Serial Data Export
Efficia CM Series Data Export Guide 3-15
Observation Reporting (ORF) Message Syntax
Patient Visit (PV1) Segment
The PV1 segment in the ORF message identifies the location ID, patient type and
transaction (visit) ID.
Example:
This PV1 segment shows that the patient’s bed is at LOCATION34. The patient is an adult
and the visit ID is TRANSACTION1234.
PV1|||^^LOCATION34|||||||||||||||A|TRANSACTION1234<CR>
The following table describes each field in the PV1 segment.
5.3 middle initial
or name
The patient’s
middle name or
initial.
ST 15 RE 0 1 A
7 Date of Birth The patient’s
date of birth in
the format
YYYYMMDD
NM 8 RE 0 1 19910911
8 Gender The patient’s
gender
F – Female
M – Male
Blank –
Unknown or not
entered by the
user
IS 2 RE 0 1 F
Seq Field Description DT Len Usage Min Max Table Sample Value
Seq Field Description DT Len Usage Min Max Table Sample Value
3 Assigned
Patient
Location
The patient’s
assigned
location.
PL 80 RE 0 1 ^^LOCATION34
3.3 bed Location ID for
the bed.
IS 12 RE 0 1 LOCATION34
18 Patient Type Identifies the
patient type. The
abbreviations
are:
• A = Adult
• P =
Pediatric
• N =
Neonatal
IS 2 R 1 1 0018 A
19 Visit Number Unique number
assigned to the
patient visit.
CX 250 RE 0 1
19.1 ID Transaction or
visit ID.
ST 20 RE 0 1 TRANSACTION1234
39 Department Department to
which patient is
admitted
ST 20 RF 0 1