The ISA14 refers to the Interchange Acknowledgment (TA1). The 997 is a Functional Acknowledgment. Every EDI transaction that is received should be responded to with a 997. If the sender doesn't want it, the they can simply ignore and/or delete it. However, since it contains information about whether or not the transaction they sent was accepted in its entirety, they would be wise to utilize it, IMO.
-----Original Message----- From: Martin Scholl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 8:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Transaction acknowledgments 997 It is my interpretation that a "1" in element 14 of the ISA segment indicates whether the sender wants to receive an acknowledgement. This should be the case for any EDI message, not only healthcare. Martin Scholl Scholl Consulting Group, Inc. 301-924-5537 Tel 301-570-0139 Fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.SchollConsulting.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wojnowski, Charlotte M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 4:21 PM Subject: Transaction acknowledgments 997 > After reading the 834 IG, I received the impression that an 997 is required > to respond to the 834. Is this a correct statement? Is the sender required > to receive the 997? If this is the case with the 834, are the other > transactions also set up the same way? > > Charlotte Wojnowski > Caremark > 847-444-6065 >
