New Zealand Gazette – 2001 – No. 44

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✨ Pharmaceutical Claim Records



Header Record Detail

1 Record Type

  • Defines whether a record in a file is a header, detail or trailer record. For header records this field also determines the type of file. The list of valid codes is as follows:

    Code Description
    19229 Pharmaceutical Claim Header
    05 Detail Record
    09 Trailer Record

  • The header code is made up from 19 which relates to pharmacy processing at the HFA and 229 which is the version and release of this data specification.

2 Sequence No

  • The number "1" for the header.

  • Indicates the absolute record number of this record within the file.

  • Sequence number continues to increment for each ingredient of a compound.

    Example
    The first transaction line will have a sequence number of 2.

3 File ID

  • A unique ID for a particular claim file.
  • Each claim file must be sequentially numbered. No two files should have the same [File ID].
  • Should be system reference number for extract to permit ease of matching extract files to system extract batches.
  • If the system is upgraded the sequential [File ID] number should continue from last used number and not be refreshed.
  • If the file is regenerated/recompiled from the pharmacy system, the file must have a new [File ID]. If the file is not regenerated but recopied from the system to disk the [File ID] must remain the same as when initially generated.


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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏥 Transaction Record Summary (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
27 April 2001
Pharmaceutical Claims, Transaction Records, Field Specifications, Data Processing