Delimiter

Suggested Value

Encoding Character Position

Usage

Field Terminator

<CR>
hex 0D

Terminates a segment record.
Field Separator

|

(0)

Separates two adjacent data fields within a segment.
Component Separator

^

1

Separates adjacent components of data fields where allowed.
Repetition Separator

~

2

Separates multiple occurrences of a field where allowed.
Escape Character

\

3

Escape character for TX and FT fields.
Sub-Component Separator

&

4

Separates adjacent subcomponents of data fields.