STANDARD DATA DICTIONARY #723 -- MEDICAL SPECIALTY FILE 9/29/25 PAGE 1
STORED IN ^ECC(723, (87 ENTRIES) SITE: WWW.BMIRWIN.COM UCI: VISTA,VISTA (VERSION 2.0)
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This file contains the medical specialties associated with DSS units and ordering sections associated with patient procedures.
Entries in this file will be determined by the Decision Support System (DSS) Program Office or designee.
This file should NOT be modified directly using VA FileMan. Any additions, deletions, or modifications will be distributed
nationally through the release of the Event Capture software.
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POINTED TO BY: MEDICAL SPECIALTY field (#125) of the SURGERY File (#130)
SECTION field (#5) of the EVENT CAPTURE PATIENT File (#721)
ORDERING SECTION field (#11) of the EVENT CAPTURE PATIENT File (#721)
MEDICAL SPECIALTY field (#2) of the DSS UNIT File (#724)
MEDICAL SPECIALTY field (#134) of the SURGERY EXTRACT File (#727.811)
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REFERENCED BY: NAME(B)
723,.01 NAME 0;1 FREE TEXT (Required)
INPUT TRANSFORM: K X D EN^DDIOL("Editing is not permitted.")
LAST EDITED: JAN 25, 1993
HELP-PROMPT: Enter the name of this medical specialty (3 to 30 characters).
DESCRIPTION: This is the name of the medical specialty. This information will be used when entering procedures
within the Event Capture software.
TECHNICAL DESCR:
Free text name of the medical specialty for this entry.
DELETE TEST: .01,0)= I 1 D EN^DDIOL("Medical Specialty entries cannot be deleted.")
DELETE AUTHORITY: ^
NOTES: XXXX--CAN'T BE ALTERED EXCEPT BY PROGRAMMER
CROSS-REFERENCE: 723^B
1)= S ^ECC(723,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
2)= K ^ECC(723,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)
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