ORG - Practitioner Organization Unit Segment

The ORG segment relates a practitioner to an organization unit and adds detailed information regarding the practitioner's practicing specialty in that organization unit. An ORG segment may optionally follow an STF segment. An ORG segment must always have been preceded by a corresponding STF segment. If no organization unit is specified, this segment is used to relate practitioners with their practicing specialties, including effective and end dates. When it is not necessary to record organization unit or dates associated with the practicing specialty, this data is recorded in PRA-3-Practitioner Category.

HL7 Attribute Table - ORG - Practitioner Organization Unit Segment

Seq#	Data Element Name	DataType	Usage	Vocabulary	Cardinality	Item #	Length	C.LEN	Flags
ORG
1	Set ID – ORG	SI	R		[1..1]	01459	[1..4]
2	Organization Unit Code	CWE	O	0405 Organization Unit	[0..1]	01460
3	Organization Unit Type Code	CWE	O	0474 Practitioner Organization Unit Type	[0..1]	01625
4	Primary Org Unit Indicator	ID	O	0136(R) Yes/no Indicator(Required)	[0..1]	01462	[1..1]
5	Practitioner Org Unit Identifier	CX	O		[0..1]	01463
6	Health Care Provider Type Code	CWE	O	0452(R) Health Care Provider Type Code(Required)	[0..1]	01464
7	Health Care Provider Classification Code	CWE	O	0453(R) Health Care Provider Classification(Required)	[0..1]	01614
8	Health Care Provider Area of Specialization Code	CWE	O	0454(R) Health Care Provider Area of Specialization(Required)	[0..1]	01615
9	Effective Date Range	DR	O		[0..1]	01465
10	Employment Status Code	CWE	O	0066(S) Employment Status(Suggested)	[0..1]	01276
11	Board Approval Indicator	ID	O	0136(R) Yes/no Indicator(Required)	[0..1]	01467	[1..1]
12	Primary Care Physician Indicator	ID	O	0136(R) Yes/no Indicator(Required)	[0..1]	01468	[1..1]
13	Cost Center Code	CWE	O	0539 Cost Center Code	[0..*]	01891

ORG-1: Set ID – ORG (SI) 01459

Definition: This field contains the number that identifies this transaction. For the first occurrence of the segment, the sequence number shall be one; for the second occurrence, the sequence number shall be two; etc.

ORG-2: Organization Unit Code (CWE) 01460

Definition: This field contains the hierarchical components of the organization unit, as defined by the institution. Refer to User-defined Table 0405 - Organization Unit for suggested values.

Refer to User-defined Table 0405 – Organization Unit in Chapter 2C, Code Tables, for valid values. This table contains no suggested values.

ORG-3: Organization Unit Type Code (CWE) 01625

Definition: This field contains a code indicating the classification of the organization unit. HL7 suggests using values in User-defined Table 0474 - Organization Unit Type.

Refer to User-defined Table 0474 – Organization Unit Type in Chapter 2C, Code Tables, for valid values. This table contains values for department, facility etc.

ORG-4: Primary Org Unit Indicator (ID) 01462

Definition: This field contains an indicator for whether this organization unit is the primary organization unit for this practitioner. Refer to HL7 Table 0136 - Yes/no Indicator for valid values.

•     Y    this is the primary organization unit

•     N    this is not the primary organization unit

ORG-5: Practitioner Org Unit Identifier (CX) 01463

Definition: This field contains an identification code used by the institution to identify this person at this specific organization unit. If the person is identified with the same code at all organization units, then this data should be coded in STF-2 Staff ID Codes.

ORG-6: Health Care Provider Type Code (CWE) 01464

Definition: This field contains the major grouping of the service or occupation of the practitioner at a specific organization unit, for example, Behavioral Health & Social Service. HL7 suggests using values derived from the ANSI ASC X12 Health Care Provider Taxonomy, Level 1 - Type.

Refer to HL7 Table 0452 – Health Care Provider Type Code in Chapter 2C, Code Tables, for valid values.

ORG-7: Health Care Provider Classification Code (CWE) 01614

Definition: This field contains the more specific service or occupation within the health care provider type of the practitioner at a specific organization unit, for example, Counselor. HL7 suggests using values derived from the ANSI ASC X12 Health Care Provider Taxonomy, Level 2 – Classification.

Refer to HL7 Table 0453 – Health Care Provider Classification in Chapter 2C, Code Tables, for valid values.

ORG-8: Health Care Provider Area of Specialization Code (CWE) 01615

Definition: This field contains the segment of the population that a health care provider chooses to service, a specific medical service, a specialization in treating a specific disease, or any other descriptive characteristic about the provider's practice relating to the services rendered of the practitioner at a specific organization unit, for example, Mental Health. HL7 suggests using values derived from the ANSI ASC X12 Health Care Provider Taxonomy, Level 3 - specialization.

Refer to HL7 Table 0454 – Health Care Provider Area of Specialization in chapter 2C for valid values.

ORG-9: Effective Date Range (DR) 01465

Definition: This field contains the date range in which the practitioner started and ended working at the specific organization unit in the specific practicing specialty category.

ORG-10: Employment Status Code (CWE) 01276

Definition: This field contains a code indicating the working relationship of the practitioner at this organization unit. It may be different than the work status specified in STF-20. Refer to User-defined Table 0066 - Employment Status, in Chapter 2C, Code Tables, for suggested values.

ORG-11: Board Approval Indicator (ID) 01467

Definition: This field contains an indicator for whether this practice specialty requires board approval. Refer to HL7 Table 0136 - Yes/no Indicator for valid values.

• Y    this practice specialty requires board approval

• N    this practice specialty does not require board approval

ORG-12: Primary Care Physician Indicator (ID) 01468

Definition: This field contains an indicator for whether this practice specialty may act as a primary care physician (PCP). Refer to HL7 Table 0136 - Yes/no Indicator for valid values.

• Y    this practice specialty may act as a primary care physician

• N    this practice specialty may not act as a primary care physician

ORG-13: Cost Center Code (CWE) 01891

Definition: This field contains the cost center name or code assigned to this organization unit. Refer to HL7 User-defined Table 0539 – Cost Center Code for valid values.