Format Codes

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Format Codes

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The following format codes can be specified in piece 5 of the mapping entry line for an outbound results interface.

 

DATE        Format the date field to YYYYMMDD format
DATE1        Format the date field to YYYYMMDD000001 'i.e. add "00:00:01" time to the end'
TIME        Format the time field to HHMMSS format.
PTNAME        Format the Reports.PTNAME field to HL7 name format
DOCNAME        Format the doctor name to HL7 name format. Note - Only need to specify the doctor        code field (CODE^LAST^FIRST^MMD) - Standard Format
DOCNAME1 Format the doctor name to HL7 name format. Note - Only need to specify the doctor        code field (CODE^LAST^FIRST^M^SUFFIX^PREFIX^MD) - Long Format
APPEND        Append the value of this mapping field to the end of the previous mapping field value.        Useful when needing to concatenate fields together.