Section title: Requests for Interpretation
RFI #
2630
997/999 Results - Mandatory to Sort and Group by Positions?
Description

When reporting errors with the 997 or 999 transaction sets, is it mandatory to sort the entries in the AK3/IK3 and AK4/IK4 loops by their segment/element/sub-element positions within the original transaction set?

Scenario

For example, are the following snippets allowed in 997 or 999 transaction sets?
...
IK3*N4*18*2100*8~
IK4*2*156*4*0~
IK3*N4*18*2100*8~
IK4*2*156*I6*0~
...
...
IK3*HI*31*2300*8~
IK4*7**6~
IK4*2^3*1250*8*X~
...

RFI Response

 

There is no sequence in reporting detail level errors for a given transaction set using the AK3 (997) or IK3 (999) for segments or AK4 (997) or IK4 (999) for elements.

DOCUMENT ID
005010X231