STANDARD DATA DICTIONARY #23 -- BRANCH OF SERVICE FILE                                                            3/24/25    PAGE 1
STORED IN ^DIC(23,  (15 ENTRIES)   SITE: WWW.BMIRWIN.COM   UCI: VISTA,VISTA                                        (VERSION 5.3)   

DATA          NAME                  GLOBAL        DATA
ELEMENT       TITLE                 LOCATION      TYPE
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The file contains the branches of service in which a person may have served (or be serving) in the military.  


FILE SCREEN (SCR-node) : I X'["B.E.C."
              DD ACCESS: @
              RD ACCESS: d
              WR ACCESS: @
             DEL ACCESS: @
           LAYGO ACCESS: @

POINTED TO BY: SERVICE BRANCH [LAST] field (#.325) of the PATIENT File (#2) 
               SERVICE BRANCH [NTL] field (#.3291) of the PATIENT File (#2) 
               SERVICE BRANCH [NNTL] field (#.3296) of the PATIENT File (#2) 
               INSURED'S BRANCH field (#3.02) of the INSURANCE TYPE sub-field (#2.312) of the PATIENT File (#2) 
               SERVICE BRANCH field (#.03) of the MILITARY SERVICE EPISODE sub-field (#2.3216) of the PATIENT File (#2) 
               BRANCH OF SERVICE field (#1) of the MILITARY STATUS sub-field (#210.06) of the NURS STAFF File (#210) 
               BRANCH field (#.03) of the SPONSOR File (#355.8) 
               

CROSS
REFERENCED BY: NAME(B), ABBREVIATION(C)

    LAST MODIFIED: JUL 1,2021@11:31:13

23,.001       NUMBER                     NUMBER

              INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:+X'=X!(X>15)!(X<1)!(X?.E1"."1N.N) X
              LAST EDITED:      JUL 01, 2021 
              HELP-PROMPT:      Type a number between 1 and 15, 0 decimal digits. 
              DESCRIPTION:      This file contains the internal entry number for this branch of service.  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 MAS package.  


23,.01        NAME                   0;1 FREE TEXT (Required)

              INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>30!($L(X)<2) X
              LAST EDITED:      FEB 24, 2004 
              HELP-PROMPT:      Answer must be 2-30 characters in length. 
              DESCRIPTION:      This field contains that NAME of the Branch of Service.  It should not be altered or deleted unless
                                done through an upgrade of an MAS package installation.  

              CROSS-REFERENCE:  23^B 
                                1)= S ^DIC(23,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
                                2)= K ^DIC(23,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)


23,1          ABBREVIATION           0;2 FREE TEXT

              INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:X[""""!(X'?.ANP)!(X<0) X I $D(X) K:$L(X)>10!($L(X)<1) X
              HELP-PROMPT:      ANSWER MUST BE 1-10 CHARACTERS IN LENGTH 
              DESCRIPTION:      This field contains a synonym or shortened name associated with a specific branch of service.  

              CROSS-REFERENCE:  23^C 
                                1)= S ^DIC(23,"C",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
                                2)= K ^DIC(23,"C",$E(X,1,30),DA)



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