STANDARD DATA DICTIONARY #22 -- POW PERIOD FILE 3/24/25 PAGE 1
STORED IN ^DIC(22, (8 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 8 possible locations where a person could have been a prisoner of war. This data is determined by VACO and is
maintained by the PIMS software module via frequent software releases. Editing of this information will have severe and negative
impacts on the operation of the PIMS module as well as other VistA software modules. Entries in this file must NOT be added,
edited, or removed.
DD ACCESS: @
RD ACCESS: d
WR ACCESS: @
DEL ACCESS: @
LAYGO ACCESS: @
POINTED TO BY: POW CONFINEMENT LOCATION field (#.526) of the PATIENT File (#2)
COMBAT SERVICE LOCATION field (#.5292) of the PATIENT File (#2)
POW LOCATION field (#61) of the ADMISSION EXTRACT File (#727.802)
POW LOCATION field (#29) of the CLINIC NOSHOW EXTRACT File (#727.804)
POW LOCATION field (#39) of the UNIT DOSE LOCAL EXTRACT File (#727.809)
POW LOCATION field (#44) of the PRESCRIPTION EXTRACT File (#727.81)
POW LOCATION field (#17) of the CLINIC II EXTRACT File (#727.818)
POW LOCATION field (#52) of the IV DETAIL EXTRACT File (#727.819)
POW LOCATION field (#35) of the NUTRITION EXTRACT File (#727.832)
POW LOCATION field (#62) of the BCMA EXTRACT File (#727.833)
CROSS
REFERENCED BY: NAME(B), SYNONYM(B), ABBREVIATION(C)
22,.001 NUMBER NUMBER
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:+X'=X!(X>8)!(X<1)!(X?.E1"."1N.N) X
LAST EDITED: AUG 18, 1999
HELP-PROMPT: Type a Number between 1 and 8, 0 Decimal Digits
DESCRIPTION: This field contains the internal entry number for this POW PERIOD. This number may be used by
various software packages. This must not be edited and entries must not be added or deleted unless
done through a software upgrade of the PIMS package.
22,.01 NAME 0;1 FREE TEXT (Required)
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:$L(X)>30!($L(X)<3)!'(X'?1P.E)!(X'?.ANP) X
LAST EDITED: OCT 13, 1982
HELP-PROMPT: NAME MUST BE 3-30 CHARACTERS LONG & NOT BEGIN WITH PUNCTUATION
DESCRIPTION: This field contains the name of the period/place where a patient may have been a prisoner of war.
Choices include WWI and Vietnam. This data must NOT be edited in any way.
CROSS-REFERENCE: 22^B
1)= S ^DIC(22,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
2)= K ^DIC(22,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)
22,1 ABBREVIATION 0;2 FREE TEXT
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:X[""""!(X'?.ANP)!(X<0) X I $D(X) K:$L(X)>14!($L(X)<1) X
LAST EDITED: MAY 26, 1988
HELP-PROMPT: ANSWER MUST BE 1-14 CHARACTERS IN LENGTH
DESCRIPTION: This field contains an alternate name by which this prisoner of war period may be called. This
abbreviation may be displayed on outputs or other displays where there is insufficient space to
display the entire name of the POW PERIOD.
CROSS-REFERENCE: 22^C
1)= S ^DIC(22,"C",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
2)= K ^DIC(22,"C",$E(X,1,30),DA)
22,100 SYNONYM .01;0 Multiple #22.01
DESCRIPTION: A synonym or shortened name associated with a specific period of service. The shortened name may
be 2-28 characters in length and is a free text field.
22.01,.01 SYNONYM 0;1 FREE TEXT (Multiply asked)
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:X[""""!(X'?.ANP)!(X<0) X I $D(X) K:$L(X)>28!($L(X)<2) X
HELP-PROMPT: ANSWER MUST BE 2-28 CHARACTERS IN LENGTH
DESCRIPTION: A synonym or shortened name associated wtih a specific period of service. The shortened name may
be 2-28 characters in length adn is a free text field.
CROSS-REFERENCE: 22^B^MNEMONIC
1)= S ^DIC(22,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA(1),DA)=1
2)= K ^DIC(22,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA(1),DA)
22,101 CODE 0;3 POINTER TO PERIOD OF SERVICE FILE (#21)
LAST EDITED: DEC 28, 1983
DESCRIPTION: This field is a pointer to the .01 field of the Period of Service file which contains all periods
of service and related data. The prisoner of war code contains the single character code by which
this status is identified. Zero (0) stands for YES and one (1) stands for NO.
FILES POINTED TO FIELDS
PERIOD OF SERVICE (#21) CODE (#101)
INPUT TEMPLATE(S):
PRINT TEMPLATE(S):
SORT TEMPLATE(S):
FORM(S)/BLOCK(S):