HL7 Segment [ MSH ] (Segment 1 of 12)
Description: Message Header
Data Only Report - (only fields that contain data)
21 Defined HL7 data fields. 16 data fields in the segment. 11 of those fields contain data.

HL7 Vendor: Example Labs Version: 2.5.1
Description: HL7 Definition for Example Laboratory
Raw Value: MSH|^~\&|HNAM|H|RAD|Receiver1|20181111012407||ORU^R01|2018111101240700003|P|2.5.1|||AA|AE

Field #1 of the MSH segment is reserved for the field delimiter character [ | ]

Field #2 of the MSH segment is reserved for the encoding characters [ ^~\& ]

MSH-3 Data Type: [HD] Components [3] - Sending Application
Component Type Description
# 1 [IS] namespace id: HNAM


MSH-4 Data Type: [HD] Components [3] - Sending Facility
Component Type Description
# 1 [IS] namespace id: H


MSH-5 Data Type: [HD] Components [3] - Receiving Application
Component Type Description
# 1 [IS] namespace id: RAD


MSH-6 Data Type: [HD] Components [3] - Receiving Facility
Component Type Description
# 1 [IS] namespace id: Receiver1


MSH-7 Data Type: [TS] Components [2] - Date/Time Of Message
Component Type Description
# 1 [DTM] Time stamp data: 20181111012407


MSH-9 Data Type: [MSG] Components [3] - Message Type
Raw Value: ORU^R01
Component Type Description
# 1 [ID] Message Code: ORU
# 2 [ID] Trigger Event: R01


MSH-10 Data Type: [ST] Components [1] - Message Control ID
Component Type Description
# 1 [ST] string data: 2018111101240700003


MSH-11 Data Type: [PT] Components [2] - Processing ID
Component Type Description
# 1 [ID] processing ID: P


MSH-12 Data Type: [VID] Components [3] - Version ID
Component Type Description
# 1 [ID] version id: 2.5.1


MSH-15 Data Type: [ID] Components [1] - Accept Acknowledgment Type
Component Type Description
# 1 [ST] Coded value for HL7 Tables: AA


MSH-16 Data Type: [ID] Components [1] - Application Acknowledgment Type
Component Type Description
# 1 [ST] Coded value for HL7 Tables: AE