HL7 v2.9 Vocabulary
0.1.0 - ci-build

HL7 v2.9 Vocabulary, published by HL7/FO. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 0.1.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/frankoemig/hl7.v2.terminology.v29/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

## : Message Error Condition Codes (2.9 - 1.2.0) - JSON Representation

Active as of 2026-01-27

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    {
      "resourceType" : "CodeSystem",
      "id" : "messageErrorCondition",
      "text" : {
        "status" : "generated",
        "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><ul><li>Include all codes defined in <a href=\"CodeSystem-messageErrorCondition.html\"><code>http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/messageErrorCondition</code></a></li></ul></div>"
      },
      "extension" : [
        {
          "url" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/StructureDefinition/codesystem-v2versionCreated",
          "valueString" : "2.9"
        },
        {
          "url" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/StructureDefinition/codesystem-versionHistory",
          "valueString" : "generate correct history somehow"
        },
        {
          "url" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/StructureDefinition/codesystem-tableNo",
          "valueString" : "0357"
        }
      ],
      "url" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/messageErrorCondition",
      "identifier" : [
        {
          "system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
          "value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.18.217"
        }
      ],
      "version" : "1.2.0",
      "name" : "MessageErrorCondition",
      "title" : "Message Error Condition Codes (2.9 - 1.2.0)",
      "status" : "active",
      "experimental" : true,
      "date" : "2026-01-27T19:46:43+00:00",
      "publisher" : "HL7/FO",
      "contact" : [
        {
          "name" : "HL7/FO",
          "telecom" : [
            {
              "system" : "url",
              "value" : "http://www.hl7.org"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "description" : "HL7-defined code system of concepts specifying the HL7 (communications) error code.  Used in the ERR segment in HL7 Version 2.x messaging.",
      "copyright" : "HL7 Inc., 2026",
      "caseSensitive" : true,
      "compositional" : false,
      "content" : "complete",
      "property" : [
        {
          "code" : "versionIntroduced",
          "uri" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/Property#versionIntroduced",
          "description" : "version when was this code introduced",
          "type" : "string"
        },
        {
          "code" : "versionDeprecated",
          "uri" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/Property#versionDeprecated",
          "description" : "version when was this code deprecated",
          "type" : "string"
        },
        {
          "code" : "status",
          "uri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/concept-properties#status",
          "description" : "A code that indicates the status of the concept. Typical values are active, experimental, deprecated, and retired",
          "type" : "code"
        },
        {
          "code" : "comment",
          "uri" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/Property#comment",
          "description" : "A string that provides additional detail pertinent to the use or understanding of the concept",
          "type" : "string"
        },
        {
          "code" : "usage",
          "uri" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/Property#usage",
          "description" : "usage notes for this code",
          "type" : "string"
        },
        {
          "code" : "modified",
          "uri" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/Property#modified",
          "description" : "date of last modification",
          "type" : "dateTime"
        }
      ],
      "concept" : [
        {
          "code" : "0",
          "display" : "Message accepted",
          "definition" : "Message accepted",
          "designation" : [
            {
              "language" : "de",
              "value" : "Nachricht akzeptiert"
            }
          ],
          "property" : [
            {
              "code" : "comment",
              "valueString" : "Success. Optional, as the AA conveys success. Used for systems that must always return a status code."
            },
            {
              "code" : "modified",
              "valueDateTime" : "2015-07-13"
            },
            {
              "code" : "versionIntroduced",
              "valueString" : "2.3.1"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "code" : "100",
          "display" : "Segment sequence error",
          "definition" : "Segment sequence error",
          "designation" : [
            {
              "language" : "de",
              "value" : "Fehler in der Segmentreihenfolge"
            }
          ],
          "property" : [
            {
              "code" : "comment",
              "valueString" : "Error: The message segments were not in the proper order, or required segments are missing."
