HL7 v2 parser Glossary

OM2 - Numeric Observation (HL7 v2.7.1)

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

The OM2 segment (Numeric Observation) has 10 fields in HL7 v2.7.1. 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 FileNMOptionalNo
2Units of MeasureCWEOptionalNo
3Range of Decimal PrecisionNMOptionalYes
4Corresponding SI Units of MeasureCWEOptionalNo
5SI Conversion FactorTXOptionalNo
6Reference (Normal) Range for Ordinal and Continuous ObservationsRFROptionalYes
7Critical Range for Ordinal and Continuous ObservationsRFROptionalYes
8Absolute Range for Ordinal and Continuous ObservationsRFROptionalNo
9Delta Check CriteriaDLTOptionalYes
10Minimum Meaningful IncrementsNMOptionalNo