EDI 270–5010 Documentation–BHT – Beginning of Hierarchical Transaction

BHT – Beginning of Hierarchical Transaction

BHT – Beginning of Hierarchical Transaction

Loop	Seg ID	Segment Name	Format	Length	Ref#	Req	Value
Header	BHT	Beginning of Hierarchical Segment		3		R	BHT
		Element Separator	AN	1			*
	BHT01	Hierarchical Structure Code	ID	4/4	1005	R	0022
		Element Separator	AN	1			*
	BHT02	Transaction set purpose Code	ID	2/2	353	R	13
		Element Separator	AN	1			*
	BHT03	Reference Identification	AN	1/50	127	R	See below for more information
		Element Separator	AN	1			*
	BHT04	Date	DT	8/8	373	R	Current date in YYYYMMDDD format
		Element Separator	AN	1			*
	BHT05	Time	TM	4/8	337	R	Print time in HHMM Format
		Segment Terminator					~

Sample:

BHT*0022*13*0001*20130829*1102~

 

BHT02 – Transaction set Purpose Code.
Code identifying purpose of transaction set

Code	Definition
13	Request
01	Use this code to cancel a previously submitted 270 transaction. Only 270 transactions that used a BHT06 code of either ‘RT’ or ‘RU’ can be cancelled. The cancellation 270 transaction must contain the same BHT06 code as the previously submitted 270 transaction.

 

BHT03 – Reference Identification
Just for tracking purpose, Software should generate unique EDI File Batch Number.

        

 

 

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