Ask On Entry (OBX)

Ask On Entry Questions (AOE) Each AOE question will get a sequence number starting at 1. OBXs will be associated with the corresponding tests via OBX-13 == OBR-4

seq	type	opt	description
1		R	Sequence Number
2	char(2)	R	Value Type: ST (text) or NM (numeric)
3.1		R	Question Code
3.2		R	Question Description
4.1		O	Answer/Choice Code. Blank if this is a non-enumerated question. Like “Favorite number” in example
4.2		R	Answer
13		R	This is the corresponding OBR-4 for this AOE answer. Use this field to distinguish answers with the same codes for differing tests. See example.

OBX|1|ST|BLSRCE^BLOOD LEAD SOURCE|ACODE2^VEIN|||||||||555555^LEAD TESTPEDIATRIC^L
OBX|2|NM|NUM^FAVORITE NUMBER|^23|||||||||555555^LEAD TEST PEDIATRIC^L
OBX|3|NM|NUM^FAVORITE NUMBER|^7|||||||||999999^OTHER TEST^L

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