> ## Documentation Index
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# Observation Request (OBR)

Each observation request will get a sequence number starting at 1

"Relevant clinical information" AKA test center notes will be recorded in an NTE segment

| seq | type | opt | description | value |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | | R | Sequence Number | |
| 2 | | R | Elation Requisition Number | |
| 4.1 | | R | Test Code | |
| 4.2 | | R | Test Description | |
| 4.3 | | O | Coding System | 'L' - Local |
| 7 | YYYYMMDDHHMM | R | Date/Time of Collection | |
| 11 | | O | Action code to identify new order | 'N' - New Order |
| 16.1 | | R | Ordering Provider NPI | NPI of ordering provider |
| 16.2 | | R | Ordering Provider Last Name | |
| 16.3 | | R | Ordering Provider First Name | |
| 16.4 | | O | Ordering Provider Initial | |
| 27.6 | | O | Priority | 'S' - STAT |
| 28.1 | | O | Courtesy Copied Provider NPI | |
| 28.2 | | O | Courtesy Copied Provider Last Name | |
| 28.3 | | O | Courtesy Copied Provider First Name | |
| 36 | YYYYMMDDHHMM | O | Scheduled date/time | |

<CodeGroup>
  ```text text theme={null}
  OBR|1|12345678910111213||005009^CBC WITH DIFFERENTIAL/PLATELET^L|||201806130554||||N|||||1234567890^LAST^FIRST^M
  ```
</CodeGroup>