BHT

Beginning of Hierarchical Transaction

Pos: 020

Max: 1

Heading - Mandatory

Loop: N/A

Elements: 5

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
	0078	Information Source, Information Receiver, Subscriber, Dependent, Provider of Service, Services

BHT02

353

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

M

ID

2/2

Required

	Code	Name
	13	Request

	BHT03	127	Reference Identification Description: Reference information as defined for a particular Transaction Set or as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier Industry: Submitter Transaction Identifier Use this element to trace the transaction from one point to the next point, such as when the transaction is passed from one clearinghouse to another clearinghouse. This identifier must be returned in the corresponding 278 response transaction’s BHT03. This identifier will only be returned by the last entity to handle the 278. This identifier will not be passed through the complete life of the transaction. All recipients of 278 request transactions are required to return the Submitter Transaction Identifier in their 278 response if one is submitted.	O	AN	1/30	Required
	BHT04	373	Date Description: Date expressed as CCYYMMDD Industry: Transaction Set Creation Date	O	DT	8/8	Required
	BHT05	337	Time Description: Time expressed in 24-hour clock time as follows: HHMM, or HHMMSS, or HHMMSSD, or HHMMSSDD, where H = hours (00-23), M = minutes (00-59), S = integer seconds (00-59) and DD = decimal seconds; decimal seconds are expressed as follows: D = tenths (0-9) and DD = hundredths (00-99) Industry: Transaction Set Creation Time	O	TM	4/8	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*0078*13*199800114000001*19980101*1400~

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