The BLC segment contains data necessary to communicate patient abstract blood information used for billing and reimbursement purposes. This segment is repeating to report blood product codes and the associated blood units.
HL7 Attribute Table - BLC - Blood Code
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| Seq# | Data Element | Description | Flags | Implement | Cardinality | Length | C.LEN | Vocabulary | Data Type | |
 BLC | ||||||||||
  | 1 | 01528 | Blood Product Code | MAY | [0..1] | ex.:BloodProductCode (CD) | CWE Coded with Exceptions | |||
 | 2 | 01529 | Blood Amount | MAY | [0..1] | CQ Composite Quantity with Units | ||||
| Seq# | Data Element | Description | Flags | Implement | Cardinality | Length | C.LEN | Vocabulary | Data Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLC | ||||||||||
| 1 | 01528 | Blood Product Code | MAY | [0..1] | ex.:BloodProductCode (CD) hl7VS-bloodProductCode (VS) bloodProduct (CS) | CWE Coded with Exceptions | |||
| 2 | 01529 | Blood Amount | MAY | [0..1] | CQ Composite Quantity with Units | ||||
| Base Framework | Base Standard Profile | |||||||||||
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| Seq# | Data Element | Description | Flags | Implement | Cardinality | Length | C.LEN | Vocabulary | Data Type | Implement | Vocabulary | |
| BLC | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 01528 | Blood Product Code | MAY | [0..1] | ex.:BloodProductCode (CD) | CWE Coded with Exceptions | MAY | hl7VS-bloodProductCode (VS) bloodProduct (CS) | |||
| 2 | 01529 | Blood Amount | MAY | [0..1] | CQ Composite Quantity with Units | MAY | |||||
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| Seq# | Data Element | Description | Flags | Optionality | Repetition | Length | C.LEN | Table | Data Type | Optionality | Table | |
| BLC |
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1 | 01528 | Blood Product Code | O | CWE Coded with Exceptions |
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2 | 01529 | Blood Amount | O | CQ Composite Quantity with Units |
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| Seq# | Data Element | Description | Optionality | Repetition | Length | C.LEN | Table | Data Type | |
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| BLC |
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1 | 01528 | Blood Product Code | O | (0426) | CWE Coded with Exceptions |
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2 | 01529 | Blood Amount | O | CQ Composite Quantity with Units |
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Definition: This field reports the blood product code. Refer to User-defined Table 0426 - Blood Product Code in Chapter 2C, Code Tables, for suggested values.
Definition: This field indicates the quantity and units administered for the blood code identified in field 1, for example, 2^pt. Standard ISO or ANSI units, as defined in Chapter 7 are recommended.
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