HL7 v2 parser Glossary

SAC - Specimen Container detail (HL7 v2.7.1)

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

The SAC segment (Specimen Container detail) has 44 fields in HL7 v2.7.1. 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 IdentifierEIOptionalNo
2Accession IdentifierEIOptionalNo
3Container IdentifierEIConditionalNo
4Primary (Parent) Container IdentifierEIConditionalNo
5Equipment Container IdentifierEIOptionalNo
6Specimen SourceSTBackward compatibleNo
7Registration Date/TimeDTMOptionalNo
8Container StatusCWEOptionalNo0370
9Carrier TypeCWEOptionalNo0378
10Carrier IdentifierEIOptionalNo
11Position in Carrier NAOptionalNo
12Tray Type - SACCWEOptionalNo0379
13Tray IdentifierEIOptionalNo
14Position in Tray NAOptionalNo
15LocationCWEOptionalYes
16Container HeightNMOptionalNo
17Container DiameterNMOptionalNo
18Barrier DeltaNMOptionalNo
19Bottom DeltaNMOptionalNo
20Container Height/Diameter/Delta UnitsCWEOptionalNo
21Container VolumeNMOptionalNo
22Available Specimen VolumeNMOptionalNo
23Initial Specimen VolumeNMOptionalNo
24Volume UnitsCWEOptionalNo
25Separator TypeCWEOptionalNo0380
26Cap TypeCWEOptionalNo0381
27AdditiveCWEOptionalYes0371
28Specimen ComponentCWEOptionalNo0372
29Dilution FactorSNOptionalNo
30TreatmentCWEOptionalNo0373
31TemperatureSNOptionalNo
32Hemolysis IndexNMOptionalNo
33Hemolysis Index UnitsCWEOptionalNo
34Lipemia IndexNMOptionalNo
35Lipemia Index UnitsCWEOptionalNo
36Icterus IndexNMOptionalNo
37Icterus Index UnitsCWEOptionalNo
38Fibrin IndexNMOptionalNo
39Fibrin Index UnitsCWEOptionalNo
40System Induced ContaminantsCWEOptionalYes0374
41Drug InterferenceCWEOptionalYes0382
42Artificial BloodCWEOptionalNo0375
43Special Handling CodeCWEOptionalYes0376
44Other Environmental FactorsCWEOptionalYes0377