Observation Request (OBR)

Each observation request will get a sequence number starting at 1 “Relevant clinical information” AKA test center notes will be recorded in an NTE segment

seq	type	opt	description	value
1		R	Sequence Number
2		R	Elation Requisition Number
4.1		R	Test Code
4.2		R	Test Description
4.3		O	Coding System	’L’ - Local
7	YYYYMMDDHHMM	R	Date/Time of Collection
11		O	Action code to identify new order	’N’ - New Order
16.1		R	Ordering Provider NPI	NPI of ordering provider
16.2		R	Ordering Provider Last Name
16.3		R	Ordering Provider First Name
16.4		O	Ordering Provider Initial
27.6		O	Priority	’S’ - STAT
28.1		O	Courtesy Copied Provider NPI
28.2		O	Courtesy Copied Provider Last Name
28.3		O	Courtesy Copied Provider First Name
36	YYYYMMDDHHMM	O	Scheduled date/time

OBR|1|12345678910111213||005009^CBC WITH DIFFERENTIAL/PLATELET^L|||201806130554||||N|||||1234567890^LAST^FIRST^M

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