NCA Nonconformance Action

To specify the action that is to be taken in response to a nonconformance condition.

Position: NCA-01 · Element: 350 · Name: Assigned Identification · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 11 · Repeat: -

Alphanumeric characters assigned for differentiation within a transaction set.

Position: NCA-02 · Element: 887 · Name: Nonconformance Resultant Response Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 2 · Repeat: -

Code identifying a response that is the result of a nonconformance situation.

R0203: At least one of NCA-02 or NCA-03 is required

Position: NCA-03 · Element: 352 · Name: Description · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 80 · Repeat: -

A free-form description to clarify the related data elements and their content.

NCA03 describes the action that is to be undertaken.

Position: NCA-04 · Element: 380 · Name: Quantity · Type: Decimal number (R) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 15 · Repeat: -

Numeric value of quantity.

P0405: If either NCA-04 or NCA-05 is present, then the other is required

NCA04 is used to specify the quantity that is associated with NCA02 or NCA03.

Position: NCA-05 · Element: 355 · Name: Unit or Basis for Measurement Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 2 · Max: 2 · Repeat: -

Code specifying the units in which a value is being expressed, or manner in which a measurement has been taken