STANDARD DATA DICTIONARY #120.52 -- GMRV VITAL QUALIFIER FILE 9/29/25 PAGE 1
STORED IN ^GMRD(120.52, (126 ENTRIES) SITE: WWW.BMIRWIN.COM UCI: VISTA,VISTA (VERSION 5.0)
DATA NAME GLOBAL DATA
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Per VHA Directive {pending directive #}, this file has been "locked down" by Data Standardization (DS). The file definition (i.e.
data dictionary) shall not be modified. All additions, changes and deletions to entries in the file shall be done by Enterprise
Reference Terminology (ERT) using the Master File Server (MFS), provided by Common Services (CS). Creating and/or editing locally
defined fields in the file are not permitted. Use of locally defined fields that were created prior to VHA Directive {pending
directive #} shall not be supported.
This file contains a list of qualifiers for vitals/measurements.
DD ACCESS: @
RD ACCESS:
WR ACCESS: @
DEL ACCESS: @
LAYGO ACCESS: @
AUDIT ACCESS: @
POINTED TO BY: QUALIFIER field (#.01) of the QUALIFIER sub-field (#120.505) of the GMRV VITAL MEASUREMENT File (#120.5)
DEFAULT QUALIFIER field (#.07) of the VITAL TYPE sub-field (#120.531) of the GMRV VITAL CATEGORY File (#120.53)
CROSS
REFERENCED BY: CATEGORY(ACAT), QUALIFIER(ACHR), VITAL TYPE(ATYP), VUID(AVUID), QUALIFIER(B), CATEGORY(BCAT), SYNONYM(BCHR),
VITAL TYPE(BTYP), VITAL TYPE(C), CATEGORY(D)
INDEXED BY: VUID & MASTER ENTRY FOR VUID (AMASTERVUID)
LAST MODIFIED: OCT 28,2016@15:17:06
120.52,.01 QUALIFIER 0;1 FREE TEXT (Required)
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:$L(X)>50!($L(X)<2)!'(X'?1P.E) X
LAST EDITED: MAY 23, 2001
HELP-PROMPT: ANSWER MUST BE 2-50 CHARACTERS IN LENGTH
DESCRIPTION:
This field supplies a list of possible qualifiers for a vital measurement record.
PRE-LOOKUP: I $G(DIC(0))["L",'$D(XUMF) K X D EN^DDIOL("Entries must be edited via the Master File Server (MFS).
","","!?5,$C(7)")
DELETE TEST: 1,0)= D:'$D(XUMF) EN^DDIOL("Entries must be inactivated via the Master File Server (MFS).","","!?5,
$C(7)") I $D(XUMF)
LAYGO TEST: 1,0)= D:'$D(XUMF) EN^DDIOL("Entries must be added via the Master File Server (MFS).","","!?5,$C(7)"
) I $D(XUMF)
DELETE AUTHORITY: ^
WRITE AUTHORITY: ^
CROSS-REFERENCE: 120.52^B
1)= S ^GMRD(120.52,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
2)= K ^GMRD(120.52,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)
This cross-reference is automatically created on .01 field.
CROSS-REFERENCE: 120.52^ACHR^MUMPS
1)= D ACHR^GMVFUT2(1,.DA,X)
2)= D ACHR^GMVFUT2(2,.DA,X)
This cross-reference sets the "AA" index on the GMRV Vital Qualifier (120.52) file. The "AA" index
has the following format: ^GMRD(120.52,"AA",TYP,CAT,CHAR,DA(1),DA)="", where TYP=Vital Type (.01)
field of Vital Type (120.521) sub-file, CAT=Category (.02) field of Vital Type (120.521) sub-file
and CHAR=Name (.01) field of GMRV Vital Qualifier (120.52) file.
120.52,.02 SYNONYM 0;2 FREE TEXT
INPUT TRANSFORM: D SCREEN^GMVFSYN K:$L($G(X))>3!($L($G(X))<1) X
LAST EDITED: MAR 08, 2005
HELP-PROMPT: Answer must be 1-3 characters in length.
DESCRIPTION:
This field contains the synonym for the qualifier.
WRITE AUTHORITY: ^
NOTES: XXXX--CAN'T BE ALTERED EXCEPT BY PROGRAMMER
CROSS-REFERENCE: 120.52^BCHR^MUMPS
1)= D BSYNO^GMVFSYN(1,.DA,X)
2)= D BSYNO^GMVFSYN(2,.DA,X)
This cross-reference sets the "BB" index on the GMRV Vital Qualifier (120.52) file. The "BB" index
has the following format: ^GMRD(120.52,"BB",TYP,CAT,CHAR,DA(1),DA)="", where TYP=Vital Type (.01)
field of Vital Type (120.52 1) sub-file, CAT=Category (.02) field of Vital Type (120.521) sub-file
and CHAR=Name (.01) field of GMRV Vital Qualifier (120.52) file.
