IBP banding data system: Internal maintenance specification

Although this field inherits from FieldItem, it does not have a .scanField() method, just a .flatten() method used when writing the output record. For code values, see the specification.

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class CaptureCodeField(FieldItem):
    """Represents a capture code that identifies the encounter type.

      Exports: as inherited.
    """

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#   @staticmethod
    def flatten ( captureCodeField ):
        """Field flattener.
        """
        if  captureCodeField is None:
            return ' '
        else:
            return captureCodeField.value

    flatten  =  staticmethod ( flatten )