COI Container Information

To specify a container's characteristics of packaging, material color, closure device types etc. Example: Bottle made of blue glass with a cork closure.

Position: COI-01 · Element: 103 · Name: Packaging Code · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 3 · Max: 5 · Repeat: 1

Code identifying the type of packaging; Part 1: Packaging Form, Part 2: Packaging Material; if the Data Element is used, then Part 1 is always required

Position: COI-02 · Element: 1830 · Name: Container Material Color · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 2 · Max: 3 · Repeat: 1

Code identifying the container material color

Position: COI-03 · Element: 1819 · Name: Closure Type · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 2 · Max: 3 · Repeat: 1

Code identifying a device or method that mechanically joins or affixes two or more objects together or closes a container.