HIPAA X12 schemas

HIPAA X12 schemas describe the data exchange formats associated with HIPAA X12 transaction sets.

The following schemas are included with the Pack for Healthcare:

• hipaa_x12
• hipaa_x12_type_1
• hipaa_x12_type_2
• hipaa_x12_ruleless

The definitions of the HIPAA X12 schemas in the Pack for Healthcare, are based on the HIPAA X12 Implementation Guide specification documents published by Washington Publishing Company.

For the purpose of the Pack for Healthcare, published documents take precedence in cases where the table data and the standards documents do not agree.

The origin of the HIPAA X12 schemas in this package is from the X12 standard schema definitions in the Pack for Healthcare. There have been HIPAA-specific modifications to the X12 standard definitions in accordance with the HIPAA X12 Implementation Guides.

The HIPAA X12 schemas are described in this documentation.