BM Beginning Segment for Miscellaneous Billing

To transmit identifying numbers, dates and other basic data relating to the transaction set

Position: BM-01 · Element: 76 · Name: Invoice Number · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 22 · Repeat: -

Identifying number assigned by issuer.

Position: BM-02 · Element: 373 · Name: Date · Type: Date (DT) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 6 · Max: 6 · Repeat: -

Date (YYMMDD).

BM02 is the billing date.

Position: BM-03 · Element: 193 · Name: Net Amount Due · Type: N2 · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 9 · Repeat: -

Total charges to be paid by the receiver of this transaction set expressed in the standard monetary denomination for the currency specified.

BM03 Net Amount Due will be provided on the last BM segment.

Position: BM-04 · Element: 202 · Name: Correction Indicator · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 2 · Max: 2 · Repeat: -

Code used to indicate that the transaction set contains information which corrects a previous billing.

Position: BM-05 · Element: 373 · Name: Date · Type: Date (DT) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 6 · Max: 6 · Repeat: -

Date (YYMMDD).

BM05 is used for date bill due if this is different from standard credit terms; otherwise BM05 may be blank.

Position: BM-06 · Element: 11 · Name: Billing Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 1 · Repeat: -

Code indicating type of Bill.

Position: BM-07 · Element: 554 · Name: Assigned Number · Type: Numeric (N0) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 6 · Repeat: -

Number assigned for differentiation within a transaction set.

BM07 is a sequence number.

Position: BM-08 · Element: 636 · Name: Sequence Number Qualifier · Type: Numeric (N0) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 1 · Repeat: -

New sequence number qualifier.