The Secretary adopts the following standards for the health care claim status transaction:
(a) For the period from October 16, 2003 through March 16, 2009: The ASC X12N-276/277 Health Care Claim Status Request and Response, Version 4010, May 2000, Washington Publishing Company, 004010X093 and Addenda to Health Care Claim Status Request and Response, Version 4010, October 2002, Washington Publishing Company, 004010X093A1. (Incorporated by reference in § 162.920.)
(b) For the period from March 17, 2009 through December 31, 2011, both:
(1) The standard identified in paragraph (a) of this section; and
(2) The ASC X12 Standards for Electronic Data Interchange Technical Report Type 3 - Health Care Claim Status Request and Response (276/277), August 2006, ASC X12N/005010X212, and Errata to Health Care Claim Status Request and Response (276/277), ASC X12 Standards for Electronic Data Interchange Technical Report Type 3, April 2008, ASC X12N/005010X212E1. (Incorporated by reference in § 162.920.)
(c) For the period on and after January 1, 2012, the standard identified in paragraph (b)(2) of this section.
[74 FR 3326, Jan. 16, 2009]