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
Mandatory
AtMax 1
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
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
Opt
AtMax 1
To transmit a hash total for a specific element in the transaction set
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)