Message Conventions
Patient Identification (PID) Segment
The PID segment in the ORU message identifies the subject of the vital signs
measurements.
Example:
This PID segment identifies the patient as Mary A. Jones. Her medical record number is
MRN1234, her birth data is 1991/09/11.
PID|||MRN1234||JONES^MARY^A||19910911|F<CR>
The following table describes each field in the PID segment.
11.1 processing
ID
All results from
the monitor are
production (P)
messages.
ID 3 R 1 1 0103 P
12 Version ID The HL7
version that the
server matches
to its own
version to be
sure the
message will
be interpreted
correctly. HL7
is backwards
compatible;
any previous
version is
compatible
with this
specification.
VID 8 R 1 1 0104
12.1 version ID Version 2.4 is
currently
supported.
ID 3 R 1 1 0104 2.4
21 Conform-
ance
Statement
ID
The HL7
registry object
identifier (OID)
corresponding
to this message
profile.
ID 30 R 1 1 0449 2.16.840.1.113883.9
.2.1
Seq Field Description DT Len Usage Min Max Table Sample Value
Seq Field Description DT Len Usage Min Max Table Sample Value
3 Patient
Identifier
List
Contains the
patient ID
entered in the
device.
CX 250 RE 0 1
3.1 ID Patient
identifier. The
medical record
number (MRN)
or another
unique identifier
used across the
enterprise.
ST 20 RE 0 1 MRN1234