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titleCSF Messaging Resources
CSF NAHLN Messaging Guide
NAHLN Certificate from Test URL 9-20-2018

Message Profile and Header (MSH) for NAHLN CSF (HL7 Post - Auth Token)


  • To report to the NAHLN: Username, Password, and Auth Token or Certificate are required.
  • The Schema Definition is not required, but if present the API will validate the message before posting it to the NAHLN website.
  • Failure Email should go to a user with VetView admin privileges who can monitor the messages. 

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Message Type:  NAHLM OPU_R25 - HL7

  • MSH.3 Sending Application is your Laboratories OID. OID Registry
  • MSH.4 Sending Facility is your Laboratories Premise ID
  • MSH 5 & 6 are NAHLN's information.

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Patient PV1

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Role Instance IDs

Role Instance ID 1 ROL3 should be Source Premises for this message 

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Role Instance ID 2 ROL3 should be the Submitting Party.

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Patient Visit - PV 1

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Next of Kin NK1

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PID Patient Identifiers

  • PID3 should include the Animal ID  with the OID lab number as the assigning authority.  
  • PID38 should link to a Test Question that is limited to a value list of allowed Production Class codes. 
  • OBX can include the Age Group, linked to a Test Question that is limited to a valid list of age classes for ASF. 

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Specimen SPM Settings

  • Use Specimen ID as the EIP.2 Filler Assigned Identifier.
  • Turn On SPM.17 Specimen Collection Date Time and SPM.18 Specimen Received Date Time by checking the Include Specimen Sampled Date and Include Accession Released Date boxes. 

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Specimen Setup

NALHN only allows three specimen types for CSF testing. Ensure that the appropriate SNOMED code is in the specimen setup.

  • Tonsil: Tissue specimen from tonsil (specimen) Code: 811000009103
  • Tonsil Scraping: Tonsil scraping (specimen) Code: 4241000009102
  • Nasal swab: Nasal swab (specimen) Code: 421000009108 

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Test Setup - Messaging Profile

Each test in VetView that should message for CSF should have the Electronic Messaging Setup turned on for NAHLN.

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Test Profile for OPU_R25

Select the Message Profile Name that you set up in the steps above in Job and Interface Setup.

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OBR.31 Reason for Submittion

OBR.31 Setup up a Test Catalog question that is restricted to a value list of acceptable reasons for submission  (same one that is linked in the OBR.31 in the Profile above.)

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OBX.5 Observation Value

This value should be the result name that holds the CT value in test setup

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OBX.8 Abnormal Flags

This value should be the result name that holds the CSF interpretation in Test Setup.

This should be restricted to a value list with only the NAHLN approved interpretation results (POS, NEG, INC). 

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