DSC segment
The DSC segment is used in the continuation protocol. 2.15.4.0 DSC field definitions 2.15.4.1 DSC-1 Continuation Pointer (ST) 00014 Definition: This field contains the continuation pointer. In an initial query, this field is not present. If the responder returns a value of null or not present, then there is no more data to fulfill any future continuation requests. For use with continuations of unsolicited messages, see chapter 5 and section 2.10.2,
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DSC-2 and its value arrives as DSC-1, so the receiver stores Continuation Style as Continuation Pointer.This page carries the DSC field table as published and nothing beyond it. The field notes, vendor behaviour, FHIR mapping and parsing guidance that thePID page has are still to be written for DSC.
Every field
| SEQ | LEN | DT | OPT | RP/# | TBL# | ITEM# | Element name | Cardinality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DSC-1 | 180 | ST | O | 00014 | Continuation Pointer | 0..1 | ||
| DSC-2 | 1 | ID | O | 0398 | 01354 | Continuation Style | 0..1 |
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Message types carrying DSC
DSC appears in 47 message structures, belonging to 25 message types.