Validate Field does not contain a set of characters

How to build a Segment/Field rule validating that a field does not contain a set of characters

We’ll validate that PID.19 (SSN Number) doesn’t contain any letters or dashes.

1. In the inbound HL7 task, select the Validation tab
2. Select the Segment/Field Validation tab
3. Add the rule:  PID.19 is matching regex ^[^a-zA-Z-]+$

   

   The rule means that from the beginning of the field value (^) up to the end ($), there are no characters (^) found in the following ranges:

   • from a to z (lower case letters),
   • from A to Z (upper case letters) and
   • the dash (“-“) character. 

 You can download the rule file for use in Caristix Workgroup or Test software.

Download the rules file (Field not containing some characters.cxf)

Learn more about how to import validation rules into an inbound HL7 task.