EDI 500 Medical Event Reporting

This X12 Transaction Set contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Medical Event Reporting Transaction Set (500) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. This standard can be used to make voluntary, mandatory, baseline, annual and semi-annual reports on medication and medical device adverse effects and product problems.

Segments

Position
Segment
Name
Max use
100
ST
Transaction Set Header
Mandatory
AtMax 1
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
200
BGN
Beginning Segment
Mandatory
AtMax 1
To indicate the beginning of a transaction set
NM1
LOOP
Opt
GT 1
HL
LOOP
Opt
GT 1
LIN
LOOP
Opt
GT 1
NM1
LOOP
Opt
GT 1
PID
LOOP
Opt
GT 1
MTX
LOOP
Opt
GT 1
3500
CTT
Transaction Totals
Opt
AtMax 1
To transmit a hash total for a specific element in the transaction set
3600
SE
Transaction Set Trailer
Mandatory
AtMax 1
To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments)

Elements

PositionElementNameRequirementTypeMin/MaxRepeat
1
143
Transaction Set Identifier CodeMandatoryID3/31
2
329
Transaction Set Control NumberMandatoryAlphanumeric4/91
3
1705
Implementation Convention ReferenceOptAlphanumeric1/351