IMD Item description

To describe an item in either an industry or free format.

Position: 010 · Element: 7077 · Name: Description format code · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 3 · Repeat: 1

Code specifying the format of a description.

020 C272 Item characteristic Composite (composite) Conditional 1

Position: 010 · Element: 7081 · Name: Item characteristic code · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 3 · Repeat: -

Code specifying the characteristic of an item.

Position: 020 · Element: 1131 · Name: Code list identification code · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 17 · Repeat: -

Code identifying a user or association maintained code list.

1 The codes for this data element are provided by the code list responsible agency defined in data element 3055.

Position: 030 · Element: 3055 · Name: Code list responsible agency code · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 3 · Repeat: -

Code specifying the agency responsible for a code list.

030 C273 Item description Composite (composite) Conditional 1

Position: 010 · Element: 7009 · Name: Item description code · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 17 · Repeat: -

Code specifying an item.

Position: 020 · Element: 1131 · Name: Code list identification code · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 17 · Repeat: -

Code identifying a user or association maintained code list.

1 The codes for this data element are provided by the code list responsible agency defined in data element 3055.

Position: 030 · Element: 3055 · Name: Code list responsible agency code · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 3 · Repeat: -

Code specifying the agency responsible for a code list.

Position: 040 · Element: 7008 · Name: Item description · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 256 · Repeat: -

Free form description of an item.

Position: 050 · Element: 7008 · Name: Item description · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 256 · Repeat: -

Free form description of an item.

Position: 060 · Element: 3453 · Name: Language name code · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 3 · Repeat: -

Code specifying the language name.

1 Use ISO 639-1.

Position: 040 · Element: 7383 · Name: Surface or layer code · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 3 · Repeat: 1

Code specifying the surface or layer of an object.

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