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18.8.46 EDU - Educational Detail Segment (15.4.3)

The EDU segment adds detailed educational information to the staff member identified by the STF segment. An EDU segment may optionally follow an STF segment. An EDU segment must always have been preceded by a corresponding STF segment.

HL7 Attribute Table - EDU - Educational Detail

Base Framework
Seq#Data ElementDescriptionFlagsImplementCardinalityLengthC.LENVocabularyData Type
EDU
101448Set ID - EDU SHOULD[1..1][1..4]
SI

Sequence ID

201449Academic Degree MAY[0..1] repr: Degree/License/Certificate (CD)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

301597Academic Degree Program Date Range MAY[0..1] 
DR

Date/Time Range

401450Academic Degree Program Participation Date Range MAY[0..1] 
DR

Date/Time Range

501451Academic Degree Granted Date MAY[0..1] 
DT

Date

601452School MAY[0..1] 
XON

Extended Composite Name and Identification Number for Organizations

701453School Type Code MAY[0..1] ex.:SchoolType (CD)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

801454School Address MAY[0..1] 
XAD

Extended Address

901885Major Field of Study MAY[0..*] 
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

Seq#Data ElementDescriptionFlagsImplementCardinalityLengthC.LENVocabularyData Type
EDU
101448Set ID - EDU SHALL[1..1][1..4]
SI

Sequence ID

201449Academic Degree MAY[0..1] repr: Degree/License/Certificate (CD) hl7VS-degreeLicenseCertificate (VS) degreeLicenseCertificate (CS)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

301597Academic Degree Program Date Range MAY[0..1] 
DR

Date/Time Range

401450Academic Degree Program Participation Date Range MAY[0..1] 
DR

Date/Time Range

501451Academic Degree Granted Date MAY[0..1] 
DT

Date

601452School MAY[0..1] 
XON

Extended Composite Name and Identification Number for Organizations

701453School Type Code MAY[0..1] ex.:SchoolType (CD)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

801454School Address MAY[0..1] 
XAD

Extended Address

901885Major Field of Study MAY[0..*] 
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

Base FrameworkBase Standard Profile
Seq#Data ElementDescriptionFlagsImplementCardinalityLengthC.LENVocabularyData TypeImplementVocabulary
EDU 
101448Set ID - EDU SHOULD[1..1][1..4]
SI

Sequence ID

SHALL
201449Academic Degree MAY[0..1] repr: Degree/License/Certificate (CD)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

MAYhl7VS-degreeLicenseCertificate (VS) degreeLicenseCertificate (CS)
301597Academic Degree Program Date Range MAY[0..1] 
DR

Date/Time Range

MAY
401450Academic Degree Program Participation Date Range MAY[0..1] 
DR

Date/Time Range

MAY
501451Academic Degree Granted Date MAY[0..1] 
DT

Date

MAY
601452School MAY[0..1] 
XON

Extended Composite Name and Identification Number for Organizations

MAY
701453School Type Code MAY[0..1] ex.:SchoolType (CD)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

MAY
801454School Address MAY[0..1] 
XAD

Extended Address

MAY
901885Major Field of Study MAY[0..*] 
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

MAY
Base Framework Base Standard Profile
Seq# Data Element Description Flags Optionality Repetition Length C.LEN Table Data Type Optionality Table
EDU  
1 01448 Set ID - EDU   O   [1..4]  
SI

Sequence ID

R  
2 01449 Academic Degree   O      
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

  (0360)
3 01597 Academic Degree Program Date Range   O      
DR

Date/Time Range

   
4 01450 Academic Degree Program Participation Date Range   O      
DR

Date/Time Range

   
5 01451 Academic Degree Granted Date   O      
DT

Date

   
6 01452 School   O      
XON

Extended Composite Name and Identification Number for Organizations

   
7 01453 School Type Code   O      
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

  (0402)
8 01454 School Address   O      
XAD

Extended Address

   
9 01885 Major Field of Study   O Y    
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

   
Seq# Data Element Description Optionality Repetition Length C.LEN Table Data Type
EDU
1 01448 Set ID - EDU R   [1..4]  
SI

Sequence ID

2 01449 Academic Degree O     (0360)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

3 01597 Academic Degree Program Date Range O      
DR

Date/Time Range

4 01450 Academic Degree Program Participation Date Range O      
DR

Date/Time Range

5 01451 Academic Degree Granted Date O      
DT

Date

6 01452 School O      
XON

Extended Composite Name and Identification Number for Organizations

7 01453 School Type Code O     (0402)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

8 01454 School Address O      
XAD

Extended Address

9 01885 Major Field of Study O Y    
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

18.8.46.1 EDU Field Definitions (15.4.3.0)

18.8.46.2 EDU-1 Set ID - EDU (SI) 01448 (15.4.3.1)

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.

18.8.46.3 EDU-2 Academic Degree (CWE) 01449 (15.4.3.2)

Definition: This field contains the standard classification awarded upon completion of a unified program of study. HL7 suggests using values in User-defined Table 0360 - Degree/License/Certificate.

18.8.46.4 EDU-3 Academic Degree Program Date Range (DR) 01597 (15.4.3.3)

Definition: This field contains the date range when the academic degree program took place.

18.8.46.5 EDU-4 Academic Degree Program Participation Date Range (DR) 01450 (15.4.3.4)

Definition: This field contains the date range during which the staff member participated in the academic degree program.

18.8.46.6 EDU-5 Academic Degree Granted Date (DT) 01451 (15.4.3.5)

Definition: This field contains the date the academic degree was granted to the staff member.

18.8.46.7 EDU-6 School (XON) 01452 (15.4.3.6)

Definition: This field contains the official name of the academic institution that granted the degree to the Staff Member.

18.8.46.8 EDU-7 School Type Code (CWE) 01453 (15.4.3.7)

Definition: This field contains the categorization of the academic institution that granted the degree to the Staff Member. HL7 suggests using values in User-defined Table 0402 - School Type.

Refer to User-defined Table 0402 - School Type in Chapter 2C, Code Tables, for valid values. This table contains values for graduate, medical etc.

18.8.46.9 EDU-8 School Address (XAD) 01454 (15.4.3.8)

Definition: This field contains the postal address of the academic institution that granted the degree to the Staff Member.

18.8.46.10 EDU-9 Major Field of Study (CWE) 01885 (15.4.3.9)

Definition: This field contains the subject of academic study associated with the specific academic degree program pursued by the staff member as his/her area of specialization.