Question

How can I evaluate each OBX-5 field in a message and populate if empty

Answer 1

The following code will add 'Value1' to each OBX-5 segment if it is empty

 

var obxArray = message.getAllNodes('OBX-5');

for (var i=0 ; i < obxArray.length ; i++) {

   var obx5 = '' + obxArray[i];

   if (obx5.length === 0) {

      message.setNode('OBX-5', 'Value1', (i+1));

   }

}

Answer 2

//Gets all OBX segments as an Array

var obxSegments = message.getAllNodes('OBX');

 

//Loops through each OBX segment individually

for (var i = 0; i < obxSegments.length; i++) {

   //Gets the individual OBX segment and stores in a variable and;

   //converts it to an HL7 object.

   var obxSeg = qie.parseHL7String(obxSegments[i]);

 

   //Because the obxSeg has been converted to an HL7 object all;

   // of the functions in the code wizard now work on the new object.

   // in this case obxSeg.getNode works the same as message.getNode. 

   var obx5 = obxSeg.getNode('OBX-5');

   

   //Checks to see if OBX-5 is blank using stringUtils which

   // is "Type" aware (ie. string, number) and Null safe.

   if (StringUtils.isBlank(obx5)) {

      //If OBX is Null of empty then this line of code will execute.

      message.setNode('OBX-5', 'someValue', (i+1));

   }

}

 

 

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