HL7 v2.9.1 Vocabulary
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## CodeSystem: Order Control Codes (2.9.1 - 1.8.0) (Experimental)

Official URL: http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/orderControlCodes | Version: 1.8.0
Active as of 2026-03-13 | Computable Name: OrderControlCodes
Other Identifiers: OID:2.16.840.1.113883.18.48, urn:ietf:rfc:3986#Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)#http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/v2-0119
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HL7-defined code system of concepts which are used to determine the function of the order segment. Depending on the message, the action specified by one of these control codes may refer to an order or an individual service. Used in Version 2.x messaging of orders in the ORC segment.

This Code system is referenced in the content logical definition of the following value sets:

- Hl7VSorderControl

Properties

This code system defines the following properties for its concepts

Name | Code | URI | Type | Description
version introduced | versionIntroduced | http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/Property#versionIntroduced | string | version when was this code introduced
version deprecated | versionDeprecated | http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/Property#versionDeprecated | string | version when was this code deprecated
status | status | http://hl7.org/fhir/concept-properties#status | code | A code that indicates the status of the concept. Typical values are active, experimental, deprecated, and retired
comment, to suppress IG-publisher warning, to be replaced with standard later | comment | http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/Property#comment | string | A string that provides additional detail pertinent to the use or understanding of the concept
usage | usage | http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/Property#usage | string | usage notes for this code
modified | modified | http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/Property#modified | dateTime | date of last modification
application | application | http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/Property#application | string | application

Concepts

This case-sensitive code system `http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/orderControlCodes` defines the following codes:

