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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
seqtypeoptdescriptionvalue
1RSequence Number
2char(2)RValue Type: ST (text) or NM (numeric)
3.1RQuestion Code
3.2RQuestion Description
4.1OAnswer/Choice Code. Blank if this is a non-enumerated question. Like “Favorite number” in example
4.2RAnswer
13RThis 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