The HL7 PV1 segment contains basic inpatient or outpatient encounter information and consists of 52 different fields with values ranging from assigned patient location, to admitting doctor, to visit number, to servicing facility. The PV1 segment communicates information on an account or visit-specific basis. The default is to send account level data. If the segment is to be used for visit level data, the PV1-51 Visit Indicator must be set to “V”.
The fields in the PV1 segment are as follows:
| SEQ | LEN | DT | OPT | RP/# | ELEMENT NAME |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | SI | O | Set ID – PV1 | |
| 2 | 1 | IS | R | Patient Class | |
| 3 | 80 | PL | O | Assigned Patient Location | |
| 4 | 2 | IS | O | Admission Type | |
| 5 | 250 | CX | O | Preadmit Number | |
| 6 | 80 | PL | O | Prior Patient Location | |
| 7 | 250 | XCN | O | Y | Attending Doctor |
| 8 | 250 | XCN | O | Y | Referring Doctor |
| 9 | 250 | XCN | B | Y | Consulting Doctor |
| 10 | 3 | IS | O | Hospital Service | |
| 11 | 80 | PL | O | Temporary Location | |
| 12 | 2 | IS | O | Preadmit Test Indicator | |
| 13 | 2 | IS | O | Re-admission Indicator | |
| 14 | 6 | IS | O | Admit Source | |
| 15 | 2 | IS | O | Y | Ambulatory Status |
| 16 | 2 | IS | O | VIP Indicator | |
| 17 | 250 | XCN | O | Y | Admitting Doctor |
| 18 | 2 | IS | O | Patient Type | |
| 19 | 250 | CX | O | Visit Number | |
| 20 | 50 | FC | O | Y | Financial Class |
| 21 | 2 | IS | O | Charge Price Indicator | |
| 22 | 2 | IS | O | Courtesy Code | |
| 23 | 2 | IS | O | Credit Rating | |
| 24 | 2 | IS | O | Y | Contract Code |
| 25 | 8 | DT | O | Y | Contract Effective Date |
| 26 | 12 | NM | O | Y | Contract Amount |
| 27 | 3 | NM | O | Y | Contract Period |
| 28 | 2 | IS | O | Interest Code | |
| 29 | 4 | IS | O | Transfer to Bad Debt Code | |
| 30 | 8 | DT | O | Transfer to Bad Debt Date | |
| 31 | 10 | IS | O | Bad Debt Agency Code | |
| 32 | 12 | NM | O | Bad Debt Transfer Amount | |
| 33 | 12 | NM | O | Bad Debt Recovery Amount | |
| 34 | 1 | IS | O | Delete Account Indicator | |
| 35 | 8 | DT | O | Delete Account Date | |
| 36 | 3 | IS | O | Discharge Disposition | |
| 37 | 47 | DLD | O | Discharged to Location | |
| 38 | 250 | CE | O | Diet Type | |
| 39 | 2 | IS | O | Servicing Facility | |
| 40 | 1 | IS | B | Bed Status | |
| 41 | 2 | IS | O | Account Status | |
| 42 | 80 | PL | O | Pending Location | |
| 43 | 80 | PL | O | Prior Temporary Location | |
| 44 | 26 | TS | O | Admit Date/Time | |
| 45 | 26 | TS | O | Y | Discharge Date/Time |
| 46 | 12 | NM | O | Current Patient Balance | |
| 47 | 12 | NM | O | Total Charges | |
| 48 | 12 | NM | O | Total Adjustments | |
| 49 | 12 | NM | O | Total Payments | |
| 50 | 250 | CX | O | Alternate Visit ID | |
| 51 | 1 | IS | O | Visit Indicator | |
| 52 | 250 | XCN | B | Y | Other Healthcare Provider |
For the complete HL7 Standard, please go to the HL7 organization website. In HL7 pipe and hat format, the PV1 segment would look like this example:
PV1||O|OP^PAREG^||||2342^Jones^Bob|||OP|||||||||2|||||||||||||||||||||||||20060718113545|
