> ## Documentation Index
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# 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                 |                          |

<CodeGroup>
  ```text text theme={null}
  OBR|1|12345678910111213||005009^CBC WITH DIFFERENTIAL/PLATELET^L|||201806130554||||N|||||1234567890^LAST^FIRST^M
  ```
</CodeGroup>