HL7 v2.5.1 Specificationsv2.5.1

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LAN segment

The LAN segment adds detailed language information to the staff member identified by the STF segment. An LAN segment may optionally follow an STF segment. An LAN segment must always have been preceded by a corresponding STF segment. 15.4.4.0 LAN Field Definitions 15.4.4.1 LAN-1 Set ID - LAN (SI) 01455 Definition: This field contains the number that identifies this transaction. For the first occurrence of the

The shape of one line

segmentLAN|LAN-1Set ID – LAN|LAN-2Language Code|LAN-3Language Ability Code|LAN-4Language Proficiency…

required optional

Count the pipes to find a field, and count the empty ones too: an empty field still holds its place. Leave out the separator before LAN-3 and its value arrives as LAN-2, so the receiver stores Language Ability Code as Language Code.

This page carries the LAN 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 LAN.

Every field

SEQLENDTOPTRP/#TBL#ITEM#Element nameCardinality
LAN-160SIR01455Set ID – LAN1..1
250CER029601456Language Code1..1

LAN-2 is a CE, which holds 6 components separated by carets.

SEQLENDTOPTTBL#Component name
CE.120STOIdentifier
CE.2199STOText
CE.320IDO0396Name of Coding System
CE.420STOAlternate Identifier
CE.5199STOAlternate Text
CE.620IDO0396Name of Alternate Coding System
250CEOY040301457Language Ability Code0..*

LAN-3 is a CE, which holds 6 components separated by carets.

SEQLENDTOPTTBL#Component name
CE.120STOIdentifier
CE.2199STOText
CE.320IDO0396Name of Coding System
CE.420STOAlternate Identifier
CE.5199STOAlternate Text
CE.620IDO0396Name of Alternate Coding System
250CEO040401458Language Proficiency Code0..1

LAN-4 is a CE, which holds 6 components separated by carets.

SEQLENDTOPTTBL#Component name
CE.120STOIdentifier
CE.2199STOText
CE.320IDO0396Name of Coding System
CE.420STOAlternate Identifier
CE.5199STOAlternate Text
CE.620IDO0396Name of Alternate Coding System

Message types carrying LAN

LAN appears in 3 message structures, belonging to 3 message types.