EDI 816 Organizational Relationships

This X12 Transaction Set contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Organizational Relationships Transaction Set (816) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. This transaction set can be used to transmit pertinent information about a parent organization, its members and the relationship of a member to another member, and/or to the parent organization. A parent organization could be an association, a multi-hospital system, a chain of retail stores, a holding company, etc.This transaction set can be used to convey the identity and relationship of members to a parent organization; identify eligibility to purchase under the terms and conditions negotiated by a parent organization on behalf of its members; and to update application databases.

Segments

Position

Segment

Name

Max use

100

Transaction Set Header

Mandatory

AtMax 1

To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number

200

BHT

Beginning of Hierarchical Transaction

Mandatory

AtMax 1

To define the business hierarchical structure of the transaction set and identify the business application purpose and reference data, i.e., number, date, and time

300

DTM

Date/Time Reference

Opt

AtMax 10

To specify pertinent dates and times

350

REF

Reference Information

Opt

AtMax 12

To specify identifying information

LOOP

Mandatory

GT 1

400

Party Identification

Mandatory

AtMax 1

To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code

500

Additional Name Information

Opt

AtMax 2

To specify additional names

600

Party Location

Opt

AtMax 2

To specify the location of the named party

700

Geographic Location

Opt

AtMax 1

To specify the geographic place of the named party

800

PER

Administrative Communications Contact

Opt

AtMax 3

To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed

900

REF

Reference Information

Opt

AtMax 12

To specify identifying information

LOOP

Mandatory

GT 1

100

Hierarchical Level

Mandatory

AtMax 1

To identify dependencies among and the content of hierarchically related groups of data segments

LOOP

Mandatory

GT 1

200

Party Identification

Mandatory

AtMax 1

To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code

300

Additional Name Information

Opt

AtMax 2

To specify additional names

400

Party Location

Opt

AtMax 2

To specify the location of the named party

500

Geographic Location

Opt

AtMax 1

To specify the geographic place of the named party

600

PER

Administrative Communications Contact

Opt

GT 1

To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed

700

REF

Reference Information

Opt

AtMax 12

To specify identifying information

800

QTY

Quantity Information

Opt

AtMax 5

To specify quantity information

900

DTM

Date/Time Reference

Opt

AtMax 10

To specify pertinent dates and times

920

CAL

Calendar

Opt

AtMax 10

To identify the calendar and working shift details for the plan or schedule

950

Industry Code Identification

Opt

GT 1

To identify standard industry codes

1000

ASI

Action or Status Indicator

Opt

AtMax 1

To indicate the action to be taken with the information provided or the status of the entity described

1100

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

Position	Element	Name	Requirement	Type	Min/Max	Repeat

1	143	Transaction Set Identifier Code	Mandatory	ID	3/3	1

2	329	Transaction Set Control Number	Mandatory	Alphanumeric	4/9	1

3	1705	Implementation Convention Reference	Opt	Alphanumeric	1/35	1

EDI Dictionary

EDI 816 Organizational Relationships

Segments

Elements