Availity X12 errors

Management and Administration
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consmd wrote on Monday, June 20, 2011:

I cannot get an X12 file through Availity.  I have listed below my set up, the error I am receiving from Availity as well as a sample of a batch file.  When I spoke with Availity, they indicated that the file is not separating the ISA08 and ISA09 fields as all of the other fields are ( I assume with the * element delimiter) and therefore cannot be read.  Any solutions?

1|2011-06-20|14.43.23.552|0314926|2011062014425400|000000000
1E|Availity does not recognize the interchange data starting at position 0 as valid.

ISA*00*          *00*          *ZZ*AV09311993          *01*030240928       110620*1444*U*00401*021809925*1*P*:~GS*HC*AV01101957*030240928*20110620*1444*1*X*004010X098A1~ST*837*0001~BHT*0019*00*0123*20110620*1023*CH~REF*87*004010X098A1~NM1*41*2*

Partner Partner Name: Availity
ID Number (ETIN) : 59XXXXXXX
Receiver ID Qualifier (ISA07):  DUNS (Dun & Bradstreet)
Receiver ID (ISA08): 030240928     
Sender ID Qualifier (ISA05):  Mutually Defined
Sender ID (ISA06): AV09311993
Acknowledgment Requested (ISA14): YES
Usage Indicator (ISA15): Production
Application Sender Code (GS02): AV01101957
Submitter EDI Access Number (PER06): 030240928     
Version: 004010X098A1
Processing Format:    CMS

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aethelwulffe wrote on Tuesday, June 21, 2011:

Dude.  It is completely true.  You are not getting a delimiter in front of ISA08.  Check your openemr/library/gen_x12_837.inc.php and look for the 8th generated line after it prints ISA.  Check out a fresh install version of the file and see if it has been changed.

It might be interesting to check out your genx12 file, but if you just want a fix (and you are using 4.0 or later)…
you can get this:  http://starfrontiers.org/khvcode/openemr/openemr.zip.  You will not likely want the whole thing, just
openemr/library/gen_x12_837.inc.php
openemr/library/Claim.class…php
openemr/library/Classes/X12Partner.class.php
openemr/templates/x12_partners/general_edit.php

Delete the rest, including the sql (as you are not installing this whole package)
Go to your database in myphpadmin.
Run the following sql query:

ALTER TABLE `x12_partners` ADD `x12_isa01` VARCHAR( 2 ) NOT NULL DEFAULT '00' AFTER `processing_format` ,
ADD `x12_isa02` VARCHAR( 10 ) NOT NULL DEFAULT '          ' AFTER `x12_isa01` ,
ADD `x12_isa03` VARCHAR( 2 ) NOT NULL DEFAULT '00' AFTER `x12_isa02` ,
ADD `x12_isa04` VARCHAR( 10 ) NOT NULL DEFAULT '          ' AFTER `x12_isa03` ;

…if copying trom this forum cuts out spaces, then just copy this portion of the file under openemr/sql to get a valid version.  We need the right number of spaces.

  If you do this, and you are running at least 4.0, then you should check your x12 partner set-ups, but for availity this should be GTG.

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aethelwulffe wrote on Tuesday, June 21, 2011:

I notice that at EXACTLY the bad spot in your file, you have a line return instead of a delimiter.  Wonder how that got in….

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nursejeff wrote on Sunday, September 11, 2011:

Is there a step by step instruction somewhere, that helps someone like me, set up my OpenEmr with, in my case, Availity?  I like to do things myself if possible.

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tmccormi wrote on Sunday, September 11, 2011:

Try these … it’s a close as it comes.

http://www.oemr.org/wiki/OpenEMR_Billing_Setup_Howtos

-Tony