obr 4 test codes – aapend or put in array

[Femina Jaffer]

Hi All,

I am having a tough time doing the following, and would appreciate any help or examples.  

I need to loop thru each OBR segment and grab the test code from OBR 4. I then need to append each of the test codes from each OBR segment into one variable and then replace the very first OBR segment  with the new variable in OBR 4.  For example, the OBR 4 field in OBR segment would look lik (FAST^CMP^VD25 eg).  I then need to convert the subsequent OBR’s to NTE segments (except the first OBR segment).

Any help would be so much appreciated.  Thanks.

Femina

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[Robert Milfajt]

Not knowing much about what else you would be doing with subsequent OBX’s, etc.  I can see something like this in your Xlate:

Code:

Copy @null -> @NewProcedure
Loop over OBR’s once
 Concatenate  @NewProcedure OBR-4 -> @NewProcedure
 If loop variable=0
 then (this is first OBR)
    Copy/Pathcopy OBR (if loop variable=0)
 else (subsequent OBR)
    Copy OBR into NTE
 end if
end loop
Copy new procedure to first OBR

Hope this helps,

Robert Milfajt
Northwestern Medicine
Chicago, IL

[Femina Jaffer]

Thank you Robert.  I will attempt this today.

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