> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.elationhealth.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Observation/Result (OBX)

For Radiology and Transcription results, please use the NTE segment for the results and simply add 'See Comments' in the OBX segment.

| seq | type | opt | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | integer | R | Set ID |
| 2 | char(2) | R | Value Type (ST/TX/NM/ED) |
| 3.1 | char(50) | R | Observation Identifier ID |
| 3.2 | char(255) | R | Observation Identifier Description |
| 5 | char(22) or char(65536) | R | Observation Value |
| 11 | char(1) | R | Observation Result Status |
| 14 | `YYYYMMDDhhmm` | O | Date/Time of the Observation |
| 15 | 60 | O | Test Center InformationCorrect Format: LA^Labs, Inc.^1234 N Street Rd^^City^CA^12345 |

<CodeGroup>
  ```text text theme={null}
  OBX|1|RP|72158^LUMBAR SPINE W/O \T\ W CONTRAST||See Comments||||||F|||201405202301
  ```
</CodeGroup>

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/elationhealth/aZGpvx7JjGPeyovG/images/ae42529-Screen_Shot_2016-11-03_at_2.53.10_OBX.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=aZGpvx7JjGPeyovG&q=85&s=23e028e9de26df23985a4a643cfeb2ef" alt="561" width="561" height="580" data-path="images/ae42529-Screen_Shot_2016-11-03_at_2.53.10_OBX.png" />
