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• Routing and Validating X12 Messages in Productions

  Routing and Validating X12 Messages in Productions

  Content Type
  Exercise

  Duration
  1h

  Level
  Advanced

  Determine settings and configuration options needed when building an X12 production with the InterSystems IRIS® Interoperability engine. In this exercise, you will build an X12 production using the graphical tools in the Management Portal. This production will process incoming HIPAA X12 messages, pass them through a message router, and forward them onto a business operation.

  You will also test batch handling options to understand how they affect the path of nested X12 messages through a production, and view the message trace for each option to see how a production handles bundled message structures based on configuration. Finally, you will test Strategic National Implementation Process (SNIP) validation levels 1 and 2 by passing noncompliant messages into the production.

  The production you configure in this exercise handles and routes incoming messages from health delivery networks. Specifically, the production handles incoming HIPAA_5010:270 eligibility inquiry messages before passing them onto health insurance, or payer, systems.

  Learning Objectives

  • Create an X12 production.
  • Choose batch configuration options for messages.
  • Configure and test SNIP validation.

  Prerequisites

  • Completion of Building X12 Integrations (learning path, 5h 30m)
  • Or previous knowledge of:
    • InterSystems IRIS® Interoperability productions
    • Advanced tools in the DTL Editor
    • Production components
    • The message router tool
    • X12 message structure, including SNIP validation
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• What's Next?

  What's Next?

  In this exercise, you built an X12 production that processes incoming X12 messages, passes them through a message router, and forwards them on to a business operation. You tested different batch methods and viewed the message trace for each to see how a production handles bundled message structures in bulk, as separate messages, or even as separate sessions, depending on how you configure them. Finally, you tested SNIP validation Levels 1 and 2.

  Now you are ready to set up and configure an X12 production and create routing rules and data transformations to standardize and forward your messages.

  Continue learning with the following content:

  • See how to use the DTL Editor in InterSystems IRIS (video, 12m).
  • Read about routing X12 documents in productions (documentation, 30m).

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