Re: GS segment

[Jan Root]

Billie, If the Attachment NPRM ever got published, I believe it stipulates that if a provider sends an Attachment (a 275 transaction) with a claim (an 837 transaction), the Attachment transaction must be in the same Interchange (ISA-IEA) as the Claim transaction.  It would look something like: ISA     GS (for 837)         ST (837)         SE     (theoretically you could have an unlimited number of additional 837 ST-SEs in this Functional Group)     GE     GS (for 275)         ST (for 275, containing all attachments in the 837s in this Interchange)         SE     (theoretically you could have >1 275 ST-SE in this Functional Group)     GE     (theoretically you can have many GS-GE's within an Interchange) IEA This way, the payer can look for the attachment (they're linked between the 837 and the 275 with a trace number) in the interchange, just like they'd expect a paper attachment to arrive in the same envelope as the paper claim.  Of course The Attachment NPRM has not yet been published so who knows what it will actually say, but this is an example where there is a business benefit (in health care) to sending two types of transactions.  So far there hasn't been any compelling business reason to do this (as does exist in other industries).  As far as X12 goes, it's perfectly kosher to have more than one ST-SE within a Functional Froup (as long as all the transaction are the same type), and more than one Functional Group within in Interchange. Jan Root UHIN "Adams, Billie Jo" wrote: Is it possible to have more than one GS-GE per ISA-IEA? Billie Jo Adams --- The WEDI SNIP listserv to which you are subscribed is not moderated. The discussions on this listserv therefore represent the views of the individual participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the WEDI Board of Directors nor WEDI SNIP. If you wish to receive an official opinion, post your question to the WEDI SNIP Issues Database at http://snip.wedi.org/tracking/. These listservs should not be used for commercial marketing purposes or discussion of specific vendor products and services. They also are not intended to be used as a forum for personal disagreements or unprofessional communication at any time. You are currently subscribed to wedi-transactions as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from this list, go to the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org or send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you need to unsubscribe but your current email address is not the same as the address subscribed to the list, please use the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org --- The WEDI SNIP listserv to which you are subscribed is not moderated. The discussions on this listserv therefore represent the views of the individual participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the WEDI Board of Directors nor WEDI SNIP. If you wish to receive an official opinion, post your question to the WEDI SNIP Issues Database at http://snip.wedi.org/tracking/. These listservs should not be used for commercial marketing purposes or discussion of specific vendor products and services. They also are not intended to be used as a forum for personal disagreements or unprofessional communication at any time. You are currently subscribed to wedi-transactions as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from this list, go to the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org or send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you need to unsubscribe but your current email address is not the same as the address subscribed to the list, please use the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org