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title1) Codemap library to perform lookups against local code sets you define.

With the Codemap Library you can:

  • Confirm an incoming value is contained in a code set.

  • Translate from one value or code set to another.

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title2) Perform an external lookup against a database or API

Sometimes you will need to perform an external lookup against a database or API

Useful

to get the information you need to complete processing.

  • It’s useful when you don’t have the data within the current system; , you can look them up elsewhere.

  • If these lookups are done across various interfaces, they are best stored in a library.

In the example screenshot below, on line 13 the getNPI function is called to query an external database for the matching NPI based on the provider name from the inbound HL7 message.

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