BR Beginning Segment for Material Management

To indicate the beginning of a material management transaction and transmit identifying numbers and dates

Position: BR-01 · Element: 353 · Name: Transaction Set Purpose Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 2 · Max: 2 · Repeat: 1

Code identifying purpose of transaction set

Position: BR-02 · Element: 640 · Name: Transaction Type Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 2 · Max: 2 · Repeat: 1

Code specifying the type of transaction

Position: BR-03 · Element: 373 · Name: Date · Type: Date (DT) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 8 · Max: 8 · Repeat: 1

Date expressed as CCYYMMDD where CC represents the first two digits of the calendar year

BR03 is the date of the transaction set preparation.

Position: BR-04 · Element: 67 · Name: Identification Code · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 2 · Max: 80 · Repeat: 1

Code identifying a party or other code

Position: BR-05 · Element: 66 · Name: Identification Code Qualifier · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 2 · Repeat: 1

Code designating the system/method of code structure used for Identification Code (67)

C0504: If BR-05 is present, then BR-04 is required

Position: BR-06 · Element: 306 · Name: Action Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 2 · Repeat: 1

Code indicating type of action

Position: BR-07 · Element: 128 · Name: Reference Identification Qualifier · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 2 · Max: 3 · Repeat: 1

Code qualifying the Reference Identification

P0708: If either BR-07 or BR-08 is present, then the other is required

Position: BR-08 · Element: 127 · Name: Reference Identification · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 80 · Repeat: 1

Reference information as defined for a particular Transaction Set or as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier

Position: BR-09 · Element: 337 · Name: Time · Type: Time (TM) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 4 · Max: 8 · Repeat: 1

Time expressed in 24-hour clock time as follows: HHMM, or HHMMSS, or HHMMSSD, or HHMMSSDD, where H = hours (00-23), M = minutes (00-59), S = integer seconds (00-59) and DD = decimal seconds; decimal seconds are expressed as follows: D = tenths (0-9) and DD = hundredths (00-99)

BR09 is the time of the transaction set preparation

Position: BR-10 · Element: 128 · Name: Reference Identification Qualifier · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 2 · Max: 3 · Repeat: 1

Code qualifying the Reference Identification

P1011: If either BR-10 or BR-11 is present, then the other is required

Position: BR-11 · Element: 127 · Name: Reference Identification · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 80 · Repeat: 1

Reference information as defined for a particular Transaction Set or as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier