ASAP is in the process of making changes based on requests/feedback. Here are the changes so far. There is another session on 12/27/2022 to consider the rest of the requests. If you have any issues or comments about these changes, please respond to this thread so that Travis StJohn at Logicoy can let the ASAP folks know.
- PHA15 Mail Order Pharmacy (Optional) to identify the submitter as mail order will be added. 01 Yes 02 No.
- PAT22 Country of Non-U.S. Resident (Optional) will have the description revised to read: The line of an international patient address MUST contain only the COUNTRY name and MUST be written in full (no abbreviations) and SHOULD be in capital letters. Information should be reported according to United States Postal Service Publication 28-Postal Addressing Standards or the most recently published version of the ONC Project US@ Technical Specification for Patient Address.
- PAT23 Name of Animal (Optional) will have the description revised. Delete “and the pharmacist has access to this information at the time of preparing the prescription.”
- PAT26 Patient Type (Optional) a new field proposed will not be added. Subsequent PAT fields will be re-numbered.
- PAT27 Patient Race Category (Optional) a new field proposed will be added but will not reference “use of current CDC code set” and code 06 will be changed to read “multi-racial,” and code 99 will be added for Other/Unknown.
- PAT28 Patient Ethnicity (Optional) a new field proposed will be added but will not reference “use of current CDC code set” and a code 99 will be added for Undisclosed/Unknown.
- VPT – Veterinary Patient Segment, a new segment proposed will be revisited on the next call. There was no resolution on adding this segment. This will be discussed again on the next call.
- DSP03 Date Written (Required) will not be changed to Date Issued. The field size will be increased to 4 digits. Same for DSP06 Fill Number (Required), 4 digits.
- DSP08 Product ID (Required) will have description changed to read: Full product identification as indicated in DSP07, including leading zeros without punctuation. If DSP07 = 01, then DSP08 should contain the 11-digit NDC without hyphens.
- DSP12 Transmission Form of Rx Origin Code (Optional) will have code 07 Order (Administered at a prescriber location) added and code 08 added for Dispensed from a prescriber location. Code 09 Standing Order/Protocol and 99 Other will be added.