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Version: v0.0.4

Interface: PatientRecord

The P (patient) record.

Safety: the practice-assigned ID (field 3) and the laboratory-assigned ID (field 4) are modeled as distinct fields and never collapsed - conflating them is the primary result-misfiling path.

Extends​

  • RecordBase

Properties​

birthDate?​

readonly optional birthDate?: AstmDate

Field 8 - birthdate (YYYYMMDDHHMMSS, precision-preserving; a truncated run sets truncated).

fields​

readonly fields: readonly AstmField[]

The record's fields. fields[0] is the type-letter field; data fields are 1-indexed after it.

Inherited from​

RecordBase.fields

laboratoryAssignedId?​

readonly optional laboratoryAssignedId?: string

Field 4 - laboratory-assigned patient ID. Distinct from PatientRecord.practiceAssignedId.

mothersMaidenName?​

readonly optional mothersMaidenName?: string

Field 7 - mother's maiden name, surfaced verbatim (a surname component; PHI).

name?​

readonly optional name?: PatientName

Field 6 - patient name (Last^First^Middle).

patientIdThree?​

readonly optional patientIdThree?: string

Field 5 - a third patient identifier (e.g. a national/alternate ID), surfaced verbatim. Kept separate from the practice- and laboratory-assigned IDs - the three never collapse into one.

practiceAssignedId?​

readonly optional practiceAssignedId?: string

Field 3 - practice-assigned patient ID. Distinct from PatientRecord.laboratoryAssignedId.

recordIndex​

readonly recordIndex: number

0-based ordinal of the record within the message.

Inherited from​

RecordBase.recordIndex

seq?​

readonly optional seq?: string

Field 2 - sequence number.

sex?​

readonly optional sex?: string

Field 9 - sex, surfaced raw (M/F/U/vendor value).

type​

readonly type: "P"

The record's raw type letter.

Overrides​

RecordBase.type