STANDARD DATA DICTIONARY #11 -- MARITAL STATUS FILE 3/24/25 PAGE 1
STORED IN ^DIC(11, (6 ENTRIES) SITE: WWW.BMIRWIN.COM UCI: VISTA,VISTA (VERSION 5.3)
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The MARTIAL STATUS file currently consists of six entries which are distributed by the MAS development team. Alteration of any of
the six entries or addition of entries to this file which are not distributed by the MAS developers may have a negative impact on
the performance of the MAS module as well as other modules.
DD ACCESS: @
RD ACCESS: d
WR ACCESS: @
DEL ACCESS: @
LAYGO ACCESS: @
APPLICATION GROUP(S): VA
POINTED TO BY: MARITAL STATUS field (#.05) of the PATIENT File (#2)
MARITAL STATUS field (#.05) of the REFERRAL PATIENT File (#67)
MARITAL STATUS field (#26) of the ADMISSION EXTRACT File (#727.802)
MARITAL STATUS field (#26) of the ADMISSION SETUP EXTRACT File (#727.82)
CROSS
REFERENCED BY: MASTER MARITAL STATUS(ACMF), NAME(B), ABBREVIATION(C)
LAST MODIFIED: FEB 28,2018@17:14:56
11,.01 NAME 0;1 FREE TEXT (Required)
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:$L(X)>15!($L(X)<2)!(X'?2U.E) X
HELP-PROMPT: ANSWER MUST BE 2-15 CHARACTERS IN LENGTH
DESCRIPTION: This field contains the name of the acceptable marital status as distributed by the MAS package.
These entries should not be altered in any way nor should entries be added or removed. Editing of
this data can have negative affects on the performance of the MAS module as well as other DHCP
modules.
CROSS-REFERENCE: 11^B
1)= S ^DIC(11,"B",X,DA)=""
2)= K ^DIC(11,"B",X,DA)
11,1 ABBREVIATION 0;2 FREE TEXT
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:$L(X)>5!($L(X)<1) X
HELP-PROMPT: ANSWER MUST BE 1-5 CHARACTERS IN LENGTH
DESCRIPTION: This field contains an abbreviation for this marital status. Outputs throughout DHCP may use this
abbreviation if there is insufficient room to display the entire marital status name.
CROSS-REFERENCE: 11^C
1)= S ^DIC(11,"C",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
2)= K ^DIC(11,"C",$E(X,1,30),DA)
11,2 MARITAL STATUS CODE 0;3 SET
'D' FOR DIVORCED;
'M' FOR MARRIED;
'N' FOR NEVER MARRIED;
'S' FOR SEPARATED;
'W' FOR WIDOWED;
'U' FOR UNKNOWN;
LAST EDITED: APR 25, 2007
DESCRIPTION: This field contains the code for the marital status. It must NOT be edited unless through a
software upgrade! This field is used widely throughout DHCP to determine programming flow. It
will be displayed on the patient's data card as well as many other places throughout DHCP.
11,90 MASTER MARITAL STATUS MASTER;1 POINTER TO MASTER MARITAL STATUS FILE (#11.99) (audited)
INPUT TRANSFORM: S DIC("S")="I '$$SCREEN^XTID(11.99,.01,+Y_"","")" D ^DIC K DIC S DIC=DIE,X=+Y K:Y<0 X
LAST EDITED: SEP 14, 2017
HELP-PROMPT: Enter the Master Marital Status associated with the VA Marital Status. NOTE: Master Marital Status
is case sensitive.
DESCRIPTION: This is the external Standards Development Organization (SDO) Marital Status associated with this
VHA Marital Status.
SCREEN: S DIC("S")="I '$$SCREEN^XTID(11.99,.01,+Y_"","")"
EXPLANATION: Only active Master Marital Statuses may be selected.
AUDIT: YES, ALWAYS
AUDIT CONDITION: I $G(XUMF)
CROSS-REFERENCE: 11^ACMF
1)= S ^DIC(11,"ACMF",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
2)= K ^DIC(11,"ACMF",$E(X,1,30),DA)
This cross references marital statuses with the MASTER MARITAL STATUS file (#11.99) entry to which
they are mapped.
FILES POINTED TO FIELDS
MASTER MARITAL STATUS (#11.99) MASTER MARITAL STATUS (#90)
INPUT TEMPLATE(S):
DGMF AMSTAT AUG 15, 2017@16:49 USER #0
PRINT TEMPLATE(S):
SORT TEMPLATE(S):
FORM(S)/BLOCK(S):