STANDARD DATA DICTIONARY #35 -- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY FILE 9/29/25 PAGE 1
STORED IN ^DIC(35, (45 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 the names of federal agencies and countries.
DD ACCESS: @
RD ACCESS: d
WR ACCESS: @
DEL ACCESS: @
LAYGO ACCESS: @
POINTED TO BY: AGENCY/ALLIED COUNTRY field (#.309) of the PATIENT File (#2)
CROSS
REFERENCED BY: NAME(B), ABBREVIATION(C)
LAST MODIFIED: DEC 18,2020@15:26:59
35,.01 NAME 0;1 FREE TEXT (Required)
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:$L(X)>30!($L(X)<3)!'(X'?1P.E)!(X'?.ANP) X
HELP-PROMPT: NAME MUST BE 3-30 CHARACTERS LONG & NOT BEGIN WITH PUNCTUATION
DESCRIPTION: This field contains the name of a federal agency other than the Department of Veterans Affairs
where a patient seen in the VA may be employed.
CROSS-REFERENCE: 35^B
1)= S ^DIC(35,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
2)= K ^DIC(35,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)
35,1 ABBREVIATION 0;2 FREE TEXT
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:$L(X)>10!($L(X)<1) X
LAST EDITED: DEC 05, 2005
HELP-PROMPT: ANSWER MUST BE 1-10 CHARACTERS IN LENGTH
DESCRIPTION: This field contains an abbreviation for this federal agency. On outputs and other displays where
the entire name of the federal agency may not fit, this abbreviation may appear instead.
CROSS-REFERENCE: 35^C
1)= S ^DIC(35,"C",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
2)= K ^DIC(35,"C",$E(X,1,30),DA)
This cross reference will allow look-ups on the abbreviation field.
35,2 ELIGIBILITY CODE NUMBER 0;3 NUMBER
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:+X'=X!(X>99)!(X<0)!(X?.E1"."1N.N) X
HELP-PROMPT: TYPE A WHOLE NUMBER BETWEEN 0 AND 99
DESCRIPTION: Enter in this field the internal entry number of the MAS ELIGIBILITY CODE under which a patient
receiving care from this federal agency may be entitled.
35,3 ENTRY TYPE 0;4 SET
'C' FOR COUNTRY;
'A' FOR OTHER AGENCY;
DESCRIPTION: Enter the type of federal agency. If the entry is a country, enter C. If the entry is another
federal agency, enter A.
INPUT TEMPLATE(S):
PRINT TEMPLATE(S):
SORT TEMPLATE(S):
FORM(S)/BLOCK(S):