STANDARD DATA DICTIONARY #42.4 -- SPECIALTY FILE 3/24/25 PAGE 1
STORED IN ^DIC(42.4, (113 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 recognized PTF treating specialties.
This file was previous called 'MED SPECIALTY/BEDSECTION' file.
POINTED TO BY: SPECIALTY field (#.017) of the WARD LOCATION File (#42)
DISCHARGE SPECIALTY field (#71) of the PTF File (#45)
LOSING SPECIALTY field (#2) of the 501 sub-field (#45.02) of the PTF File (#45)
SPECIALTY field (#1) of the 601 sub-field (#45.05) of the PTF File (#45)
LOSING WARD SPECIALTY field (#2) of the 535 sub-field (#45.0535) of the PTF File (#45)
SPECIALTY field (#1) of the FACILITY TREATING SPECIALTY File (#45.7)
SERVICE field (#.01) of the SERVICE sub-field (#58.27) of the WARD/LOCATION (FOR PERCENTAGE) sub-field (#58.14) of
the PHARMACY AOU STOCK File (#58.1)
SPECIALTY field (#105) of the DRUG ACCOUNTABILITY TRANSACTION File (#58.81)
BEDSECTION field (#19) of the EXAMINATIONS sub-field (#70.03) of the REGISTERED EXAMS sub-field (#70.02) of the
RAD/NUC MED PATIENT File (#70)
OBSERVATION TREATING SPECIALTY field (#454) of the SURGERY File (#130)
BEDSECTION field (#4.2) of the MENTAL HEALTH CENSUS File (#618)
TREATING SPECIALTY field (#12) of the CLINIC NOSHOW EXTRACT File (#727.804)
TREATING SPECIALTY field (#47) of the DENTAL EXTRACT File (#727.806)
TREATING SPECIALTY field (#10) of the CLINIC I EXTRACT File (#727.816)
TREATING SPECIALTY field (#28) of the ADMISSION SETUP EXTRACT File (#727.82)
TREATING SPECIALTY field (#15) of the PHYSICAL MOVEMENT SETUP EXTRACT File (#727.821)
NEW TREATING SPECIALTY field (#15) of the TREATING SPECIALTY CHANGE SETUP EXTRACT File (#727.822)
TREATING SPECIALTY field (#.01) of the DSS TREATING SPECIALTY TRANSLATION File (#727.831)
CROSS
REFERENCED BY: NAME(B), PTF CODE(C)
42.4,.001 NUMBER NUMBER
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:+X'=X!(X>9999999999)!(X<1)!(X?.E1"."1N.N) X
LAST EDITED: MAR 28, 2007
HELP-PROMPT: Type a Number between 1 and 9999999999
DESCRIPTION:
This field contains the IFN of the SPECIALTY record.
42.4,.01 NAME 0;1 (Required)
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:$L(X)>30!(+X=X)!($L(X)<3)!'(X'?1P.E)!(X'?.ANP) X
LAST EDITED: OCT 08, 1993
HELP-PROMPT: NAME MUST BE 3-30 CHARACTERS, NOT NUMERIC OR STARTING WITH PUNCTUATION
DESCRIPTION: This field contains the name of the specialties allowable for selection through PTF. All FACILITY
TREATING SPECIALTIES must relate to one of the entries in this file. This file is maintained by
the MAS package and should not be altered in any way.
CROSS-REFERENCE: 42.4^B
1)= S ^DIC(42.4,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
2)= K ^DIC(42.4,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)
42.4,1 PRINT NAME 0;2 FREE TEXT
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:$L(X)>15!($L(X)<2) X
HELP-PROMPT: Enter the name you want to appear on the Bedsection report, 1-15 characters.
DESCRIPTION: This field will contain an abbreviated name of this specialty. This print name will be printed on
outputs where the full name of the specialty would not fit.
42.4,3 SERVICE 0;3 SET (Required)
'M' FOR MEDICINE;
'S' FOR SURGERY;
'P' FOR PSYCHIATRY;
'NH' FOR NHCU;
'NE' FOR NEUROLOGY;
'I' FOR INTERMEDIATE MED;
'R' FOR REHAB MEDICINE;
'SCI' FOR SPINAL CORD INJURY;
'D' FOR DOMICILIARY;
'B' FOR BLIND REHAB;
'RE' FOR RESPITE CARE;
LAST EDITED: JAN 29, 1987
DESCRIPTION: This field contains the name of the service that this specialty is related to. Choose from the
available choices.