120.52,1 VITAL TYPE 1;0 POINTER Multiple #120.521 (Add New Entry without Asking)
DESCRIPTION: This multiple contains a list of vital types associated with this site. The site field on the
vital measurement record is screened by the data contained in the vital type field.
WRITE AUTHORITY: ^
120.521,.01 VITAL TYPE 0;1 POINTER TO GMRV VITAL TYPE FILE (#120.51) (Required)
LAST EDITED: MAY 23, 2001
DESCRIPTION:
This field screens the vital measurement site field in the GMRV VITAL MEASUREMENT (#120.5) file.
DELETE AUTHORITY: ^
WRITE AUTHORITY: ^
CROSS-REFERENCE: 120.521^B
1)= S ^GMRD(120.52,DA(1),1,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
2)= K ^GMRD(120.52,DA(1),1,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)
This cross-reference is automatically created on .01 field.
CROSS-REFERENCE: 120.52^C
1)= S ^GMRD(120.52,"C",$E(X,1,30),DA(1),DA)=""
2)= K ^GMRD(120.52,"C",$E(X,1,30),DA(1),DA)
This cross-reference is created to sort the file by VITAL TYPE and the associated vital site NAME
(.01).
CROSS-REFERENCE: 120.52^ATYP^MUMPS
1)= D ATYP^GMVFUT2(1,.DA,X)
2)= D ATYP^GMVFUT2(2,.DA,X)
This cross-reference sets the "AA"index on the GMRV Vital Qualifier (120.52) file. The index has
the following format: ^GMRD(120.52,"AA",TYP,CAT,CHAR,DA(1),DA)="", where TYP=Vital Type (.01)
field of Vital Type (120.521) sub-file, CAT=Category (.02) field of Vital Type (120.521)
sub-file, CHAR=Name (.01) field of GMRV Vital Qualifier (120.52) file.
CROSS-REFERENCE: 120.52^BTYP^MUMPS
1)= D BTYP^GMVFSYN(1,.DA,X)
2)= D BTYP^GMVFSYN(2,.DA,X)
This cross-reference sets the "BB" index on the GMRV Vital Qualifier (120.52) file. The "BB"
index has the following format: ^GMRD(120.52,"BB",TYP,CAT,CHAR,DA(1),DA)="", where TYP=Vital Type
(.01) field of Vital Type (120.521) sub-file, CAT=Category (.02) field of Vital Type (120.521)
sub-file and CHAR=Name (.01) field of GMRV Vital Qualifier (120.52) file.
120.521,.02 CATEGORY 0;2 POINTER TO GMRV VITAL CATEGORY FILE (#120.53) (Required)
LAST EDITED: MAY 23, 2001
DESCRIPTION:
This field will contain the category for this characteristic for this vital type.
WRITE AUTHORITY: ^
CROSS-REFERENCE: 120.52^D
1)= S ^GMRD(120.52,"D",$E(X,1,30),DA(1),DA)=""
2)= K ^GMRD(120.52,"D",$E(X,1,30),DA(1),DA)
This is a regular cross-reference of the Category (.02) field of the Vital Type (120.521)
sub-file on the entire GMRV Vital Qualifier (120.52) file.
CROSS-REFERENCE: 120.52^ACAT^MUMPS
1)= D ACAT^GMVFUT2(1,.DA,X)
2)= D ACAT^GMVFUT2(2,.DA,X)
This cross-reference sets the "AA" index on the GMRV Vital Qualifier (120.52) file. The index
has the following format: ^GMRD(120.52,"AA",TYP,CAT,CHAR,DA(1),DA)="", where TYP=Vital Type (.01)
field of Vital Type (120.521) sub-file, CAT=Category (.02) field of Vital Type (120.521)
sub-file, CHAR=Name (.01) field of GMRV Vital Qualifier (120.52) file.
CROSS-REFERENCE: 120.52^BCAT^MUMPS
1)= D BCAT^GMVFSYN(1,.DA,X)
2)= D BCAT^GMVFSYN(2,.DA,X)
This cross-reference sets the "BB" index on the GMRV Vital Qualifier (120.52) file. The "BB"
index has the following format: ^GMRD(120.52,"BB",TYP,CAT,CHAR,DA(1),DA)="", where TYP=Vital Type
(.01) field of Vital Type (120.521) sub-file, CAT=Category (.02) field of Vital Type (120.521)
sub-file and CHAR=Name (.01) field of GMRV Vital Qualifier (120.52) file.
120.52,2 CODING SYSTEM 2;0 Multiple #120.522
DESCRIPTION:
This multiple stores the code(s) representing this GMRV VITAL QUALIFIER within this coding system.
120.522,.01 CODING SYSTEM 0;1 FREE TEXT (Multiply asked) (audited)
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:$L(X)>7!($L(X)<3) X
LAST EDITED: JUL 29, 2016
HELP-PROMPT: Answer must be 3-7 characters in length.
DESCRIPTION: This field indicates the coding system associated with the codes identifying this GMRV VITAL
QUALIFIER.
