FTS segment
The FTS segment defines the end of a file. 2.15.7.0 FTS field definitions 2.15.7.1 FTS-1 File Batch Count (NM) 00079 Definition: This field contains the number of batches contained in this file. 2.15.7.2 FTS-2 File Trailer Comment (ST) 00080 Definition: The use of this free text field is not further specified.
The shape of one line
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FTS-2 and its value arrives as FTS-1, so the receiver stores File Trailer Comment as File Batch Count.This page carries the FTS 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 FTS.
Every field
| SEQ | LEN | DT | OPT | RP/# | TBL# | ITEM# | Element name | Cardinality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTS-1 | 10 | NM | O | 00079 | File Batch Count | 0..1 | ||
| FTS-2 | 80 | ST | O | 00080 | File Trailer Comment | 0..1 |
Related
No message structure in v2.5.1 carries FTS, and no other segment is linked to it here. The standard defines the segment on its own.