normal_status terminology missing description

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Hey,

the HL7 specification linked contains only H and HH.
Our spec does not explain what these values mean.
If yes where are these values meaning documented ?

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Data Types Information Model

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Does not explain the meaning behind it just states the values again:

Coded by ordinals in series HHH, HH, H, (nothing), L, LL, LLL

The hl7 spec linked in one of my links explains L LL and H HH but not LLL and HHH

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Ah, right. Here’s a little more: Data Types Information Model

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Ah thank you, i will raise a ticket, we will have to change and make better visible.
Also L LL LLL is missing, even thou you can abstract that.
Not very optimal for a specification.

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Agree +

Coded by ordinals in series HHH, HH, H, (nothing), L, LL, LLL;

However, the terminology itself as well as a post_status and an invariant on DV_ORDERED have a “normal” normal status as “N” and not as (nothing), e.g.

Post_status: normal_status /= Void implies normal_status.code_string.is_equal (“N”)

Normal_range_and_status_consistency: (normal_range /= Void and normal_status /= Void) implies (normal_status.code_string.is_equal (“N”) xor not normal_range.has (self))

Unless there is an explanation I am missing, this looks odd to me.

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