The DSC segment is used in the continuation protocol.
HL7 Attribute Table - DSC - Continuation Pointer
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| Seq# | Data Element | Description | Flags | Implement | Cardinality | Length | C.LEN | Vocabulary | Data Type | |
 DSC | ||||||||||
  | 1 | 00014 | Continuation Pointer | = Truncation not allowed! | MAY | [0..1] | 180 | ST String Data | ||
 | 2 | 01354 | Continuation Style | MAY | [0..1] | [1..1] | univ: ContinuationStyleCode (CD) hl7VS-continuationStyleCode (VS) continuationStyle (CS) | ID Coded Value for HL7 Defined Tables | ||
| Seq# | Data Element | Description | Flags | Implement | Cardinality | Length | C.LEN | Vocabulary | Data Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DSC | ||||||||||
| 1 | 00014 | Continuation Pointer | = Truncation not allowed! | MAY | [0..1] | 180 | ST String Data | ||
| 2 | 01354 | Continuation Style | MAY | [0..1] | [1..1] | univ: ContinuationStyleCode (CD) hl7VS-continuationStyleCode (VS) continuationStyle (CS) | ID Coded Value for HL7 Defined Tables | ||
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| Seq# | Data Element | Description | Flags | Implement | Cardinality | Length | C.LEN | Vocabulary | Data Type | Implement | Vocabulary | |
| DSC | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 00014 | Continuation Pointer | = Truncation not allowed! | MAY | [0..1] | 180 | ST String Data | MAY | |||
| 2 | 01354 | Continuation Style | MAY | [0..1] | [1..1] | univ: ContinuationStyleCode (CD) hl7VS-continuationStyleCode (VS) continuationStyle (CS) | ID Coded Value for HL7 Defined Tables | MAY | |||
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| Seq# | Data Element | Description | Flags | Optionality | Repetition | Length | C.LEN | Table | Data Type | Optionality | Table | |
| DSC |
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1 | 00014 | Continuation Pointer | O | 180= | ST String Data |
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2 | 01354 | Continuation Style | O | [1..1] | ID Coded Value for HL7 Defined Tables |
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| Seq# | Data Element | Description | Optionality | Repetition | Length | C.LEN | Table | Data Type | |
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| DSC |
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1 | 00014 | Continuation Pointer | O | 180= | ST String Data |
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2 | 01354 | Continuation Style | O | [1..1] | (0398) | ID Coded Value for HL7 Defined Tables |
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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.
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.
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