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Table 2 Examples of deviations from the BDT specification found in exports

Field Code	Field name	Type	Length	Rules	Found content (Examples)
3110	Gender of the patient	Numeric field	1	Allowed content: 1 = male 2 = female	“M”, “W”, 0
6001	ICD code^a	Alphanumeric field	5	Length \(\le\) 5	Length > 5
8000	Sentence identification	Numeric field	4	Allowed content: 0010, 0020, 0021, 0022, 0023, 0101, 0102, 0103, 0104, 0190, 0191, 0199, 6100, 6200	“besa”
8410	Test Identification	Alphanumeric field	6	Length \(\le\) 6	Length > 6

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