            },
            {
              "code" : "modified",
              "valueDateTime" : "2015-07-13"
            },
            {
              "code" : "versionIntroduced",
              "valueString" : "2.3.1"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "code" : "101",
          "display" : "Required field missing",
          "definition" : "Required field missing",
          "designation" : [
            {
              "language" : "de",
              "value" : "erforderliches Feld leer"
            }
          ],
          "property" : [
            {
              "code" : "comment",
              "valueString" : "Error: A required field is missing from a segment"
            },
            {
              "code" : "modified",
              "valueDateTime" : "2015-07-13"
            },
            {
              "code" : "versionIntroduced",
              "valueString" : "2.3.1"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "code" : "102",
          "display" : "Data type error",
          "definition" : "Data type error",
          "designation" : [
            {
              "language" : "de",
              "value" : "Datentypfehler"
            }
          ],
          "property" : [
            {
              "code" : "comment",
              "valueString" : "Error: The field contained data of the wrong data type, e.g., an NM field contained \"FOO\"."
            },
            {
              "code" : "modified",
              "valueDateTime" : "2015-07-13"
            },
            {
              "code" : "versionIntroduced",
              "valueString" : "2.3.1"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "code" : "103",
          "display" : "Table value not found",
          "definition" : "Table value not found",
          "designation" : [
            {
              "language" : "de",
              "value" : "fehlender Eintrag in der Tabelle"
            }
          ],
          "property" : [
            {
              "code" : "comment",
              "valueString" : "Error: A field of data type ID or IS was compared against the corresponding table, and no match was found."
            },
            {
              "code" : "modified",
              "valueDateTime" : "2015-07-13"
            },
            {
              "code" : "versionIntroduced",
              "valueString" : "2.3.1"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "code" : "104",
          "display" : "Value too long",
          "definition" : "Value too long",
          "property" : [
            {
              "code" : "comment",
              "valueString" : "Error: a value exceeded the normative length, or the length that the application is able to safely handle."
            },
            {
              "code" : "modified",
              "valueDateTime" : "2015-07-13"
            },
            {
              "code" : "versionIntroduced",
              "valueString" : "2.7"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "code" : "198",
          "display" : "Non-Conformant Cardinality",
          "definition" : "An error has been encountered related to HL7 message content. Message is not -conformant with the applicable specification’s (base standard, conformance profile or implementation profile)  cardinality.",
          "property" : [
            {
              "code" : "comment",
              "valueString" : "Error: Cardinality is listed as [0..3] and more than 3 of the identified element are present in the message."
            },
            {
              "code" : "modified",
              "valueDateTime" : "2022-08-25"
            },
            {
              "code" : "versionIntroduced",
              "valueString" : "2.9"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "code" : "199",
          "display" : "Other HL7 Error",
          "definition" : "Any other error with the HL7 syntax that is not captured in any of the other error codes in this set.",
          "property" : [
            {
              "code" : "comment",
              "valueString" : "Error"
            },
            {
              "code" : "modified",
              "valueDateTime" : "2022-08-25"
            },
            {
              "code" : "versionIntroduced",
              "valueString" : "2.9"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "code" : "200",
          "display" : "Unsupported message type",
          "definition" : "Unsupported message type",
          "designation" : [
            {
              "language" : "de",
              "value" : "Nachrichtentyp wird nicht unterstützt"
            }
          ],
          "property" : [
            {
              "code" : "comment",
              "valueString" : "Rejection: The Message Type is not supported."
            },
            {
              "code" : "modified",
              "valueDateTime" : "2015-07-13"
            },
            {
              "code" : "versionIntroduced",
              "valueString" : "2.3.1"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "code" : "201",
          "display" : "Unsupported event code",
          "definition" : "Unsupported event code",
          "designation" : [
            {
              "language" : "de",
              "value" : "Ereignis wird nicht unterstützt"
            }
          ],
          "property" : [
            {
              "code" : "comment",
              "valueString" : "Rejection: The Event Code is not supported."
            },
            {
              "code" : "modified",
              "valueDateTime" : "2015-07-13"
            },
            {
              "code" : "versionIntroduced",
              "valueString" : "2.3.1"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "code" : "202",
          "display" : "Unsupported processing id",
          "definition" : "Unsupported processing id",
          "designation" : [
            {
              "language" : "de",
              "value" : "Processing-ID wird nicht unterstützt"
            }
          ],
          "property" : [
            {
              "code" : "comment",
              "valueString" : "Rejection: The Processing ID is not supported."
