DSC - Continuation Pointer Segment

The DSC segment is used in the continuation protocol.

HL7 Attribute Table - DSC - continuation pointer segment

Seq#	Data Element Name	DataType	Usage	Vocabulary	Cardinality	Item #	Length	C.LEN	Flags
DSC
1	Continuation Pointer	ST	O		[0..1]	00014		180	#
2	Continuation Style	ID	O	0398(R) Continuation Style Code(Required)	[0..1]	01354	[1..1]

DSC-1: Continuation Pointer (ST) 00014

Definition: This field contains the continuation pointer. In an initial query, this field is not present. If the responder returns a value of delete indicator or not present, then there is no more data to fulfill any future continuation requests. For use with continuations of unsolicited messages, see chapter 5 and section 2.10.2, "Continuation messages and segments." Note that continuation protocols work with both display- and record-oriented messages.

DSC-2: Continuation Style (ID) 01354

Definition: Indicates whether this is a fragmented message (see Section 2.10.2, "Continuation messages and segments"), or if it is part of an interactive continuation message (see Section 5.6.3, "Interactive continuation of response messages").

Refer to HL7 Table 0398 – Continuation Style Code in Chapter 2C, Code Tables, for valid values.