OBX 5 issue

Rickey,

Show us the input.

Jim Kosloskey

Rickey,

The OBX-5 field is a repeating field in this message.

You will need to iterate over the field.

Jim Kosloskey

There is open source app out there called “HL7Inspector” (you can find in on sourceforge) that parses out the HL7 message.  When you load this message in the app it will show you exactly where the repeating field is.  Pretty cool  8)

This tool is OK to add to your tool chest but IMHO you are better off getting full address for iterates, etc. using hcihl7test.

As for PATHCOPY of the entire field, if you address just the field with no modifiers it should copy the entire field.

For example:

PATHCOPY 0(0)OBX.#5 -> 0(0)OBX.#5

should copy all iterations

But

PATHCOPY 0(0)OBX.#5(0) -> 0(0)OBX(0).#5 will only copt the first iteration

If you want to get rid of the iterationas altogether use an iterate as Jim said and append each iteration to OBX(0).#5.  Or, you could use a simple pre-xlate tcl proc in the route and just remove the iteration characters from the field or replace them with blanks using a string map command.  Either method should be a relatively simple operation

I “think” you need to put it here:

0(0).OBX.00561(%f1)

If I am remembering from level1 class there is an implyed (0) at the end of the field number for repetitions.

Do have your interate like this?

0(0).OBX.00573(%f1) -> 0(0).OBX.00561(%f1)

Try using the copy command instead of pathcopy.  Also is there a repeating group that the OBX is contained in?

Do both variants have OBX-5 set as repeating and with an appropriate maximum?