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How should submitters identify names containing special characters; for example, a name with the tilde character over the ‘n’?

Answer:

Special characters should be excluded when submitting data to Encounter Data System (EDS).

Source: User Group Q&A Documentation from January 19, 2017

Last Updated: 01/19/2017