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EDI 816 Organizational Relationships

Functional Group OR

X12M Supply Chain Subcommittee

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.

Heading

Position
Segment
Name
Max use
  1. To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number

  2. 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

    BHT03 and BHT04 are mandatory.
  3. To specify pertinent dates and times

  4. To specify identifying information

  5. N1 Loop Mandatory
    Repeat >1
    1. To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code

      The N1 loop shall identify the transaction set issuer and optionally provide contact information if necessary.
    2. To specify additional names

    3. To specify the location of the named party

    4. To specify the geographic place of the named party

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

    6. To specify identifying information

Detail

Position
Segment
Name
Max use
  1. HL Loop Mandatory
    Repeat >1
    1. To identify dependencies among and the content of hierarchically related groups of data segments

    2. N1 Loop Mandatory
      Repeat >1
      1. To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code

        N105, when used, defines the relationship of the entity designated in N102 or N104 to its parent organization.
      2. To specify additional names

      3. To specify the location of the named party

      4. To specify the geographic place of the named party

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

      6. To specify identifying information

      7. To specify quantity information

      8. To specify pertinent dates and times

      9. To identify standard industry codes

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

  2. To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments)

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