Table 2.
Examples of deviations from the BDT specification found in exports
| Field Code | Field name | Type | Length | Rules | Found content (Examples) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3110 | Gender of the patient | Numeric field | 1 |
Allowed content: 1 = male 2 = female |
“M”, “W”, 0 |
| 6001 | ICD codea | Alphanumeric field | 5 | Length 5 | Length > 5 |
| 8000 | Sentence identification | Numeric field | 4 |
Allowed content: 0010, 0020, 0021, 0022, 0023, 0101, 0102, 0103, 0104, 0190, 0191, 0199, 6100, 6200 |
“besa” |
| 8410 | Test Identification | Alphanumeric field | 6 | Length 6 | Length > 6 |
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