US · guidance
CMS Pub. 100-04, ch. 31, § 20.1.1
Batch Transactions
Contractors must be able to accept the current ASC X12 276 claim status request in batch
mode, and respond via the ASC X12 277 claim status response in batch mode. If a
contractor currently supports batch capability in any EDI batch format to request claim
status, the response time for issuance of an ASC X12 277 claim status response
transaction in response must be within one business day of the receipt of a valid ASC
X12 276 claim status request transaction.
History
(Rev. 2937, Issued; 04-25-14, Effective: 04-14-14, Implementation: 04-14-14)
Provenance
- Source
- cms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-25
- Edition
- iom-2026-08-25
- Content hash
2135bb3c5c405875c5957c3bb0e9342572f2aacd3698b994cb7cf149ca1e3fb9
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