EDI Error Handling and Exception Management

Question 1

Which EDI transaction set is used to acknowledge the receipt and syntactic validity of an X12 interchange?

Accepted Answer

997 Functional Acknowledgment

Answer

The 997 (or 999 in later versions) Functional Acknowledgment is the standard X12 transaction used to confirm receipt and report syntactic acceptance or rejection of a transmitted interchange.

Question 2

What AK501 value in a 997 Functional Acknowledgment indicates that a functional group was accepted with errors?

Accepted Answer

E

Answer

AK501 value 'E' means the functional group is Accepted but Errors Were Noted, whereas 'A' means fully accepted and 'R' means rejected.

Question 3

In EDI error handling, what does a 'TA1 Interchange Acknowledgment' report on?

Accepted Answer

Structural and envelope-level errors in the ISA/IEA segments

Answer

The TA1 segment is used to acknowledge the ISA/IEA interchange envelope and report structural errors at that level, before functional group processing occurs.

Question 4

Which error code in the AK304 element of a 997 indicates a required data element is missing?

Accepted Answer

1

Answer

AK304 error code '1' signifies 'Mandatory Segment Missing,' while code '2' is 'Segment Not in Defined Transaction Set' and '5' is 'Too Many Segments.'

Question 5

When a trading partner sends a 997 with AK501 = 'R', what is the appropriate corrective action for the sender?

Accepted Answer

Correct the identified errors and resend the functional group

Answer

An 'R' (Rejected) status means the functional group failed validation; the sender must fix the flagged errors in AK3/AK4 segments and transmit a corrected version.

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EDI Error Handling and Exception Management