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HIPAA message properties

HIPAA is an industry standard for administrative and financial health-care transactions. HIPAA is based on the X12 standard.

HIPAA messages use transaction sets, loops, segments, composites, and data elements.

The following table describes the transaction set properties:

Property	Setting Type	Description
ID	Global	Message identifier.
Library type	Global	Messaging standard. Set to HIPAA.
Library version	Global	Version of the messaging standard.
Industry ID	Global	Industry identifier.
Standard name	Global	Message name.
Functional group	Global	The group that the message belongs to.

The following table describes the loop properties:

Property	Setting Type	Description
ID	Global	Loop identifier.
Repetitions	Positional	Number of times that the loop is repeated such as 1 or 2. For an unlimited number, enter >1 .

The following table describes the segment properties:

Property	Setting Type	Description
ID	Global	Segment identifier.
Standard name	Global	Segment name.
Standard qualifier	Global	Index of the data element that qualifies the segment.
Usage	Positional	Required, optional, conditional, or not used.
Repetitions	Positional	Number of times that the segment is repeated such as 1 or 2. For an unlimited number, enter >1 .
Industry name	Positional	Industry-standard descriptive name of the segment.

The following table describes the composite properties:

Property	Setting Type	Description
ID	Global	Composite identifier.
Standard name	Global	Composite name.
Usage	Positional	Required, optional, conditional, or not used.
Repetitions	Positional	Number of times that the composite is repeated such as 1 or 2. For an unlimited number, enter >1 .

The following table describes the data element properties:

Property	Setting Type	Description
ID	Global	Data element identifier.
Standard name	Global	Data element name.
Type	Global	Data element type.
Min length	Global	Minimum length of the data.
Max length	Global	Maximum length of the data.
Usage	Positional	Required, optional, conditional, or not used.
Repetitions	Positional	Number of times that the data element is repeated such as 1 or 2.
Valid codes	Positional	A list of valid codes.