Leonardo Moretti wrote: > I have clear how to use terminology_id and code for DV_CODED_TEXT, > but here > I'm wondering if I can use the ordinal (integer) value as coded > value in a > DV_ORDINAL, like in this example (note: <code_string>5</code_string>): > ... > <terminology_id> > <value>local</value> > </terminology_id> > <code_string>5</code_string>
No, Leonardo, you can't do that. The ordinal's value and the code string are different things. The code string must be a member of the terminology. In your example, the terminology is "local", which means that it's an at-code. Imagine that the coded text used a different terminology. Imagine that this terminology had codes like "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", etc. If this was your terminology, then of course your code string could be "5". - Peter
