Term would be especially important to users of HL7 v2.x (where x<5.1) for carrying information that v2.5a carries in a dedicated field (OBX-23)
status
ACTIVE
Fully-Specified Name
component
Performing laboratory name
property
ID = Identifier
time
Pt = Point in time: To identify measures at a point in time. This is a synonym for “spot” or “random” as applied to urine measurements.
system
Facility
scale
Nom = Nominal: Nominal or categorical responses that do not have a natural ordering. (e.g., names of bacteria, reported as answers, categories of appearance that do not have a natural ordering, such as, yellow, clear, bloody.
method
Additional Names
short name
Admin; Fclty; Ident; Identifier; MISC; Nominal; Performing lab name; Point in time; Random
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