When a physician who prescribed a laboratory test, being a general practitioner, or working at a hospital, receives a negative (“Not detected”) or inconclusive COVID-19 Laboratory Test Result, and judges the result to be a false negative result, the physician needs to complete a specific COVID-19 ResultFlagsSuspicionFalseNegativeTest form.
A. Content of the message
Translations into Dutch and French of the variables can be found here.
The following table is available to download in CSV and JSON here.
VARIABLES | DESCRIPTION | Instructions |
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PatientIdentificationNumber | Patient NISS identification number | Format NISS: 11 numbers; Web service ConsultRn (NL / FR) Validation: modulo97 Mandatory; |
FirstNamesPat | The person’s official first names | Text; Mandatory IF no NISS |
LastNamePat | The person’s official last name | Text; Mandatory IF no NISS |
Street | Street name of the address | Text; Mandatory IF no NISS |
HouseNumber | House number of the address | Text; Mandatory IF no NISS |
HouseNumberLetter | A letter following the house number | Text; Mandatory IF no NISS |
Postcode | Postcode of the address | Text; Mandatory IF no NISS |
Municipality | Municipality of residence | Text; Mandatory IF no NISS |
Country | Country in which the address is located | Text; Mandatory IF no NISS |
DateOfBirth | Patient’s date of birth. An incomplete date (such as only the year) is permitted | Format for Date should be "YYYY-MM-DD" ; Mandatory IF no NISS |
Sex | Patient’s administrative sex | SexCodelist; Single select choice ; Mandatory IF no NISS; |
TelephoneNumberMobilePat | The patient's mobile telephone number | Text; Mandatory |
TelephoneNumberLLPat | The patient's landline telephone number | Text; Optional, Mandatory IF no TelephoneNumberMobilePat |
HealthProfessionalIdentificationNumberPrescr | The health professional NIHDI identification number of the prescriber | Format: 8 consecutive numbers, as in COBRHA (NL/FR), and therefore without punctuation marks such as spaces, periods, underscores or hyphen and without the authorization code); Mandatory |
HealthcareProviderIdentificationNumberHosp | The organization’s NIHDI identification number | Format: 8 consecutive numbers, as in COBRHA (NL/FR), and therefore without punctuation marks such as spaces, periods, underscores or hyphen and without the authorization code); Mandatory IF Hospital |
HealthcareProviderLocation | Campus number of the location where the patient is admitted ("VESTIGINGSNR" / "NUMERO DE SITE" granted by FOD/SPF public health) | Text; Mandatory IF patient is/was admitted on campus of hospital |
DepartmentSpecialty | The specialty of the healthcare provider’s department where patient is admitted | Use valueset DepartmentSpecialtyCodelist; Single select choice ; Optional (only for Hospital) ; |
CTThoraxResult | If CT thorax is compatible with a diagnosis of COVID-19, complete with positive. If not done or indeterminate, report as unknown. | Use valueset "CTTestResultCodelist" Single select choice Optional |
HealthProfessionalIdentificationNumberDmg | The health professional NIHDI identification number of the DMG owner | Format: 8 consecutive numbers, as in COBRHA (NL/FR), and therefore without punctuation marks such as spaces, periods, underscores or hyphen and without the authorization code); Optional ; |
CollectionDateTime1 | The date and optionally, the time at which the material was collected Mandatory | Format for DateTime should be "YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss" Mandatory. |
SpecimenId1 | Identification number of the material obtained, as a reference for inquiries to the source organization. In a transmural setting, this number will consist of a specimen number including the identification of the issuing organization, to be unique outside of the borders of an organization. | Text; Optional |
TestCode1 | The code of the executed test | Use valueset TestCodeCodelist; Single select choice; Mandatory |
TestDateTime1 | The date and optionally, the time at which the test was carried out | Format for DateTime should be "YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss" Mandatory. |
TestResult1 | The test result. If not done or indeterminate, report as unknown. | Use valueset CVTestResultCodelist; Single select choice; Mandatory |
CollectionDateTime2 | The date and optionally, the time at which the material was collected | Format for DateTime should be "YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss" Optional. |
