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There are 3 easy steps for loading EDI data into a database Create the necessary database tables that will hold the EDI data Load the EDI data into memory Save the EDI data into the database tables Introduction In this post we’ll be loading a 5010 837 Professional Health Care Claim EDI file into our […]
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You’re parsing it the hard way. But it’s not too late to fix it! Welcome back! By now you have the EDI basics down pat. You know what ANSI X12 is all about, you know about segment structures, EDI envelopes, etc. For HIPAA developers you may already be familiar with what EDI messages you’ll be
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You’ve been hearing about SNIP level validation a while now however they seem foreign to you. Let’s go over them. SNIP is the short name for WEDI SNIP (Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange Strategic National Implementation Process). Whew! When you’re dealing with HIPAA you must make that your EDI file is created properly according to
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The Repetition Separator Character was introduced in version 5010 of the HIPAA implementation guide. This character is located in ISA11 of the HIPAA 5010 implementation guide. Previously ISA11 was used to hold the Interchange Control Standards Identifier ( ex: U). The ISA segment still remains a fixed length segment at 106 characters. Purpose The purpose
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Good is the enemy of greatThe difference between good programmers and great ones is that great programmers understand the fundamentals very, very well. Sure reading Donald Knut is great but the books are so dense they can kill you. The same insane team of hack programmers that built RDPCrystal EDI Library and RDPScript, have compiled
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EDI Parsers must be able to understand data in EDI files in order to correctly parse them. EDI data files can look complex, however they must adhere to certain rules. For example, EDI data is grouped into segments. Segments contain data elements. EDI parsers must be able to distinguish between these logical containers. For this
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EDI segments contain the basic units of data in an EDI file. In fact an EDI file contains only segments. In this article we will discuss the X12 segment structure and how it’s used to create EDI messages. Let’s say we want to send a basic company name information to another party. We can use
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The purpose of this article to give a brief overview of what EDI is in a simple and straightforward manner. If you’re reading this article that means that you’re either interested in EDI development or simply just want to learn more about EDI in general. There’s a lot of information on the web that describes
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