STANDARD DATA DICTIONARY #10 -- RACE FILE 3/24/25 PAGE 1
STORED IN ^DIC(10, (13 ENTRIES) SITE: WWW.BMIRWIN.COM UCI: VISTA,VISTA (VERSION 5.3)
DATA NAME GLOBAL DATA
ELEMENT TITLE LOCATION TYPE
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This file contains the list of valid races. The allowable entries are maintained by VA Central Office and, as such, alteration
and/or addition of entries is not allowed.
DD ACCESS: @
RD ACCESS: d
WR ACCESS: @
DEL ACCESS: @
LAYGO ACCESS: @
APPLICATION GROUP(S): VA
IDENTIFIED BY: ABBREVIATION (#2), INACTIVE (#200)
POINTED TO BY: RACE field (#.06) of the PATIENT File (#2)
RACE INFORMATION field (#.01) of the RACE INFORMATION sub-field (#2.02) of the PATIENT File (#2)
RACE field (#.06) of the REFERRAL PATIENT File (#67)
RACE field (#.09) of the ESP MASTER NAME INDEX File (#910)
RACE field (#.04) of the VICTIM sub-field (#912.04) of the ESP OFFENSE REPORT File (#912)
RACE field (#.04) of the OFFENDER sub-field (#912.05) of the ESP OFFENSE REPORT File (#912)
CROSS
REFERENCED BY: RACE MASTER(ACMF), HL7 VALUE(AHL7), NAME(B), ABBREVIATION(C)
LAST MODIFIED: FEB 28,2018@17:14:56
10,.01 NAME 0;1 FREE TEXT (Required)
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:$L(X)>45!($L(X)<4) X
LAST EDITED: AUG 01, 2002
HELP-PROMPT: Enter the race name, 4-45 characters.
DESCRIPTION: This field contains the name of a race as selectable during enter/edit of patient data information.
These entries are distributed by the MAS module and entry or edit of any data elements contained in
this file could have negative impacts on the performance of the MAS or other DHCP modules.
CROSS-REFERENCE: 10^B
1)= S ^DIC(10,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
2)= K ^DIC(10,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)
10,2 ABBREVIATION 0;2 FREE TEXT
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:X[""""!($A(X)=45) X I $D(X) K:$L(X)>5!($L(X)<1) X
LAST EDITED: AUG 20, 1984
HELP-PROMPT: ANSWER MUST BE 1-5 CHARACTERS IN LENGTH
DESCRIPTION: This field contains the abbreviation for this race entry. This may appear on various outputs where
there is insufficient room to print the entire name of the race.
CROSS-REFERENCE: 10^C
1)= S ^DIC(10,"C",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
2)= K ^DIC(10,"C",$E(X,1,30),DA)
10,3 HL7 VALUE 0;3 FREE TEXT (Required)
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:$L(X)>10!($L(X)<1) X
LAST EDITED: AUG 14, 2002
HELP-PROMPT: Answer must be 1-10 characters in length.
DESCRIPTION:
The HL7 representation of this race
CROSS-REFERENCE: 10^AHL7
1)= S ^DIC(10,"AHL7",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
2)= K ^DIC(10,"AHL7",$E(X,1,30),DA)
Regular cross reference on the HL7 value
10,4 CDC VALUE 0;4 FREE TEXT
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:$L(X)>6!($L(X)<6)!'(X?4N1"-"1N) X
LAST EDITED: JUN 24, 2002
HELP-PROMPT: Answer must be in the format NNNN-N
DESCRIPTION:
The CDC representation of this race
10,5 PTF VALUE 0;5 FREE TEXT (Required)
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:$L(X)>1!($L(X)<1) X
LAST EDITED: JUN 24, 2002
HELP-PROMPT: Answer must be 1 character in length.
DESCRIPTION:
The PTF represenation of this race
10,90 RACE MASTER MASTER;1 POINTER TO RACE MASTER FILE (#10.99) (audited)
INPUT TRANSFORM: S DIC("S")="I '$$SCREEN^XTID(10.99,.01,+Y_"","")" D ^DIC K DIC S DIC=DIE,X=+Y K:Y<0 X
LAST EDITED: SEP 14, 2017
HELP-PROMPT: Enter the Race Master entry associated with the VA Race. NOTE: Race Master names are case
sensitive.
DESCRIPTION:
This is the external Standards Development Organization (SDO) Race associated with this VHA Race.
SCREEN: S DIC("S")="I '$$SCREEN^XTID(10.99,.01,+Y_"","")"
EXPLANATION: Only active Race Master entries may be selected.
AUDIT: YES, ALWAYS
AUDIT CONDITION: I $G(XUMF)
CROSS-REFERENCE: 10^ACMF
1)= S ^DIC(10,"ACMF",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
2)= K ^DIC(10,"ACMF",$E(X,1,30),DA)
This cross references races with the RACE MASTER file (#10.99) entry to which they are mapped.
10,100 SYNONYM .01;0 Multiple #10.01
DESCRIPTION:
This multiple contains all alternate names by which this race can be called up by a user.
10.01,.01 SYNONYM 0;1 FREE TEXT
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:$L(X)>16!($L(X)<1) X
HELP-PROMPT: ANSWER MUST BE 1-16 CHARACTERS IN LENGTH
DESCRIPTION: This field contains another name by which this race can be called up. When entering this race,
users will be allowed to select either the name of the race or one of the synonyms.
10,200 INACTIVE .02;1 SET
'1' FOR YES;
LAST EDITED: JUN 24, 2002
DESCRIPTION:
This field is used to denote that this race value is no longer active.
10,202 INACTIVATION DATE .02;2 DATE
INPUT TRANSFORM: S %DT="EX" D ^%DT S X=Y K:X<1 X
LAST EDITED: JUN 24, 2002
HELP-PROMPT: (No range limit on date)
DESCRIPTION:
Date that this race became inactive
FILES POINTED TO FIELDS
RACE MASTER (#10.99) RACE MASTER (#90)
INPUT TEMPLATE(S):
DGMF ARACE AUG 15, 2017@16:42 USER #0
PRINT TEMPLATE(S):
SORT TEMPLATE(S):
FORM(S)/BLOCK(S):