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    Join other member organizations in continuously adapting the expansive vocabulary and language used by millions of organizations while leveraging more than 40 years of cross-industry standards development knowledge.

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    Multi-tier licensing categories are based on how licensees benefit from X12's work, replacing traditional one-size-fits-all approaches. Categories include Commercial, Internal, Developer and more.

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    X12 produces three types of documents to facilitate consistency across implementations of its work.

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    X12 defines and maintains transaction sets that establish the data content exchanged for specific business purposes. Each transaction set is maintained by a subcommittee operating within X12’s Accredited Standards Committee.

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    About X12

    Chartered by the American National Standards Institute for more than 40 years, X12 develops and maintains EDI standards and XML schemas which drive business processes globally. X12's diverse membership includes technologists and business process experts in health care, insurance, transportation, finance, government, supply chain and other industries.

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    neX12

    X12 standards are the workhorse of business to business exchanges proven by the billions of transactions based on X12 standards that are used daily in various industries including supply chain, transportation, government, finance, and health care. Millions of entities around the world have an established infrastructure that supports X12 transactions.

    Introducing neX12...

    X12 is well-positioned to continue to serve its members and the large install base by continuing to support the existing metadata, standards, and implementation tools while also focusing on several key collaborative initiatives.

    • Glass: X12's Online Viewer
    • Bridge: Standardized Syntax Neutral X12 Metadata
    • ARC: Annual Release Cycle

    Officers

    X12 is led by the X12 Board of Directors (Board). The X12 Board and the Accredited Standards Committee’s Steering group (Steering) collaborate to ensure the best interests of X12 are served. Each group has specific responsibilities and the groups cooperatively handle items or issues that span the responsibilities of both groups.

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      • ASC Subcommittees
        • X12C – Communications and Controls
        • X12I – Transportation
        • X12J – Technical Assessment
        • X12M – Supply Chain
        • X12N – Insurance
    • Registered Standards Committee (RSC)
      • RSC Subcommittees
        • X12-03 – External Code List Oversight (ECO)
        • X12-04 – Business to Everything (B2X)

    Liaisons

    X12 appoints various types of liaisons, including external and internal liaisons. Internal liaisons coordinate between two X12 groups. External liaisons represent X12's interests to another organization as defined in a formal agreement between the two organizations. More information is available in X12 Liaisons (CAP17).

    Industry Groups and Caucuses

    X12 welcomes the assembling of members with common interests as industry groups and caucuses.

    Current and past groups and caucuses include:

    • Clearinghouse Caucus
    • Connectivity Caucus
    • Dental Caucus
    • Medicaid Caucus
    • Provider Caucus
    • Tricare Caucus
    • Innovation Taskforce

    Awards

    X12 is pleased to recognize individual members and industry representatives whose contributions and achievements have played a role in the development of cross-industry eCommerce standards.

    Edward A. Guilbert Lifetime Achievement Award

    Earl “Buddy” Bass Achievement Award

    Distinguished Service Award

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    News

    September 12, 2025
    X12 Survey Regarding JSON
    September 4, 2025
    X12 Publishing 008060 Versions of HIPAA-Mandated Implementation Guides
    September 2, 2025
    X12 Announces Fall 2025 Officer Elections
    August 8, 2025
    Phishing Schemes and Emails
    June 26, 2025
    X12 Summer 2025 Standing Meeting Recap and Summary
    June 4, 2025
    X12 Member Announcement: Withdrawal of Recommendations to NCVHS - Set 2
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    X12 Blog

    February 22, 2024
    Funding Sources Vary Widely Among Standards Associations
    July 21, 2023
    One Size Does Not Fit All for Standards Funding Models
    November 28, 2022
    X12’s Annual Release Cycle Keeps Implementation Guides Up to Date
    November 17, 2022
    B2X Supports “Business to Everything” for X12 Stakeholders
    September 22, 2022
    Saddened by the loss of a long-time X12 contributor
    September 15, 2022
    Evolving X12’s Licensing Model for the Greater Good
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    Meetings

    Upcoming meetings:

    Fall 2025 Standing
    Sunday, September 28, 2025 – Wednesday, October 8, 2025
    Meeting Details
    Winter 2026 Standing
    Sunday, January 25, 2026 – Wednesday, February 4, 2026
    Meeting Details
    Fall 2026 Standing
    Sunday, September 27, 2026 – Wednesday, October 7, 2026
    Meeting Details
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    Important Dates

    September 19 – Batch 134 member review ends
    September 28 – Fall 2025 X12 Standing Meeting On-Site in Greenville, SC 9/28-10/2/2025
    October 6 – Continuation of Fall X12J Technical Assessment meeting, 3-5 PM ET
    October 8 – Fall Procedures Review Board meeting 3-3:30 PM ET
    October 20 – ASC Ballot: Maintenance Request Package begins
    October 31 – Deadline for submitting code maintenance requests for member review of Batch 135
    See All Important Dates

    Release Schedule

    The EDI Standard is published once per year in January.

    Proposed modifications to the current EDI Standard proceed through a series of ballots and must be approved by impacted subcommittees, the Technical Assessment Subcommittee (TAS), and the Accredited Standards Committee stakeholders in order to be included in the next publication.

    The tables on this page depict the key dates for various steps in a normal modification/publication cycle.

    X12 Recommendations to NCVHS

    X12 has submitted the first two in a series of recommendations related to advancing the version of already adopted and mandated transactions and proposing additional transactions for adoption.

    Based on industry feedback, X12 is using a phased approach for the recommendations rather than presenting the entire catalog of adopted and mandated transactions at once. Each recommendation will cover a set of logically grouped transactions and will include supporting information that will assist reviewers as they look at the functionality enhancements and other revisions.

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    X12 welcomes feedback. Submit the form with any questions, comments, or suggestions related to corporate activities or programs. This feedback is used to inform X12's decision-making processes, policies, and question and answer resources. This form is not used to request maintenance (revisions) to X12 products or to submit comments related to an internal or public review period.

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    Information related to the X12 corporation is listed in the Corporate section below. Committee-level information is listed in each committee's separate section. Policies and procedures specific to a committee's subordinate groups, like subcommittees, task groups, action groups, and work groups, are also listed in the committee's section.

    X12 EDI Standard Examples

    270/271 — Health Care Eligibility Benefit Inquiry and Response
    276/277 — Health Care Claim Status Request and Response
    276/277 — Health Care Claim Status Request and Response
    277 — Health Care Information Status Notification
    277 — Data Reporting Acknowledgment
    278 — Health Care Services Review - Request for Review and Response
    278 — Health Care Services Review - Inquiry and Response
    278 — Health Care Services Review Notification and Acknowledgment
    278 — Health Care Services Review Notification and Acknowledgment
    278 — Request for Review and Response Examples
    278 — Health Care Services Review - Request for Review and Response
    278 — Health Care Services Review Notification and Acknowledgment
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    Transaction Flow

    X12 defines and maintains transaction sets that establish the data content exchanged for specific business purposes and, in some cases, implementation guides that describe the use of one or more transaction sets related to a single business purpose or use case. The diagrams on the following pages depict various exchanges between trading partners.

    Supply Chain Transaction Flow

    Health Care Transaction Flow

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