BHT

Beginning of Hierarchical Transaction

Pos: 020

Max: 1

Heading - Mandatory

Loop: N/A

Elements: 3

User Option (Usage): Required

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

Element Summary:

	Ref	Id	Element Name	Req	Type	Min/Max	Usage
	BHT01	1005	Hierarchical Structure Code Description: Code indicating the hierarchical application structure of a transaction set that utilizes the HL segment to define the structure of the transaction set	M	ID	4/4	Required

	Code	Name
	0010	Information Source, Information Receiver, Provider of Service, Subscriber, Dependent

BHT02

353

Transaction Set Purpose Code
Description: Code identifying purpose of transaction set

2/2

Required

	Code	Name
	13	Request

BHT04

373

Date
Description: Date expressed as CCYYMMDD
Industry: Transaction Set Creation Date

8/8

Required

Semantics:

1.	BHT03 is the number assigned by the originator to identify the transaction within the originator's business application system.
2.	BHT04 is the date the transaction was created within the business application system.
3.	BHT05 is the time the transaction was created within the business application system.

Example:

BHT*0010*13**19961220~

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