EDI Standards and Protocols 2

Question 1

Which EDI standard is most commonly used for healthcare transactions in the United States?

Accepted Answer

ANSI X12

Answer

ANSI X12 is the dominant EDI standard in the US healthcare industry, mandated by HIPAA for electronic transactions.

Question 2

In EDI, what does the ISA segment represent?

Accepted Answer

Interchange Control Header

Answer

The ISA (Interchange Control Header) segment is the outermost envelope in an X12 EDI transaction, identifying the sender and receiver.

Question 3

What is the purpose of the EDI 997 transaction set?

Accepted Answer

Functional acknowledgment

Answer

The 997 Functional Acknowledgment confirms receipt and syntactic validity of an EDI transmission from trading partners.

Question 4

Which delimiter separates data elements within an X12 EDI segment?

Accepted Answer

The character defined in ISA11

Answer

The data element separator is defined in position ISA11 of the interchange header and can be any agreed-upon character.

Question 5

In EDIFACT, what is the equivalent of the X12 ISA/IEA envelope?

Accepted Answer

UNB/UNZ

Answer

UNB (Interchange Header) and UNZ (Interchange Trailer) form the outermost interchange envelope in EDIFACT.

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