The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has published a proposed rule adopting standards for electronic healthcare claims attachments.
The proposed rule, mandated by HIPAA, adopts two new X12 transaction standards, an HL7 messaging standard to carry clinical information in the response transaction, and HL7 specifications for the content or "questions" that may be asked in each of the six attachment types, according to HHS.
The proposed rule also adopts the Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC) as a new HIPAA code set to be used to identify the questions and answers (attachment information). The standards also provide for the transmission of structured or coded data, as well as images and text.
The public comment period is open until November 22.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
September 26, 2005
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