STANDARD DATA DICTIONARY #10.3 -- RACE AND ETHNICITY COLLECTION METHOD FILE                                       3/24/25    PAGE 1
STORED IN ^DIC(10.3,  (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 collection methods for race and ethnicity.  The allowable entries are maintained by VA Central
Office and, as such, alteration and/or addition of entries is not allowed.  


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   APPLICATION GROUP(S): VA
IDENTIFIED BY: ABBREVIATION (#.02)

POINTED TO BY: METHOD OF COLLECTION field (#.02) of the RACE INFORMATION sub-field (#2.02) of the PATIENT File (#2) 
               METHOD OF COLLECTION field (#.02) of the ETHNICITY INFORMATION sub-field (#2.06) of the PATIENT File (#2) 
               

CROSS
REFERENCED BY: HL7 VALUE(AHL7), NAME(B), ABBREVIATION(C)



10.3,.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 a collection method used to obtain a value for race and ethnicity
                                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:  10.3^B 
                                1)= S ^DIC(10.3,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
                                2)= K ^DIC(10.3,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)


10.3,.02      ABBREVIATION           0;2 FREE TEXT

              INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>5!($L(X)<1) X
              LAST EDITED:      JUN 25, 2002 
              HELP-PROMPT:      Answer must be 1-5 characters in length 
              DESCRIPTION:      This field contains the abbreviation for this collection method entry.  This may appear on various
                                outputs where there is insufficient room to print the entire name of the collection method.  

              CROSS-REFERENCE:  10.3^C 
                                1)= S ^DIC(10.3,"C",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
                                2)= K ^DIC(10.3,"C",$E(X,1,30),DA)


10.3,.03      HL7 VALUE              0;3 FREE TEXT (Required)

              INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>3!($L(X)<1) X
              LAST EDITED:      AUG 14, 2002 
              HELP-PROMPT:      Answer must be 1-3 characters in length. 
              DESCRIPTION:
                                HL7 representation of this collection method 

              CROSS-REFERENCE:  10.3^AHL7 
                                1)= S ^DIC(10.3,"AHL7",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
                                2)= K ^DIC(10.3,"AHL7",$E(X,1,30),DA)
                                Regular cross reference on the HL7 value 



10.3,.05      PTF VALUE              0;5 FREE TEXT (Required)

              INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>1!($L(X)<1) X
              LAST EDITED:      JUL 17, 2002 
              HELP-PROMPT:      Answer must be 1 character in length. 
              DESCRIPTION:
                                PTF representation of this collection method 



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