HL7 V2 | TABLE 0371

Table 0371: Additive/Preservative

HL7-defined table of codes specifying any additive introduced to the specimen before or at the time of collection. These additives may be introduced in order to preserve, maintain or enhance the particular nature or component of the specimen.

Type: HL7-defined
Codes: 57
Introduced: HL7 v2.4
Used in: SPM-6, SAC-27
FHIR code system: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0371
THO code system: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0371
OID: 2.16.840.1.113883.18.229

HL7-defined: The standard fixes the values. PipeHat flags codes outside this list as warnings.

Codes

Code	Meaning	FHIR code
`F10`	10% Formalin	`F10`
`C32`	3.2% Citrate	`C32`
`C38`	3.8% Citrate	`C38`
`HCL6`	6N HCL	`HCL6`
`ACDA`	ACD Solution A	`ACDA`
`ACDB`	ACD Solution B	`ACDB`
`ACET`	Acetic Acid	`ACET`
`AMIES`	Amies transport medium	`AMIES`
`HEPA`	Ammonium heparin	`HEPA`
`BACTM`	Bacterial Transport medium	`BACTM`
`BOR`	Borate Boric Acid	`BOR`
`BOUIN`	Bouin's solution	`BOUIN`
`BF10`	Buffered 10% formalin	`BF10`
`WEST`	Buffered Citrate (Westergren Sedimentation Rate)	`WEST`
`BSKM`	Buffered skim milk	`BSKM`
`CARS`	Carson's Modified 10% formalin	`CARS`
`CARY`	Cary Blair Medium	`CARY`
`CHLTM`	Chlamydia transport medium	`CHLTM`
`CTAD`	CTAD (this should be spelled out if not universally understood)	`CTAD`
`ENT`	Enteric bacteria transport medium	`ENT`
`ENT+`	Enteric plus	`ENT+`
`JKM`	Jones Kendrick Medium	`JKM`
`KARN`	Karnovsky's fixative	`KARN`
`LIA`	Lithium iodoacetate	`LIA`
`HEPL`	Lithium/Li Heparin	`HEPL`
`M4`	M4	`M4`
`M4RT`	M4-RT	`M4RT`
`M5`	M5	`M5`
`MICHTM`	Michel's transport medium	`MICHTM`
`MMDTM`	MMD transport medium	`MMDTM`
`HNO3`	Nitric Acid	`HNO3`
`NONE`	None	`NONE`
`PAGE`	Pages's Saline	`PAGE`
`PHENOL`	Phenol	`PHENOL`
`KOX`	Potassium Oxalate	`KOX`
`EDTK`	Potassium/K EDTA	`EDTK`
`EDTK15`	Potassium/K EDTA 15%	`EDTK15`
`EDTK75`	Potassium/K EDTA 7.5%	`EDTK75`
`PVA`	PVA (polyvinylalcohol)	`PVA`
`RLM`	Reagan Lowe Medium	`RLM`
`SST`	Serum Separator Tube (Polymer Gel)	`SST`
`SILICA`	Siliceous earth, 12 mg	`SILICA`
`NAF`	Sodium Fluoride	`NAF`
`FL100`	Sodium Fluoride, 100mg	`FL100`
`FL10`	Sodium Fluoride, 10mg	`FL10`
`NAPS`	Sodium polyanethol sulfonate 0.35% in 0.85% sodium chloride	`NAPS`
`HEPN`	Sodium/Na Heparin	`HEPN`
`EDTN`	Sodium/Na EDTA	`EDTN`
`SPS`	SPS(this should be spelled out if not universally understood)	`SPS`
`STUTM`	Stuart transport medium	`STUTM`
`THROM`	Thrombin	`THROM`
`FDP`	Thrombin NIH; soybean trypsin inhibitor (Fibrin Degradation Products)	`FDP`
`THYMOL`	Thymol	`THYMOL`
`THYO`	Thyoglycollate broth	`THYO`
`TOLU`	Toluene	`TOLU`
`URETM`	Ureaplasma transport medium	`URETM`
`VIRTM`	Viral Transport medium	`VIRTM`

FHIR codes from the HL7 v2-to-FHIR concept map AdditivePreservative (unconditional mappings only).

Where it's used

Element	Name	FHIR (v2-to-FHIR mapping)
`SPM-6`	Specimen Additives	`Specimen.container.additiveCodeableConcept`
`SAC-27`		—

Elements with a dot (such as CX.5) are data type components, used wherever that data type appears.

Source: HL7 Terminology (THO) 7.4.0 and the HL7 v2-to-FHIR Implementation Guide 1.0.0, published by HL7 International under CC0. Check your trading partner's specification for the values they actually send.