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If the client needs to have the OBX record populated with the observation ID 'in OBX,2' and the observation sub-ID 'in OBX,3', then you will need to create a special INI file in the site's folder that will describe how the observation ID's are to be assigned.

 

The INI file must be named "observations.ini" and reside in the site's folder.

 

There needs to be a section for each report type code. For example, for a Progress Note 'PRG', the observation ID might be "2000".

 

Each section in the INI file will describe what the observation ID is for that report type and what the sub-ID's are for the different sections in the report body. For example, there might be a section called "History of Present Illness", and the observation sub-ID for that section is "1". You can define as many sub-IDs as necessary to correlate to the number of sections in the report, and they can be defined in any order in the INI file.

 

The sub-ID's are defined in the INI file as follows:

 

'seq#'='section name' ; 'sub_ID'

 

Example "observations.ini" file that contains one report type 'PRG' which has three sections:

 

[PRG]          rept_type code

ID=2000              Observation ID

Items=3        Number of sub-ID's

1=History of present illness:;1        First section name and sub-id  'section name';'subID'

2=Labs:;2              Second section name and sub-id

3=Diagnosis:;3        Third section name and sub-id