AUDIT: YES, ALWAYS
CROSS-REFERENCE: 120.522^B
1)= S ^GMRD(120.52,DA(1),2,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
2)= K ^GMRD(120.52,DA(1),2,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)
120.522,.02 CODE 1;0 Multiple #120.5221
DESCRIPTION: This multiple stores the code(s) representing this GMRV VITAL QUALIFIER within this coding
system.
120.5221,.01 CODE 0;1 FREE TEXT (Multiply asked) (audited)
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:$L(X)>30!($L(X)<1) X
LAST EDITED: JUL 29, 2016
HELP-PROMPT: Answer must be 1-30 characters in length.
DESCRIPTION:
This code represents this GMRV VITAL QUALIFIER within this coding system.
AUDIT: YES, ALWAYS
CROSS-REFERENCE: 120.5221^B
1)= S ^GMRD(120.52,DA(2),2,DA(1),1,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
2)= K ^GMRD(120.52,DA(2),2,DA(1),1,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)
120.52,99.98 MASTER ENTRY FOR VUID VUID;2 SET (Required)
'0' FOR NO;
'1' FOR YES;
LAST EDITED: FEB 10, 2005
DESCRIPTION:
This field identifies the Master entry for a VUID associated with a Term/Concept.
WRITE AUTHORITY: ^
UNEDITABLE
RECORD INDEXES: AMASTERVUID (#586)
120.52,99.99 VUID VUID;1 FREE TEXT (Required)
INPUT TRANSFORM: S X=+X K:$L(X)>20!($L(X)<1)!'(X?1.20N) X
LAST EDITED: FEB 10, 2005
HELP-PROMPT: Answer must be 1-20 digits in length.
DESCRIPTION:
VHA Unique ID (VUID). A unique meaningless integer assigned to reference terms VHA wide.
WRITE AUTHORITY: ^
UNEDITABLE
NOTES: XXXX--CAN'T BE ALTERED EXCEPT BY PROGRAMMER
CROSS-REFERENCE: 120.52^AVUID
1)= S ^GMRD(120.52,"AVUID",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
2)= K ^GMRD(120.52,"AVUID",$E(X,1,30),DA)
3)= This cross-reference is by VUID.
This field and cross-reference are required for the Data Standardization project.
RECORD INDEXES: AMASTERVUID (#586)
120.52,99.991 EFFECTIVE DATE/TIME TERMSTATUS;0 DATE Multiple #120.5299 (Add New Entry without Asking)
DESCRIPTION:
Describes the pair Status and Effective Date/Time for each reference term.
120.5299,.01 EFFECTIVE DATE/TIME 0;1 DATE (Required)
INPUT TRANSFORM: S %DT="ESTX" D ^%DT S X=Y K:Y<1 X
LAST EDITED: FEB 01, 2005
DESCRIPTION:
This is the date/time when the Status of the reference term was established.
WRITE AUTHORITY: ^
UNEDITABLE
CROSS-REFERENCE: 120.5299^B
1)= S ^GMRD(120.52,DA(1),"TERMSTATUS","B",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
2)= K ^GMRD(120.52,DA(1),"TERMSTATUS","B",$E(X,1,30),DA)
This cross-reference is by Effective Date/Time.
120.5299,.02 STATUS 0;2 SET (Required)
'1' FOR ACTIVE;
'0' FOR INACTIVE;
LAST EDITED: FEB 01, 2005
DESCRIPTION: The Status of a reference term is either 'ACTIVE' or 'INACTIVE'. If 'ACTIVE', then the term will
be accessible by end-users to document a particular patient event. If 'INACTIVE', then the term
will only be accessible by the application to display legacy data.
WRITE AUTHORITY: ^
UNEDITABLE
FILES POINTED TO FIELDS
GMRV VITAL CATEGORY (#120.53) VITAL TYPE:CATEGORY (#.02)
GMRV VITAL TYPE (#120.51) VITAL TYPE:VITAL TYPE (#.01)
File #120.52
Record Indexes:
AMASTERVUID (#586) RECORD REGULAR IR SORTING ONLY
Short Descr: This cross-reference identifies the Master entry for a VUID.
Description: If multiple entries have the same VUID in the file, this cross-refernce can be used to identify the Master
entry for a VUID associated with a Term/Concept.
Set Logic: S ^GMRD(120.52,"AMASTERVUID",$E(X(1),1,30),X(2),DA)=""
Kill Logic: K ^GMRD(120.52,"AMASTERVUID",$E(X(1),1,30),X(2),DA)
Whole Kill: K ^GMRD(120.52,"AMASTERVUID")
X(1): VUID (120.52,99.99) (Subscr 1) (Len 30) (forwards)
X(2): MASTER ENTRY FOR VUID (120.52,99.98) (Subscr 2) (forwards)
INPUT TEMPLATE(S):
PRINT TEMPLATE(S):
SORT TEMPLATE(S):
FORM(S)/BLOCK(S):