Observation/Result (OBX)

For Radiology and Transcription results, please use the NTE segment for the results and simply add ‘See Comments’ in the OBX segment.

seq	type	opt	Description
1	integer	R	Set ID
2	char(2)	R	Value Type (ST/TX/NM/ED)
3.1	char(50)	R	Observation Identifier ID
3.2	char(255)	R	Observation Identifier Description
5	char(22) or char(65536)	R	Observation Value
11	char(1)	R	Observation Result Status
14	`YYYYMMDDhhmm`	O	Date/Time of the Observation
15	60	O	Test Center InformationCorrect Format: LA^Labs, Inc.^1234 N Street Rd^^City^CA^12345

OBX|1|RP|72158^LUMBAR SPINE W/O \T\ W CONTRAST||See Comments||||||F|||201405202301