STANDARD DATA DICTIONARY #920.5 -- IMM REFUSAL REASONS FILE 9/29/25 PAGE 1
STORED IN ^PXV(920.5, (4 ENTRIES) SITE: WWW.BMIRWIN.COM UCI: VISTA,VISTA (VERSION 1.0)
DATA NAME GLOBAL DATA
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Per VHA Directive, this file has been "locked down" by Data Standardization (DS). The file definition (i.e. data dictionary) shall
not be modified. All additions, changes and deletions to entries in the file shall be done by Enterprise Reference Terminology
(ERT) using the Master File Server (MFS), provided by the Common Services (CS). Creating and/or editing locally defined fields in
the file are not permitted. Use of locally defined fields that were created prior to the VHA Directive shall not be supported.
This is a table of reason for the refusal of an immunization or skin test. The data in this file has been derived from the
CDC-defined table NIP002 - Substance Refusal Reason.
DD ACCESS: @
RD ACCESS: @
WR ACCESS: @
DEL ACCESS: @
LAYGO ACCESS: @
AUDIT ACCESS: @
POINTED TO BY: CONTRA/REFUSAL field (#.01) of the CONTRA/REFUSAL sub-field (#920.052) of the IMM DEFAULT RESPONSES File (#920.05)
REPLACED BY VHA STANDARD TERM field (#99.97) of the IMM REFUSAL REASONS File (#920.5)
CONTRAINDICATION/REFUSAL field (#.01) of the V IMM CONTRA/REFUSAL EVENTS File (#9000010.707)
CROSS
REFERENCED BY: REPLACED BY VHA STANDARD TERM(AREPLACETERM), VUID(AVUID), REASON(B)
INDEXED BY: VUID & MASTER ENTRY FOR VUID (AMASTERVUID)
920.5,.01 REASON 0;1 FREE TEXT (Required) (audited)
Reason
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:$L(X)>30!($L(X)<3)!'(X'?1P.E) X
LAST EDITED: FEB 27, 2015
HELP-PROMPT: Answer must be 3-30 characters in length.
DESCRIPTION: This is the reason the immunization (or skin test) has been refused.
PLEASE NOTE: that if 'Other' is used as a reason, further explanation may be required.
TECHNICAL DESCR: These refusal reasons have been derived from the CDC-defined table NIP002 - Substance Refusal
Reason.
AUDIT: YES, ALWAYS
PRE-LOOKUP: I $G(DIC(0))["L",'$D(XUMF) K X D EN^DDIOL("Entries must be edited via the Master File Server (MFS).
","","!?5")
DELETE TEST: 1,0)= D:'$D(XUMF) EN^DDIOL("Entries must be inactivated via the Master File Server (MFS).","","!?5"
) I $D(XUMF)
LAYGO TEST: 1,0)= D:'$D(XUMF) EN^DDIOL("Entries must be added via the Master File Server (MFS).","","!?5") I $D
(XUMF)
WRITE AUTHORITY: ^
CROSS-REFERENCE: 920.5^B
1)= S ^PXV(920.5,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
2)= K ^PXV(920.5,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)
920.5,.02 HL7 CODE 0;2 FREE TEXT (audited)
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:$L(X)>2!($L(X)<2)!'(X?2N) X
LAST EDITED: FEB 27, 2015
HELP-PROMPT: Answer must be 2 characters in length.
DESCRIPTION:
This is the HL7 code for this refusal reason, used when transmitting this data.
AUDIT: YES, ALWAYS
WRITE AUTHORITY: ^
920.5,99.97 REPLACED BY VHA STANDARD TERM VUID;3 POINTER TO IMM REFUSAL REASONS FILE (#920.5) (audited)
LAST EDITED: MAR 27, 2015
HELP-PROMPT: Enter the Term/Concept that replaces this entry.
DESCRIPTION: This field is populated when one Term/Concept replaces another Term/Concept. This field is
controlled by standardization and should only be changed by standardization processes. This field
contains a pointer to a VHA standard term that replaces this entry.
AUDIT: YES, ALWAYS
WRITE AUTHORITY: ^
UNEDITABLE
CROSS-REFERENCE: 920.5^AREPLACETERM
1)= S ^PXV(920.5,"AREPLACETERM",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
2)= K ^PXV(920.5,"AREPLACETERM",$E(X,1,30),DA)
This cross-reference can be used to identify the replacement entries associated with a
Term/Concept.
