STANDARD DATA DICTIONARY #8991.8 -- DEA BUSINESS ACTIVITY CODES FILE 6/27/25 PAGE 1 STORED IN ^XTV(8991.8, (96 ENTRIES) SITE: WWW.BMIRWIN.COM UCI: VISTA,VISTA (VERSION 8.0) DATA NAME GLOBAL DATA ELEMENT TITLE LOCATION TYPE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The DEA BUSINESS ACTIVITY CODES FILE is associated with the DEA numbers and provider information in the DEA NUMBERS file. This file links a provider with the type of service provided. It contains BUSINESS ACTIVITY CODES that are supplied by the DOJ/DEA web service. POINTED TO BY: BUSINESS ACTIVITY CODE field (#.02) of the DEA NUMBERS File (#8991.9) CROSS REFERENCED BY: FULL BUSINESS ACTIVITY CODE(B) LAST MODIFIED: MAY 3,2022@11:20:11 8991.8,.01 FULL BUSINESS ACTIVITY CODE 0;1 FREE TEXT (Required) INPUT TRANSFORM: K:$L(X)>4!($L(X)<2)!'(X'?1P.E) X MAXIMUM LENGTH: 4 LAST EDITED: JUN 27, 2018 HELP-PROMPT: Enter the full business activity code. This is composed of the Business activity code and sub-code used for DEA numbers. Answer must be 2-4 characters in length. DESCRIPTION: DEA uses an alpha character business activity code to identify various categories of registrants. For example business activity code "C" indicates a "Practitioner". DEA added a business activity sub-code field to identify new sub-categories of registrants. For example business activity code "C" in combination with business activity sub-code "1" indicates a practitioner who has received a Drug Addiction Treatment Act (DATA) Waiver (DATA Waived or DW) to provide office based opioid treatment to 30 or 100 or 275 patients (DW/30, DW/100, DW/275). As new sub-categories of business activities become regulated, additional sub-code combinations (e.g. C-2, C-3, A-1, etc.) will be assigned. MLP = Mid-Level Practitioner. NG = National Guard. CROSS-REFERENCE: 8991.8^B 1)= S ^XTV(8991.8,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)="" 2)= K ^XTV(8991.8,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA) 8991.8,.02 BUSINESS ACTIVITY 0;2 FREE TEXT INPUT TRANSFORM: K:$L(X)>3!($L(X)<1) X MAXIMUM LENGTH: 3 LAST EDITED: OCT 05, 2017 HELP-PROMPT: Enter the Business Activity value for used for DEA numbers. Answer must be 1-3 characters in length. DESCRIPTION: This field holds the Business Activity value used for DEA numbers. This value can currently be one of the following: A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,J,K,L,M,N,P,R,S,T or U This value, combined with a numeric business sub-type, categorizes a DEA number. 8991.8,.03 BUSINESS ACTIVITY SUB-CODE 0;3 FREE TEXT INPUT TRANSFORM: K:$L(X)>3!($L(X)<1) X MAXIMUM LENGTH: 3 LAST EDITED: OCT 05, 2017 HELP-PROMPT: Enter the business activity sub-code associated with the Business Activity Code. Answer must be 1-3 characters in length. DESCRIPTION: DEA uses an alpha character business activity code to identify various categories of registrants. For example business activity code "C" indicates a "Practitioner". DEA added a business activity sub-code field to identify new sub-categories of registrants. For example business activity code "C" in combination with business activity sub-code "1" indicates a practitioner who has received a Drug Addiction Treatment Act (DATA) Waiver (DATA Waived or DW) to provide office based opioid treatment to 30 or 100 or 275 patients (DW/30, DW/100, DW/275). As new sub-categories of business activities become regulated, additional sub-code combinations (e.g. C-2, C-3, A-1, etc.) will be assigned. MLP = Mid-Level Practitioner. NG = National Guard 8991.8,1 BUSINESS ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION 1;1 FREE TEXT INPUT TRANSFORM: K:$L(X)>60!($L(X)<3) X MAXIMUM LENGTH: 60 LAST EDITED: OCT 05, 2017 HELP-PROMPT: Enter the Business Activity description given for the Business Activity code and Business Activity Sub-code. Answer must be 3-60 characters in length. DESCRIPTION: This is the description given for the Business Activity Code and Sub-code. 8991.8,2 MANUAL ENTRY DATE/TIME 1;2 DATE INPUT TRANSFORM: S %DT="EST" D ^%DT S X=Y K:Y<1 X LAST EDITED: JUL 27, 2021 HELP-PROMPT: This is the date/time this Business Activity Code was manually entered. DESCRIPTION: This field should only be populated when a new Business Activity Code (BAC) is entered manually due to the failure of the PSO DOJ/DEA WEB SERVICE to establish a connection to the DOJ web server. INPUT TEMPLATE(S): PRINT TEMPLATE(S): SORT TEMPLATE(S): FORM(S)/BLOCK(S):