What is ansi x12 version 4010?
The current standards mandated in US for certain electronic medical transactions industry wide are in the ANSI, American National Standards Institute, X12 standing committee, n, insurance subcommittee, transaction sets. A transaction set is an electronic model of a paper transaction or form. The Standards for medical transactions are 837 for medical claims, 835 for medical claim payments, 270 eligiibility inquiry and 271 eligibility response, 276 claim status, 277 claims status response, 820 enrollmnet and 834 premium payments. These are currently mandated, 2008, to be in version 4 release 1 known as 4010. An ANSI standard needs an implementation guide to determine how much of the standard is used and how it is used. There are actually three types of claims represented by different implementation guides in the 837 transactin set. They are known in the industry as 837P for professional services, 837I for institutional services and 837D for dental services. Copies of these standards may
