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Member language preference

Member’s self-disclosed spoken language preference.

See Appendix G – Language.

This reference does not include a value for ‘Other’ or ‘Unknown’.  Use the following values if the value cannot be found in the required reference:

 OTH – Other language

UND - Undetermined

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Required

This data element was originally optional and not well populated. Because the field was previously required, submitters that did provide the data typically submitted the data without transformation to a standard.

Submitters are required to submit these data as of 9/1/2022. Many submitters do not have these data yet but will submit when available. These data are to be submitted using the code set in the referenced appendix.

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