SpecimenId2 | Identification number of the material obtained, as a reference for inquiries to the source organization. In a transmural setting, this number will consist of a specimen number including the identification of the issuing organization, to be unique outside of the borders of an organization. | Text; Optional |
TestCode2 | The code of the executed test | Use valueset TestCodeCodelist; Single select choice; Optional |
TestDateTime2 | The date and optionally, the time at which the test was carried out | Format for DateTime should be "YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss" Optional. |
TestResult2 | The test result. If not done or indeterminate, report as unknown. | Use valueset CVTestResultCodelist; Single select choice; Optional |
CollectionDateTime3 | The date and optionally, the time at which the material was collected | Format for DateTime should be "YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss" Optional. |
SpecimenId3 | Identification number of the material obtained, as a reference for inquiries to the source organization. In a transmural setting, this number will consist of a specimen number including the identification of the issuing organization, to be unique outside of the borders of an organization. | Text; Optional |
TestCode3 | The code of the executed test | Use valueset TestCodeCodelist; Single select choice; Optional |
TestDateTime3 | The date and optionally, the time at which the test was carried out | Optional. Format for DateTime should be "YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss" |
TestResult3 | The test result. If not done or indeterminate, report as unknown. | Use valueset CVTestResultCodelist; Single select choice; Optional |
HealthcareProviderIdentificationNumberLab | The lab’s NIHDI identification number | Format: 8 consecutive numbers, as in COBRHA (NL/FR), and therefore without punctuation marks such as spaces, periods, underscores or hyphen and without the authorization code); Mandatory ; |
SuspicionFalseNegativeTest | Require contact tracing because very strong suspicion although the test performed is negative | Boolean; Default value: "1"; Mandatory |
MobileAppTestId | Identifier (17 digits) generated in the Coronalert app on the phone of the patient and communicated by the patient to the doctor. Links a test to a phone. | Text (maximum 17 characters) Mandatory IF patient has Coronalert app installed IMPORTANT: Validation rule provided by DevSide. (UPDATE: 01.09.2020) |
MobileAppDatePatientInfectious | Contains the date the patient became infectious, and is displayed in the Coronalert app of the patient. | Format: YYMMDD Mandatory IF patient has Coronalert app installed |
MobileAppAlert | Patient has received a high risk alert in the Coronalert app. | Boolean: "Y" / "N" Mandatory IF patient has Coronalert app installed |
B. Valuesets
- CollectivityCodelist
- CollectionLocationCodelist
- ContactTypeCodelist
- CTTestResultCodelist
- CVTestResultCodelist
- DepartmentSpecialtyCodelist
- SexCodelist
- MutationCodelist
- RelationshipCodelist
- ResultFlagsCodelistLTR
- SARSCoV2AntigenCodeList
- SpecimenMaterialCodelist
- TestCodeCodelist
- TestIndicationCodelistWgs
- TestPrescribedReasonCodelist
- TestResultCodelistVoC
C. Points of attention
- In case the patient has a NISS or a NISS Bis number, the regular address information, date of birth and gender should not be provided. This information is available at the COVID-19 central database, through ConsultRN.
- In case the patient has no NISS or a NISS Bis number, a NISS should be created using the ConsultRN integration in EMD or HIS:
- https://www.ehealth.fgov.be/ehealthplatform/nl/service-webservices-consultrr
- https://www.ehealth.fgov.be/ehealthplatform/fr/service-webservices-consultrn
- This is also the case for foreign tourists.
- In that case, the address information of his / her stay in BELGIUM should be recorded in the LaboratoryTestPrescription form.
- As for the field “Country”, the country of permanent residence should be recorded in the LaboratoryTestPrescription form.
- In case the patient is a minor (child), one of the parents, guardian or legal representative, should be provided as first contact person to (“FirstNamesContp1”; “LastNameContp1”; “TelephoneNumberMobileContp1”).
D. Destinations
The completed COVID-19 ResultFlagsSuspicionFalseNegativeTest form should be transferred directly to the:
• COVID19 Laboratory Test Result Database
The transfer methods available for the message LaboratoryTestPrescription form are described in the "Technical guidelines".