HL7 v2.5.1 Specificationsv2.5.1

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NTE segment

The NTE segment is defined here for inclusion in messages defined in other chapters. It is commonly used for sending notes and comments. The technical committees define the meaning of the NTE segments within the context of the messages in their chapters. For each NTE, the description in the message attribute table should include an indication of the segment associated with the NTE, for example "Notes and Comments for the PID".

The shape of one line

segmentNTE|NTE-1Set ID - NTE|NTE-2Source of Comment|NTE-3Comment|NTE-4Comment Type

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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 NTE-3 and its value arrives as NTE-2, so the receiver stores Comment as Source of Comment.

This page carries the NTE 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 NTE.

Every field

SEQLENDTOPTRP/#TBL#ITEM#Element nameCardinality
NTE-14SIO00096Set ID - NTE0..1
NTE-28IDO010500097Source of Comment0..1
NTE-365536FTOY00098Comment0..*
250CEO036401318Comment Type0..1

NTE-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 NTE

NTE appears in 90 message structures, belonging to 75 message types.