HL7 v2 parser Glossary

SAC - Specimen Container detail (HL7 v2.6)

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

The SAC segment (Specimen Container detail) has 44 fields in HL7 v2.6. Fields are addressed as SAC-n; composite fields break into components SAC-n.m. Paste a message into the parser to see every field annotated with this table.

#NameTypeLenOptRepeatsTable
1External Accession IdentifierEI427OptionalNo
2Accession IdentifierEI427OptionalNo
3Container IdentifierEI427OptionalNo
4PrimaryEI427OptionalNo
5Equipment Container IdentifierEI427OptionalNo
6Specimen SourceSPS300OptionalNo
7Registration Date/TimeDTM24OptionalNo
8Container StatusCWE705OptionalNo0370
9Carrier TypeCWE705OptionalNo0378
10Carrier IdentifierEI80OptionalNo
11Position in CarrierNA80OptionalNo
12Tray Type - SACCWE705OptionalNo0379
13Tray IdentifierEI80OptionalNo
14Position in TrayNA80OptionalNo
15LocationCWE705OptionalYes
16Container HeightNM20OptionalNo
17Container DiameterNM20OptionalNo
18Barrier DeltaNM20OptionalNo
19Bottom DeltaNM20OptionalNo
20Container Height/Diameter/Delta UnitsCWE705OptionalNo
21Container VolumeNM20OptionalNo
22Available Specimen VolumeNM20OptionalNo
23Initial Specimen VolumeNM20OptionalNo
24Volume UnitsCWE705OptionalNo
25Separator TypeCWE705OptionalNo0380
26Cap TypeCWE705OptionalNo0381
27AdditiveCWE705OptionalYes
28Specimen ComponentCWE705OptionalNo0372
29Dilution FactorSN20OptionalNo
30TreatmentCWE705OptionalNo0373
31TemperatureSN20OptionalNo
32Hemolysis IndexNM20OptionalNo
33Hemolysis Index UnitsCWE705OptionalNo
34Lipemia IndexNM20OptionalNo
35Lipemia Index UnitsCWE705OptionalNo
36Icterus IndexNM20OptionalNo
37Icterus Index UnitsCWE705OptionalNo
38Fibrin IndexNM20OptionalNo
39Fibrin Index UnitsCWE705OptionalNo
40System Induced ContaminantsCWE705OptionalYes0374
41Drug InterferenceCWE705OptionalYes0382
42Artificial BloodCWE705OptionalNo0375
43Special Handling CodeCWE705OptionalYes0376
44Other Environmental FactorsCWE705OptionalYes0377