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HL7 EVN Segment

The EVN segment is used to communicate trigger event information to receiving applications.

EVN Attributes

The fields in the PID segment are as follows:

SEQLENDTOPTRP/#ELEMENT NAME
13IDB Event Type Code
226TSR Recorded Date/Time
326TSO Date/Time Planned Event
43ISO Event Reason Code
560XCNOYOperator ID
626TSO Event Occurred

*Note: For the complete HL7 Standard, please go to the HL7 organization website.

In HL7 pipe and hat format, the PID segment (shown in red) for an ADT-A01 message would look like this:

MSH|^~&|ADT1|MCM|LABADT|MCM|198808181126|SECURITY|ADT^A01|MSG00001-|P|2.3

EVN|A01|198808181123

PID|||PATID1234^5^M11||JONES^WILLIAM^A^III||19610615|M-||C|1200 N ELM

STREET^^GREENSBORO^NC^27401-1020|GL|(91-9)379-1212|(919)271-

3434||S||PATID12345001^2^M10|123456789|9-87654^NC

NK1|1|JONES^BARBARA^K|WIFE||||||NK

PV1|1|I|2000^2012^01||||004777^LEBAUER^SIDNEY^J.|||SUR||-||ADM|A0-

AL1|1||^Penicillin||Produces hives

AL1|2||^Cat dander|Respiratory distress

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