HL7 v2 parser Glossary

OM2 - Numeric observation segment (HL7 v2.3.1)

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

The OM2 segment (Numeric observation segment) has 10 fields in HL7 v2.3.1. Fields are addressed as OM2-n; composite fields break into components OM2-n.m. Paste a message into the parser to see every field annotated with this table.

#NameTypeLenOptRepeatsTable
1Sequence Number - Test/Observation Master FileNM4OptionalNo
2Units of MeasureCE60OptionalNo
3Range of Decimal PrecisionNM10OptionalYes
4Corresponding SI Units of MeasureCE60OptionalNo
5SI Conversion FactorTX60OptionalNo
6ReferenceRFR200OptionalNo
7Critical Range for Ordinal & Continuous ObsNR200OptionalNo
8Absolute Range for Ordinal & Continuous ObsRFR200OptionalNo
9Delta Check CriteriaDLT200OptionalYes
10Minimum Meaningful IncrementsNM20OptionalNo