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MdfHmdMetSourceType     

Code to identify the source of a Message Element Type represented in the 'of MET' column of an HMD.

Lvl Type, Domain name and/or Mnemonic code Concept ID Mnemonic Print Name Definition/Description
1 L:  (C) 10079 C Common MET

This message element type is an HL7 common message element type.

1 L:  (D) 10078 D Data type

This message element type is an HL7 data type.

1 L:  (I) 10082 I Reference

This row represents a reference to a previously defined type. Such a reference means that, in a given message, the message element instance for the current row is identical to the message element instance that instantiates the referred row.

1 L:  (N) 10077 N New type

New type. This row starts the definition of a new message element type. The subordinate rows beneath it compose the definition of the type. Each of these subordinate rows has the name of the message element type being defined in the In Message Element Type column. That name will be the same one that is in the Of Message Element Type of this row.

1 L:  (R) 10081 R Recursive

This row represents the recursive reuse of the message element type within which is appears. See 10.3.3.3.

1 L:  (U) 10080 U Re-used MET

This message element type was previously defined in this HMD and is being reused


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