Reply To: How to CONCAT all OBX.5 into a single OBX?

[Jim Kosloskey]

Typically the receiving system wants the elements from each OBX-5 to be as repeating OBX-5 field in one OBX (not concatenated together).

Are you sure that is not what is needed?

For example:

ib:

OBX|01|TX|Abdomen 1V^Abdomen 1v^Rad|01|1016180 Oloughlin Kathleen|…

OBX|02|TX|Abdomen 1V^Abdomen 1v^Rad|01||…

OBX|03|TX|Abdomen 1V^Abdomen 1v^Rad|01|Screening Mammogram:||…

ob:

OBX|01|TX|Abdomen 1V^Abdomen 1v^Rad|01|1016180 Oloughlin Kathleen~~Screening Mammogram:~…

Using your example.

Rather than an ob:

OBX|01|TX|Abdomen 1V^Abdomen 1v^Rad|01|1016180 Oloughlin KathleenScreening Mammogram:…

THe technique for either is similar but yet different – and you want to get correct what the receiving system wants.

Jim Kosloskey

email: jim.kosloskey@jim-kosloskey.com 29+ years Cloverleaf, 59 years IT - old fart.