            },
            {
              "code" : "modified",
              "valueDateTime" : "2015-07-13"
            },
            {
              "code" : "versionIntroduced",
              "valueString" : "2.3.1"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "code" : "203",
          "display" : "Unsupported version id",
          "definition" : "Unsupported version id",
          "designation" : [
            {
              "language" : "de",
              "value" : "Version wird nicht unterstützt"
            }
          ],
          "property" : [
            {
              "code" : "comment",
              "valueString" : "Rejection:  The Version ID is not supported."
            },
            {
              "code" : "modified",
              "valueDateTime" : "2015-07-13"
            },
            {
              "code" : "versionIntroduced",
              "valueString" : "2.3.1"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "code" : "204",
          "display" : "Unknown key identifier",
          "definition" : "Retained for backwards compatibility only: This situation should be reported in ERR-5 (Application Error Code) using code 101 (Unknown Key Identifier) from code system HL70533.",
          "designation" : [
            {
              "language" : "de",
              "value" : "Schlüsselwert nicht gefunden"
            }
          ],
          "property" : [
            {
              "code" : "comment",
              "valueString" : "ERR-3 (HL7 Error Code) should be used to convey errors at the structural level and this is an application level error, which should be reported in ERR-5 (Application Error Code)."
            },
            {
              "code" : "status",
              "valueCode" : "backward"
            },
            {
              "code" : "modified",
              "valueDateTime" : "2017-07-16"
            },
            {
              "code" : "versionIntroduced",
              "valueString" : "2.3.1"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "code" : "205",
          "display" : "Duplicate key identifier",
          "definition" : "Retained for backwards compatibility only: This situation should be reported in ERR-5 (Application Error Code) using code 102 (Duplicate Key Identifier) from code system HL70533.",
          "designation" : [
            {
              "language" : "de",
              "value" : "doppelter Schlüsselwert"
            }
          ],
          "property" : [
            {
              "code" : "comment",
              "valueString" : "ERR-3 (HL7 Error Code) should be used to convey errors at the structural level and this is an application level error, which should be reported in ERR-5 (Application Error Code)."
            },
            {
              "code" : "status",
              "valueCode" : "backward"
            },
            {
              "code" : "modified",
              "valueDateTime" : "2017-07-16"
            },
            {
              "code" : "versionIntroduced",
              "valueString" : "2.3.1"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "code" : "206",
          "display" : "Application record locked",
          "definition" : "Retained for backwards compatibility only: This situation should be reported in ERR-5 (Application Error Code) using code 103 (Application record locked) from code system HL70533.",
          "designation" : [
            {
              "language" : "de",
              "value" : "Datensatz durch Applikation gesperrt"
            }
          ],
          "property" : [
            {
              "code" : "comment",
              "valueString" : "ERR-3 (HL7 Error Code) should be used to convey errors at the structural level and this is an application level error, which should be reported in ERR-5 (Application Error Code)."
            },
            {
              "code" : "status",
              "valueCode" : "backward"
            },
            {
              "code" : "modified",
              "valueDateTime" : "2017-07-16"
            },
            {
              "code" : "versionIntroduced",
              "valueString" : "2.3.1"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "code" : "207",
          "display" : "Application error",
          "definition" : "An application level error has occurred and the detail for that error is identified in ERR-5.",
          "designation" : [
            {
              "language" : "de",
              "value" : "applikationsinterner Fehler"
            }
          ],
          "property" : [
            {
              "code" : "comment",
              "valueString" : "This value is used when no other value in this list is applicable and there is an application error reported in ERR-5. It is applicable when ERR-3 is required in an implementation guide."
            },
            {
              "code" : "modified",
              "valueDateTime" : "2017-07-25"
            },
            {
              "code" : "versionIntroduced",
              "valueString" : "2.3.1"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }