ME157A





Data Element

Subscriber Language

Description

Subscriber’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

Type

Text

Format

char

Length

3

Threshold

50%

Required

Required

Tip / Notes

This data element was originally optional and not well populated. Because the field was not 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 6/30/2022. 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.

Rank

144