920.5,99.98 MASTER ENTRY FOR VUID VUID;2 SET (Required) (audited)
'1' FOR YES;
'0' FOR NO;
LAST EDITED: JAN 27, 2015
HELP-PROMPT: Enter YES if this is the Master entry.
DESCRIPTION:
This field identifies the Master entry for a VUID associated with a Term/Concept.
AUDIT: YES, ALWAYS
WRITE AUTHORITY: ^
UNEDITABLE
RECORD INDEXES: AMASTERVUID (#425)
920.5,99.99 VUID VUID;1 FREE TEXT (Required) (audited)
INPUT TRANSFORM: S X=+X K:$L(X)>20!($L(X)<1)!'(X?1.20N) X
LAST EDITED: JAN 27, 2015
HELP-PROMPT: Answer must be 1-20 characters in length.
DESCRIPTION:
VHA Unique ID (VUID). A unique meaningless integer assigned to reference terms VHA wide.
AUDIT: YES, ALWAYS
WRITE AUTHORITY: ^
UNEDITABLE
NOTES: XXXX--CAN'T BE ALTERED EXCEPT BY PROGRAMMER
CROSS-REFERENCE: 920.5^AVUID
1)= S ^PXV(920.5,"AVUID",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
2)= K ^PXV(920.5,"AVUID",$E(X,1,30),DA)
3)= XXX--CAN'T BE ALTERED EXCEPT BY PROGRAMMER
This cross-reference is by VUID.
RECORD INDEXES: AMASTERVUID (#425)
920.5,99.991 EFFECTIVE DATE/TIME TERMSTATUS;0 DATE Multiple #920.599 (Add New Entry without Asking)
DESCRIPTION:
Describes the pair Status and Effective Date/Time for each reference term.
WRITE AUTHORITY: ^
920.599,.01 EFFECTIVE DATE/TIME 0;1 DATE (Required) (audited)
INPUT TRANSFORM: S %DT="ESTX" D ^%DT S X=Y K:Y<1 X
LAST EDITED: FEB 27, 2015
HELP-PROMPT: Enter the date/time when the Status of the reference term was established.
DESCRIPTION:
This is the date/time when the Status of the reference term was established.
AUDIT: YES, ALWAYS
WRITE AUTHORITY: ^
UNEDITABLE
NOTES: XXXX--CAN'T BE ALTERED EXCEPT BY PROGRAMMER
CROSS-REFERENCE: 920.599^B
1)= S ^PXV(920.5,DA(1),"TERMSTATUS","B",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
2)= K ^PXV(920.5,DA(1),"TERMSTATUS","B",$E(X,1,30),DA)
920.599,.02 STATUS 0;2 SET (Required) (audited)
'1' FOR ACTIVE;
'0' FOR INACTIVE;
LAST EDITED: FEB 27, 2015
HELP-PROMPT: Enter the Status of reference term, ACTIVE or INACTIVE.
DESCRIPTION: The Status of a reference term is either 'ACTIVE' or 'INACTIVE'. If 'ACTIVE', then the term will
be accessible by end-users to document a particular patient event. If 'INACTIVE', then the term
will only be accessible by the application to display legacy data.
AUDIT: YES, ALWAYS
WRITE AUTHORITY: ^
UNEDITABLE
FILES POINTED TO FIELDS
IMM REFUSAL REASONS (#920.5) REPLACED BY VHA STANDARD TERM (#99.97)
File #920.5
Record Indexes:
AMASTERVUID (#425) RECORD REGULAR IR SORTING ONLY
Short Descr: This cross-reference identifies the Master entry for a VUID.
Description: If multiple entries have the same VUID in the file, this cross-reference can be used to identify the Master
entry for a VUID associated with a Term/Concept.
Set Logic: S ^PXV(920.5,"AMASTERVUID",$E(X(1),1,30),X(2),DA)=""
Kill Logic: K ^PXV(920.5,"AMASTERVUID",$E(X(1),1,30),X(2),DA)
Whole Kill: K ^PXV(920.5,"AMASTERVUID")
X(1): VUID (920.5,99.99) (Subscr 1) (Len 30) (forwards)
X(2): MASTER ENTRY FOR VUID (920.5,99.98) (Subscr 2) (forwards)
INPUT TEMPLATE(S):
PRINT TEMPLATE(S):
SORT TEMPLATE(S):
FORM(S)/BLOCK(S):