ORU - Unsolicited transmission of an observation message
Segment structure for the ORU message in HL7 v2.5.1. Cardinality is shown as [min..max]; groups are in bold.
- MSH Message header [1..1]
- SFT Software segment [0..*]
- PATIENT_RESULT Patient result [1..*]
- PATIENT Patient [0..1]
- PID Patient identification [1..1]
- PD1 Patient additional demographic [0..1]
- NTE Notes and comments [0..*]
- NK1 Next of kin / associated parties [0..*]
- VISIT Visit [0..1]
- PV1 Patient visit [1..1]
- PV2 Patient visit - additional information [0..1]
- ORDER_OBSERVATION Order observation [1..*]
- ORC Common order [0..1]
- OBR Observation request [1..1]
- NTE Notes and comments [0..*]
- TIMING_QTY Timing qty [0..*]
- TQ1 Timing/quantity [1..1]
- TQ2 Timing/quantity relationship [0..*]
- CTD Contact data [0..1]
- OBSERVATION Observation [0..*]
- OBX Observation/result [1..1]
- NTE Notes and comments [0..*]
- FT1 Financial transaction [0..*]
- CTI Clinical trial identification [0..*]
- SPECIMEN Specimen [0..*]
- SPM Specimen [1..1]
- OBX Observation/result [0..*]
- DSC Continuation pointer [0..1]