Code | Display | Definition | version introduced | comment, to suppress IG-publisher warning, to be replaced with standard later | usage | modified | application | Deutsch (German, de)
AF | Order/service refill request approval | AF is a response to RF where the placer authorizing a refill or quantity of refills. | 2.3 | Placer Applications . |  | 2015-07-13 | Placer Applications . |
CA | Cancel order/service request | Cancel order/service request | 2.1 | Placer or Filler Applications |  | 2015-07-13 | Placer or Filler Applications | Auftrag stornieren
CH | Child order/service | Child order/service | 2.1 | Placer or Filler Applications. | Used in conjunction with the PA - Parent order control code. Refer to PA order control code for discussion. | 2015-07-13 | Placer or Filler Applications. | nachgeordneter Auftrag
CN | Combined result | Combined result | 2.1 | Filler Applications. |  | 2015-07-13 | Filler Applications. | Kumulatives Ergebnis (zu mehreren Aufträgen)
CP | Cancel process step | Cancel process step | 2.8 | Filler Applications. |  | 2015-07-13 | Filler Applications. |
CR | Canceled as requested | Canceled as requested | 2.2 | Filler or Placer Applications. | A response by the filler or placer application that a request to cancel (CA by the placer application) was performed successfully. | 2015-07-13 | Filler or Placer Applications. | Auftrag anweisungsgemäß storniert
DC | Discontinue order/service request | Discontinue order/service request | 2.1 | Placer or Filler Applications. |  | 2015-07-13 | Placer or Filler Applications. | Auftragsausführung abbrechen
DE | Data errors | Data errors | 2.1 | Placer or Filler Applications. |  | 2015-07-13 | Placer or Filler Applications. | Datenfehler
DF | Order/service refill request denied | Order/service refill request denied | 2.3 | Placer Applications. |  | 2015-07-13 | Placer Applications. |
DR | Discontinued as requested | Discontinued as requested | 2.1 | Filler or Placer Applications. | The filler or placer, in response to a request to discontinue (DC from the placer or filler application), has discontinued the order/service. | 2015-07-13 | Filler or Placer Applications. | Auftragsausführung anweisungsgemäß abgebrochen
FU | Order/service refilled, unsolicited | Order/service refilled, unsolicited | 2.3 | Filler Applications. | FU notifies the placer that the filler issued a refill for the order at the patient's request. | 2015-07-13 | Filler Applications. |
HD | Hold order request | Hold order request | 2.1 | Placer Applications. | Typical responses include, but are not limited to, CR - Cancelled as requested, UC - Unable to Cancel. | 2015-07-13 | Placer Applications. | Auftragsbearbeitung aussetzen
HR | On hold as requested | On hold as requested | 2.1 | Filler Applications. |  | 2015-07-13 | Filler Applications. | Auftragsbearbeitung anweisungsgemäß ausgesetzt
LI | Link order/service to patient care problem or goal | Link order/service to patient care problem or goal | 2.3.1 | Placer or Filler Applications. | Refer to Chapter 12 Patient Care for complete discussion. | 2015-07-13 | Placer or Filler Applications. |
MC | Miscellaneous Charge - not associated with an order | Miscellaneous Charge - not associated with an order | 2.6 | applies to DFT^P03^DFT_P03 and DFT^P11^DFT_P11 | applies to DFT^P03^DFT_P03 and DFT^P11^DFT_P11 | 2015-07-13 |  |
NA | Number assigned | Number assigned | 2.1 | Placer Applications. |  | 2015-07-13 | Placer Applications. | Nummer zugewiesen
NR | Notification Received | Notifies the Filler that the Placer received a cancellation, discontinuance, or other state change notice | 2.9 | Placer Applications. |  | 2016-03-16 |  |
NW | New order/service | New order/service | 2.1 | Placer Applications. | See comments for NA - Number Assigned. | 2015-07-13 | Placer Applications. | Neuer Auftrag
OC | Order/service canceled | Order/service canceled | 2.2 | Filler Applications. |  | 2015-07-13 | Filler Applications. | Auftrag storniert
OD | Order/service discontinued | Order/service discontinued | 2.1 | Filler Applications. |  | 2015-07-13 | Filler Applications. | Auftragsausführung abgebrochen
OE | Order/service released | Order/service released | 2.3 | Filler Applications. |  | 2015-07-13 | Filler Applications. |
OF | Order/service refilled as requested | Order/service refilled as requested | 2.3 | Filler Applications. | OF directly responds to the placer system's request for a refill. | 2015-07-13 | Filler Applications. |
OH | Order/service held | Order/service held | 2.2 | Filler Applications. |  | 2015-07-13 | Filler Applications. | Auftragsbearbeitung ausgesetzt
OK | Order/service accepted & OK | Order/service accepted & OK | 2.1 | Filler Applications. | See comments for NA - Number Assigned. | 2015-07-13 | Filler Applications. | Auftrag akzeptiert
OP | Notification of order for outside dispense | Notification of order for outside dispense | 2.5 | Placer Applications. |  | 2015-07-13 | Placer Applications. |
OR | Released as requested | Released as requested | 2.1 | Filler Applications. |  | 2015-07-13 | Filler Applications. | Auftragsbearbeitung anweisungsgemäß wiederaufgenommen
PA | Parent order/service | Parent order/service | 2.1 | Filler Applications. |  | 2015-07-13 | Filler Applications. | Hauptauftrag
PR | Previous Results with new order/service | Previous Results with new order/service | 2.4 | Placer Applications. |  | 2015-07-13 | Placer Applications. |
PY | Notification of replacement order for outside dispense | Notification of replacement order for outside dispense | 2.5 | Placer Applications. | See comments for OP - Notification of order for outside dispense. | 2015-07-13 | Placer Applications. |
