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This segment addresses tray instructions. These are independent of diet codes, supplements, and preferences and therefore get separate order numbers.

HL7 Attribute Table - ODT - diet tray instructions segment

Seq#	DataElement	Description	Must Implement	Flags	Cardinality	Length	C.LEN	Vocabulary	DataType
ODT
1	00273	Tray Type	SHALL		[1..1]			0160 Tray Type	CWE
2	00270	Service Period			[0..10]				CWE
3	00272	Text Instruction		#	[0..1]		80		ST

Definition: This field defines the type of dietary tray. Refer To HL7 Table 0160 - Tray Type in Chapter 2C, Code Tables, for valid entries.

Tray specifications are useful for early and late tray delivery in cases where a patient undergoes a procedure during normal feeding times. Tray specifications can also be used for guest trays, no trays, and messages. The value MSG means the ODT segment does not specify the type of tray but provides additional information about an existing tray. This information is found in ODT-3-text instruction.

(Definition from ODS.2 in Ch. 4)

Definition: When blank, the modifier applies to all service periods. Diet orders, for example, typically apply to all service periods. This field usually specifies supplements. This field allows you to designate a modification for one or more of the service periods during a day by combining service specifications as needed. The service periods will be local CEs, normally numbers. Suggested are:

service 1	is	breakfast
service 2	is	mid-morning snack
service 3	is	lunch
service 4	is	mid-afternoon snack
service 5	is	dinner
service 6	is	bedtime snack

Ex: |1~5| means service 1 and service 5, whatever these are locally defined to be.

Refer to Table 0627 - Service Period in Chapter 2C for valid values.

(Definition from ODT.2 in Ch. 4)

Definition: When blank, the modifier applies to all service periods. This field allows you to designate one or more of the feeding periods during a day by combining the codes as needed. It can also combine with quantity/timing to give such information as which service period the order belongs with. This field is identical in meaning with ODS-2-service period. See section 4.8.1.2, "ODS-2 Service Period (CWE) 00270," for further details. Refer to Table 0629 - Service Period in Chapter 2C for valid values.

(Definition from ODS.4 in Ch. 4)

Definition: This field defines the specific instructions for dietary. These instructions may address specific patient needs, such as isolation. This field provides the ordering provider's dietary instructions as free text. It can represent the full dietary instruction or indicate supplemental information.

(Definition from ODT.3 in Ch. 4)

Definition: This field defines instructions associated with the tray. Example:

|PLASTIC SILVERWARE|.