Calculation Patient’s Age

[Mike Itani]

Hello Folks,

I have an application that wants me to look at  DOB (PID-7) if it is less than 18 years old (minor) I need to set a flag in the message.

I have an Xlate in between and can use TCL.

 

Thoughts on the leanest way to slide it in the Xlate

 

Thank you

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[James Nelson]

This is how I’ve done it in the past.  It may not be THE leanest way, but it’s pretty lean and works.
<pre>set DOB CCYYMMDD ;# Set DOB to the date of birth from the message
if {[clock scan “today -18 years”] < [clock scan $DOB -format “%Y%m%d”] {
# put your actions here
}</pre>
 

[Mike Itani]

Thank you James!

[Keith McLeod]

Can you use something like

if {[expr ([clock scan today] – [clock scan “YYYYmmdd 000000”])/86400/365] < 18} {

set flag here

}

[Mike Itani]

Thank you Keith

[Paul Bishop]

I’ve done it were I calculate the date n number of years ago (11 years in my example) and then just compare the DOB in the message to that calculated date to set a flag.

input is the PID-7 field, output is a variable used as a flag (@underage_flag in my case)

lassign $xlateInVals dob_date
# get yr, m and day only
set temp_date [string range $dob_date 0 7]
# todays date minus 11 years
set todays_date [clock format [clock scan ” – 11 years”] -format “%Y%m%d”]
# compare dates – if birthdate less than calculated todays date, use patient
if {$dob_date < $todays_date} {
set out_flag N
} else {
set out_flag Y
}
set xlateOutVals

Paul Bishop
Carle Foundation Hospital
Urbana, IL

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