MSH-15 / MSH-16

HL7 v2 fields of the MSH header, acknowledgment rules.

Definition

MSH-15 states whether the sender requires an accept acknowledgment and MSH-16 whether it requires an application acknowledgment, both coded via HL7 table 0155: AL (always), NE (never), ER (on error) or SU (on success). Together these fields enable the enhanced acknowledgment mode as opposed to the original mode.

Origin

Defined in Chapter 2 (Control) of the HL7 Version 2.x Messaging Standard, published by Health Level Seven International (HL7).

Example in context

MSH|^~\&|...|MSG00001|P|2.5.1|||AL|NE

Related terms

• HL7 MSA — segment carrying the requested acknowledgment.