The HL7 NTE segment is used for sending notes and comments in a message.
NTE Attributes
The fields in the NTE segment are as follows:
| SEQ | LEN | DT | OPT | RP/# | ELEMENT NAME |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | SI | O | Set ID -NTE | |
| 2 | 8 | ID | O | Source of Comment | |
| 3 | 64k | FT | O | Y | Comment |
| 4 | 60 | CE | O | Comment Type |
*Note: For the complete HL7 Standard, please go to the HL7 organization website.
NTE segments often follow OBX segments to provide additional information. In this example of an ORU-R01 message, the NTE segments (show in red) follow the second and third OBX segments:
MSH|^~&|LCS|LCA|LIS|TEST9999|199807311532||ORU^R01|3630|P|2.2
PID|3|2161348473|20923085580|01572633|20923085580^TESTPAT||19730204|
M|||^^^^00000-0000|||||||86427531^^^03|SSN# HERE
PV1||I|^802^1||||8625^Physician^Michael|86-7468^||xxx|||||||||V1001
ORC|NW|8642753100013^LIS|20923085580^LCS||||||19980728000000|||PEED
OBR|1|8642753100013^LIS|20923085580^LCS|083824^PANEL 083824^L|||19980728083600||||||
CH13380|19980728000000||||||20923085580||19980730041800|||F
OBX|1|NM|150001^HIV-1 ABS-O.D. RATIO^L|||||||N|X
OBX|2|CE|001719^HIV-1 ABS, SEMI-QN^L||HTN|||||N|F|19910123|| 19980729155700|BN
NTE|1|L|Result: NEGATIVE by EIA screen.
NTE|2|L|No antibodies to HIV-1 detected.
OBX|3|CE|169999^.^L||SPRCS|||||N|F|||19980728130600|BN
NTE|1|L|NOTE: Submission of serum
NTE|2|L|separator tube recommended
NTE|3|L|for this test. Thank you
NTE|4|L|for your cooperation if you
NTE|5|L|are already doing so.
OBX|4|CE|169998^.^L||SPRCS|||||N|F|||19980728130600|BN
ZPS|1|BN|LABCORP HOLDINGS|1447 YORK COURT^^BURLINGTON^NC^272152230|8007624344