42.4,4 ASK PSYCHIATRIC QUESTIONS? 0;4 SET
'1' FOR YES;
'0' FOR NO;
LAST EDITED: AUG 10, 1995
HELP-PROMPT: Enter 'Yes' or 'No'.
DESCRIPTION: This field will be checked in PTF to determine if psychiatric axis questions will be asked for this
treating specialty.
42.4,5 BILLING RATE BEDSECTION 0;5 POINTER TO MCCR UTILITY FILE (#399.1)
INPUT TRANSFORM: S DIC("S")="I $P(^(0),U,5)" D ^DIC K DIC S DIC=DIE,X=+Y K:Y<0 X I $D(X) S X=$E($P(^DGCR(399.1,X,0),
U),1,30)
LAST EDITED: MAY 04, 1990
HELP-PROMPT: Enter the Bedsection that represents the rates that patients will be billed for when receiving care
in this Med/Specialty Bedsection.
DESCRIPTION: Enter the bedsection representing the rate at which a patient in this bedsection would be billed
at.
SCREEN: S DIC("S")="I $P(^(0),U,5)"
EXPLANATION: Billing Bedsections Only!
NOTES: XXXX--CAN'T BE ALTERED EXCEPT BY PROGRAMMER
42.4,6 MPCR ACCOUNT 0;6 NUMBER
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:+X'=X!(X>9999)!(X<0)!(X?.E1"."3N.N) X
LAST EDITED: MAR 27, 2007
HELP-PROMPT: Type a Number between 0 and 9999, 2 Decimal Digits
DESCRIPTION: This field contains the Monthly Program Cost Account number that is associated with the treating
specialty assigned to any given ward. The MPCR account number is used for workload purposes.
42.4,7 PTF CODE 0;7 FREE TEXT (Required)
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:$L(X)>2!($L(X)<1) X
LAST EDITED: MAR 28, 2007
HELP-PROMPT: Answer must be 1-2 characters in length.
DESCRIPTION: This field contains the PTF code for this entry. It is created by the MAS module and VA Fileman.
Editing of data in this file or additions/deletions to this file will have negative impact on the
operations of the PTF software module.
CROSS-REFERENCE: 42.4^C
1)= S ^DIC(42.4,"C",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
2)= K ^DIC(42.4,"C",$E(X,1,30),DA)
42.4,10 EFFECTIVE DATE E;0 DATE Multiple #42.41
42.41,.01 EFFECTIVE DATE 0;1 DATE (Required)
INPUT TRANSFORM: S %DT="EX" D ^%DT S X=Y K:Y<1 X
LAST EDITED: JUL 28, 1995
HELP-PROMPT: Enter the effective date for this treating specialty.
DESCRIPTION:
This multiple holds the effective date(s) for the Treating Specialties.
TECHNICAL DESCR:
DELETE TEST: 1,0)= I '$O(^DIC(42.4,DA(1),"E",$O(^DIC(42.4,DA(1),"E",0)))) W !,*7,"There has to be an effective
date for this treating specialty! "
CROSS-REFERENCE:42.41^B
1)= S ^DIC(42.4,DA(1),"E","B",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
2)= K ^DIC(42.4,DA(1),"E","B",$E(X,1,30),DA)
CROSS-REFERENCE:42.41^ADATE^MUMPS
1)= S ^DIC(42.4,DA(1),"E","ADATE",-X,DA)=""
2)= K ^DIC(42.4,DA(1),"E","ADATE",-X,DA)
This cross reference is used to look up active on reverse date.
42.41,.02 ACTIVE? 0;2 SET
'0' FOR NO;
'1' FOR YES;
LAST EDITED: AUG 10, 1995
HELP-PROMPT: Enter 'Yes' or 'No'
DESCRIPTION:
This field is an active/inactive flag for the treating specialty.
FILES POINTED TO FIELDS
MCCR UTILITY (#399.1) BILLING RATE BEDSECTION (#5)
INPUT TEMPLATE(S):
PRINT TEMPLATE(S):
SORT TEMPLATE(S):
FORM(S)/BLOCK(S):