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William,
I have no idea.
There are 3 places to identify the Sender and Receiver with an
ID (ISA, GS, and NM1). As far as I know, the specs don't specify any
relationship between them.
I know that the THIN clearinghouse uses the same numbers in
all 3 places. This, of course, makes it imposiible for me to determine
which of the identical numbers is being used to identify me to them, and to
route transactions from me to their destinations.
From observation, the numbers are proprietary (mine is our
login ID), although the payer ID number seems to be based on a national plan
identifier plus a code for payer type.
Since the number seems to be proprietary, it needs to be
established by TPA, just like those #!??@ 'ZZ' codes in the ISA.
So, I guess that the best definition is "A sequence of
characters that identifies the Sender or Receiver to the processor of the
transaction". Can anybody out there come up with a better
one?
The opinions expressed here are my own and not necessarily the opinion of
LCMH.
Douglas M. Webb
Computer System Engineer Little Company of Mary Hospital & Health Care Centers [EMAIL PROTECTED] "This electronic message may contain information that is confidential
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