X12N transaction standard

American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12 transactions are part of the Transactions and Code Sets Rule selected by HIPAA. (ANSI X12 subcommittee N covers standards in the insurance industry, including health insurance; hence these are X12N standards.)

X12N standards include transactions for claims/encounters, attachments, enrollment, disenrollment, eligibility, payment/remittance advice, premium payments, first report of injury, claim status, referral certification/authorization, and coordination of benefits. By name and number, they include:

  • X12N 837 - Health Care Claim, Dental
  • X12N 837 - Health Care Claim, Professional
  • X12N 837 - Health Care Claim, Institutional
  • X12N 835 - Health Care Claim Payment/Advice
  • X12N 834 - Benefit Enrollment and Maintenance
  • X12N 820 - Payroll Deducted and Other Group Premium Payment for Insurance Products
  • X12N 278 - Health Care Services Request for Review and Response
  • X12N 276 - Health Care Claim Status Request
  • X12N 277 - Health Care Claim Status Response
  • X12N 270 - Health Care Claim Eligibility Inquiry
  • X12N 271 - Health Care Claim Eligibility Response
  • X12N 148 - Report of Injury or Illness
  • X12N 186 - Life and Annuity Lab Report
  • X12N 275 - Patient Information

Within these standard transactions, the code set standard for diagnoses are those of the International Classification of Diseases - Clinical Modification (ICD-CM); procedures are categorized using Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes, Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) or, for dental procedures, the Code on Dentral Procedures and Nomenclature (CDT).

Pharmacy transactions can use the National Council of Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) transaction format., and within that NDC codes or HCPCS.

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