STANDARD DATA DICTIONARY #10.2 -- ETHNICITY FILE 9/29/25 PAGE 1
STORED IN ^DIC(10.2, (4 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 ethnicities. 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: @
AUDIT ACCESS:
APPLICATION GROUP(S): VA
IDENTIFIED BY: ABBREVIATION (#2), INACTIVE (#200)
POINTED TO BY: ETHNICITY INFORMATION field (#.01) of the ETHNICITY INFORMATION sub-field (#2.06) of the PATIENT File (#2)
CROSS
REFERENCED BY: HL7 VALUE(AHL7), NAME(B), ABBREVIATION(C)
10.2,.01 NAME 0;1 FREE TEXT (Required)
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:$L(X)>30!($L(X)<3)!'(X'?1P.E) X
LAST EDITED: JUN 24, 2002
HELP-PROMPT: Answer must be 3-30 characters in length
DESCRIPTION: This field contains the name of an ethnicity as selectable during enter/edit of patient data
information.
These entries are maintained by VA Central Office and entry/edit of entries is not allowed.
CROSS-REFERENCE: 10.2^B
1)= S ^DIC(10.2,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
2)= K ^DIC(10.2,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)
10.2,2 ABBREVIATION 0;2 FREE TEXT
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:$L(X)>5!($L(X)<1) X
LAST EDITED: JUN 24, 2002
HELP-PROMPT: Answer must be 1-5 characters in length
DESCRIPTION: This field contains the abbreviation for this ethnicity entry. This may appear on various outputs
where there is insufficient room to print the entire name of the ethnicity.
CROSS-REFERENCE: 10.2^C
1)= S ^DIC(10.2,"C",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
2)= K ^DIC(10.2,"C",$E(X,1,30),DA)
10.2,3 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 ethnicity
CROSS-REFERENCE: 10.2^AHL7
1)= S ^DIC(10.2,"AHL7",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
2)= K ^DIC(10.2,"AHL7",$E(X,1,30),DA)
Regular cross reference on the HL7 value
10.2,4 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:
CDC representation of this ethnicity
10.2,5 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:
PTF representation of this ethnicity
10.2,100 SYNONYM .01;0 Multiple #10.21
10.21,.01 SYNONYM 0;1 FREE TEXT
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:$L(X)>16!($L(X)<1) X
LAST EDITED: JUN 24, 2002
HELP-PROMPT: Answer must be 1-16 characters in length.
DESCRIPTION: This field contains another name by which this ethnicity can be called up. When entering this
ethnicity, users will be allowed to select either the name of the ethnicity or one of the
synonyms.
CROSS-REFERENCE: 10.21^B
1)= S ^DIC(10.2,DA(1),.01,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
2)= K ^DIC(10.2,DA(1),.01,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)
10.2,200 INACTIVE .02;1 SET
'1' FOR YES;
LAST EDITED: JUN 24, 2002
DESCRIPTION:
This field is used to denote that this ethnicity value is no longer active.
10.2,202 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 ethnicity became inactive
INPUT TEMPLATE(S):
PRINT TEMPLATE(S):
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