HL7 v2 parser Glossary

MRG - Merge patient information (HL7 v2.3)

Versions: v2.3 v2.3.1 v2.4 v2.5.1 v2.6 v2.7.1

The MRG segment (Merge patient information) has 7 fields in HL7 v2.3. Fields are addressed as MRG-n; composite fields break into components MRG-n.m. Paste a message into the parser to see every field annotated with this table.

#NameTypeLenOptRepeatsTable
1Prior Patient ID - InternalCX20RequiredYes
2Prior Alternate Patient IDCX16OptionalYes
3Prior Patient Account NumberCX20OptionalNo
4Prior Patient ID - ExternalCX16OptionalNo
5Prior Visit NumberCXOptionalNo
6Prior Alternate Visit IDCXOptionalNo
7Prior Patient NameCXOptionalNo