STANDARD DATA DICTIONARY #161.6 -- FEE BASIS SPECIALTY CODE FILE 9/29/25 PAGE 1
STORED IN ^FBAA(161.6, (36 ENTRIES) SITE: WWW.BMIRWIN.COM UCI: VISTA,VISTA (VERSION 3.5)
DATA NAME GLOBAL DATA
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Contains all valid Specialty codes which can be assigned to a vendor.
Per VHA Directive 10-93-142, this file definition should not be modified.
DD ACCESS: @
RD ACCESS: #
WR ACCESS: @
DEL ACCESS: @
LAYGO ACCESS: @
IDENTIFIED BY: SPECIALTY CODE (#1)[R]
POINTED TO BY: SPECIALTY CODE field (#.05) of the FEE BASIS VENDOR File (#161.2)
CROSS
REFERENCED BY: NAME(B), SPECIALTY CODE(C)
161.6,.01 NAME 0;1 FREE TEXT (Required)
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:$L(X)>30!(X?.N)!($L(X)<3)!'(X'?1P.E)!(X'?.ANP) X
HELP-PROMPT: NAME MUST BE 3-30 CHARACTERS, NOT NUMERIC OR STARTING WITH PUNCTUATION
DESCRIPTION: The name of this specialty code. Each vendor must be assigned a specialty code which identifies
their area of expertise.
CROSS-REFERENCE: 161.6^B
1)= S ^FBAA(161.6,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
2)= K ^FBAA(161.6,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)
161.6,1 SPECIALTY CODE 0;2 FREE TEXT (Required)
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:X[""""!($A(X)=45) X I $D(X) K:$L(X)>2!($L(X)<2)!'(X?2N) X
HELP-PROMPT: ANSWER MUST BE 2 CHARACTERS IN LENGTH
DESCRIPTION: The specialty code for this entry. Detail description and list of most current codes can be found
in M-1, Part I, Chapter 18.
CROSS-REFERENCE: 161.6^C
1)= S ^FBAA(161.6,"C",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
2)= K ^FBAA(161.6,"C",$E(X,1,30),DA)
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