This is the type of question that the X12 portal was established to address. I suggest you also post your question to X12. Below is information about this new portal and how to access it. Rachel Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd. 39432 North Avenue Beach Park, IL 60099 Voice: 847-872-8070 Fax: 847-589-8081
ASC X12 Launches Implementation Guide Request for Interpretation Web Site The Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12 and the Data Interchange Standards Association (DISA) are pleased to announce the launch of the ASC X12 Implementation Guide Request for Interpretation Web site. The site initially gives visitors "access to the experts" in the ASC X12 Insurance Subcommittee (ASC X12N) for those Implementation Guides that have been adopted for use under HIPAA. The site allows for submission of detailed questions about interpretation of the guides. While it does not replace the need for standards implementers to read the guides and do their own analysis, it does provide a location to find resolution of issues of interpretations or inconsistencies within or between the guides. The Web site serves as the interface to a database or repository of questions and answers from expert volunteers within the Insurance Subcommittee. As requests and responses are accumulated, the site allows searching of the database and access to prior interpretations, making it an invaluable resource for implementers. "We are excited to launch the portal to address complex questions about our HIPAA adopted implementation guides," said Alexandra Goss, Co-Chair, ASC X12N Health Care Task Group. "A further benefit of this database is to help support industry needs by identifying areas of the guides that should be improved in future versions." The Implementation Guide Interpretations Web site is accessed via <http://www.x12.org/> www.x12.org by clicking on Quick Links and choosing X12 Interpretations within the pull-down menu. ASC X12 benefited from the technical expertise of Washington Publishing Company in the development of the Web site and database. All X12N Implementation Guides, including those adopted under HIPAA, are available from the WPC web site: http://www.wpc-edi.com <file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/cmcdonald/Local%20Settings/Temp/www.w pc-edi.com> . Questions? Contact Bob Poiesz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 703-307-5854. _____ From: Michael Mattias [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 3:10 PM To: kimby_cbfh; [email protected] Subject: Re: [EDI-L] HIPAA Transaction Question - 835 > My opinion (based on the current HIPAA IG), is that the Check/Trace > Number must be unique within a Trading Partner (TP) relationship. You said "TRN01" but you meant TRN02, and if you read the X091 IG it says clearly: " This number must be unique within the sender/receiver relationship. The number is assigned by the sender. For example, if a payment is made by check, this number should be the check number." So, you are pretty much correct that the payer is breaking some rules. However, this number is NOT NECESSARILY THE CHECK NUMBER . Reading the IG further here we find: " There may be a number of uses for the trace number. If payment and remittance detail are separated, this number is used to reassociate data to dollars. See 2.2.3, Reassociation of Data and Dollars." And of course, there is always the possibility there is no check number, when the remittance advice is informational only (see: BPR01 purpose code). In this case the onus is on the payer to provide some unique identifier. Michael Mattias Tal Systems, Inc. Racine WI [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ProviderPaymentPartner.com . Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Access the list online at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT <http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=129qlubl1/M=298184.6018725.7038619.3001176/D=gr oups/S=1705005582:HM/EXP=1111007295/A=2593423/R=0/SIG=11el9gslf/*http://www. netflix.com/Default?mqso=60190075> click here <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=298184.6018725.7038619.3001176/D=groups/S= :HM/A=2593423/rand=405425577> _____ Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] . Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Access the list online at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
