The official updated HIPAA transactions and code sets regulations
including X12 Version 005010, ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, and various
NCPDP standards are now in effect as of 3/17/2009. The online Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) was updated last night, 3/18/2009, to
incorporate the modifications published in the Federal Register on
1/16/2009. These most recent complete regulations may be viewed at
http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title45/45c\
fr162_main_02.tpl
starting at Subpart I -- General Provisions for Transactions.


Copies of X12's Type 3 Technical Reports (TR3s) incorporated by
reference into the updated regulations may be obtained via the
following link:
http://store.X12.org .

As CMS is no longer subsidizing X12 for these documents, it will cost
you directly to have them downloaded or shipped. Note, though, that
there is a single price for a package of all nine of the adopted version
005010 TR3s, and significant discounts are available to X12 members.

The first page of an online X12 membership application, including a dues
schedule, is located at
https://www.disa.org/apps/memberservices/x12/X12MembershipSection1.cfm


A summary of the changes between the current X12 version 004010 and
004010A1 Implementation Guides and the newly adopted version 005010 TR3s
is available at
http://www.x12.org/x12org/subcommittees/X12N/N0221_WEDI-X12-V5010_file.pdf.
Additionally, playbacks of webinars about the adopted X12 version 005010
TR3s can be arranged via
http://www.x12.org/webinars/5010.cfm.
Topics covered in these webinars include:
+ the business justification for solutions included in version 005010
+ examples of how the implementation of version 005010 transactions
addresses industry-requested requirements
+ specific answers to some of the questions from public comments to
the Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM)
+ details of changes across all affected transactions, including the
explanatory, technical and structural modifications
+ details of how version 005010 is improved compared to version
004010 and 004010A1
+ insight from original subject matter experts.
Again note that X12 members receive a discount on webinar fees.


Researched questions regarding the contents of any of X12's version
005010 TR3s for health care, as well as the current HIPAA-adopted 004010
and 004010A1 Implementation Guides, may be submitted to X12's Insurance
Subcommittee Interpretations Portal at www.x12n.org/portal . Responses
to prior questions -- approximately 575 to date -- are easily located
via the Portal's search feature, and links to other useful sites are
also provided. The Portal is open to all, and there is no charge for
using it.


Happy implementing to all. Contact me should you have any questions or
desire any additional information. And keep in mind that work on the
next iteration, presently version 005050, of the nine HIPAA-adopted X12
TR3s is already in progress.

Dave Feinberg
Rensis Corporation [A Consulting Company]
206-617-1717
DAFeinberg@...
Author of "Understanding HIPAA Communications"