EDI (Electronic
Data Interchange)
EDI Standards:-
EDI – Electronic Data Interchange is a structured Document
standard and is one of the most widely used standards in Business-to-Business
communication.
Generally speaking, EDI is considered to be a
technical representation of a business conversation between two entities,
either internal or external. Data interchange between two Trading partners.
EDI is
nothing but electronic document which follows some standards based on the
organization requirement.
EDI we have two types of standards:
1.
Private
or within the Organization (internal).
2.
All organization (external).
The UN-recommended UN/EDIFACT is the only international standard and
is predominant outside of North America. The US standard ANSI ASC X12 (X12) is predominant in North America.
The
EDI standards prescribe the formats, character sets, and data elements,
segments used in the exchange of business documents and forms.
The
complete X12 Document List includes all major business documents, including
purchase orders (called "ORDERS" in UN/EDIFACT and an "850"
in X12) and invoices (called "INVOIC" in UN/EDIFACT and an
"810" in X12).
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) chartered
the Accredited Standards Committee (ASC)
X12 to develop standards for electronic interchange.
**ASC Accredited
Standards Committee.
**EDI Electronic
Data Interchange.
**EDIFACT Electronic Data Interchange For
Administration, Commerce and Transport
EDI Standards Support:-
Encoding Standard
|
Industry Segment
|
UN/EDIFACT
|
General Industry
|
X12
|
General Industry
|
EANCOM
|
Retail
|
HIPAA X12N
|
Health Care
|
HIPPA
(Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)
HIPPA is introduced in 1996, US Congress. There are following
Transaction thought EDI X12(standard).
EDI Transaction are:
Version
Key EDI Description
X12 4010/5010
837 Medical
Claims
820 Group
Premium Payment for
Insurance.
834 Benefits
enrollment and
Maintenance.
835 Electronic remittance.
270/271 Eligibility
inquiry and
response.
276/277 Claim status inquiry and
response.
278 Health
Services Review request
and reply.
All the basic standard EDI X12 (ASC Standard) rules listed in this
document apply to the HIPAA as well because HIPAA are EDI X12 transactions.
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