RA | Recommendation Accepted | Identifies that this previously recommended replacement order has been accepted | 2.9 | Placer Applications: Used in the Recommendation Accepted message; includes the assigned placer order number for the accepted replacement order Filler Applications: Used in the acknowledgment response message to the Recommendation Accepted message |  | 2022-08-25 | Placer Applications: Used in the Recommendation Accepted message; includes the assigned placer order number for the accepted replacement order Filler Applications: Used in the acknowledgment response message to the Recommendation Accepted message |
RC | Recommended Change | Identifies that this OBR represents a recommended replacement order | 2.9 | Filler Applications. Used in the recommendation message sent to the placer |  | 2022-08-25 | Filler Applications. Used in the recommendation message sent to the placer |
RD | Recommendation Declined | Identifies that this previously sent recommended replacement order has been declined | 2.9 | Placer Applications: Used in the Recommendation Declined message Filler Applications: Used in the acknowledgment response message to the Recommendation Declined message |  | 2022-08-25 | Placer Applications: Used in the Recommendation Declined message Filler Applications: Used in the acknowledgment response message to the Recommendation Declined message |
RE | Observations/Performed Service to follow | Observations/Performed Service to follow | 2.1 | Placer or Filler Applications. |  | 2015-07-13 | Placer or Filler Applications. | Untersuchungsergebnisse folgen (in späteren Segmenten dieser Nachricht)
RF | Refill order/service request | Refill order/service request | 2.3 | Placer or Filler Applications. |  | 2015-07-13 | Placer or Filler Applications. |
RL | Release previous hold | Release previous hold | 2.2 | Placer Applications. |  | 2015-07-13 | Placer Applications. | Auftragsberabeitung wiederaufnehmen
RO | Replacement order | Replacement order | 2.1 | Placer or Filler Applications. |  | 2015-07-13 | Placer or Filler Applications. | Ersatzauftrag
RP | Order/service replace request | Order/service replace request | 2.1 | Placer Applications. |  | 2015-07-13 | Placer Applications. | Auftrag ersetzen
RQ | Replaced as requested | Replaced as requested | 2.2 | Filler Applications. |  | 2015-07-13 | Filler Applications. | Auftrag anweisungsgemäß ersetzt
RR | Request received | Request received | 2.1 | Placer or Filler Applications. |  | 2015-07-13 | Placer or Filler Applications. | Anforderung erhalten
RU | Replaced unsolicited | Replaced unsolicited | 2.1 | Filler Applications. |  | 2015-07-13 | Filler Applications. | Auftrag ersetzt (ohne Anweisung)
SC | Status changed | Status changed | 2.2 | Placer or Filler Applications. |  | 2015-07-13 | Placer or Filler Applications. | Statusänderung
SN | Send order/service number | Send order/service number | 2.1 | Placer Applications. | See comments for NA - Number Assigned. | 2015-07-13 | Placer Applications. | Auftrags- bzw. Bearbeitungsnummer zuweisen / übermitteln
SQ | Supplemented as requested | Supplementation confirmation message indicating that an order was supplemented as requested. | 2.9 | This code is used in the acknowledgment response to the request messages. |  | 2022-08-25 |  |
SR | Response to send order/service status request | Response to send order/service status request | 2.2 | Filler Applications. |  | 2015-07-13 | Filler Applications. | Auftragsstatus (Antwort)
SS | Send order/service status request | Send order/service status request | 2.1 | Placer Applications. |  | 2015-07-13 | Placer Applications. | Auftragsstatus senden
SU | Supplement this order | Identifies existing orders to be supplemented in Supplementation Recommendation (filler to placer) and Supplementation Request (placer to filler) messages. | 2.9 | For example this code is used in the filler’s order message to identify an order that is missing a recommended order based on organizational protocol for example as described in the IHE Laboratory Communication (LCC) profile (LAB-6). |  | 2022-08-25 |  |
UA | Unable to accept order/service | Unable to accept order/service | 2.3 | Filler Applications. |  | 2015-07-13 | Filler Applications. | Auftragsannahme nicht möglich
UC | Unable to cancel | Unable to cancel | 2.2 | Filler or Placer Applications. |  | 2015-07-13 | Filler or Placer Applications. | Auftragsstornierung nicht möglich
UD | Unable to discontinue | Unable to discontinue | 2.1 | Filler or Placer Applications. |  | 2015-07-13 | Filler or Placer Applications. | Abbrechen nicht möglich
UF | Unable to refill | Unable to refill | 2.3 | Filler Applications. | Negative response to RF Refill order/service request, indicating that the receiving application was not able to complete the refill request. | 2015-07-13 | Filler Applications. |
UH | Unable to put on hold | Unable to put on hold | 2.1 | Filler Applications. |  | 2015-07-13 | Filler Applications. | Aussetzen nicht möglich
UM | Unable to replace | Unable to replace | 2.2 | Filler Applications. |  | 2015-07-13 | Filler Applications. | Ersetzen nicht möglich
UN | Unlink order/service from patient care problem or goal | Unlink order/service from patient care problem or goal | 2.3.1 | Placer or Filler Applications. | Refer to Chapter 12 Patient Care for complete discussion. | 2015-07-13 | Placer or Filler Applications. |
UR | Unable to release | Unable to release | 2.1 | Filler Applications. |  | 2015-07-13 | Filler Applications. | Wiederaufnahme nicht möglich
UX | Unable to change | Unable to change | 2.1 | Filler Applications. |  | 2015-07-13 | Filler Applications. | Änderung nicht möglich
XO | Change order/service request | Change order/service request | 2.2 | Placer Applications. |  | 2015-07-13 | Placer Applications. | Auftrag ändern
XR | Changed as requested | Changed as requested | 2.1 | Filler Applications. |  | 2015-07-13 | Filler Applications. | Auftrag anweisungsgemäß geändert
XX | Order/service changed, unsol. | Order/service changed, unsol. | 2.1 | Filler Applications. |  | 2015-07-13 | Filler Applications. | Auftrag geändert (ohne Anweisung)