EDI 429 Railroad Retirement Activity
Functional Group RU
X12I Transportation Subcommittee
This X12 Transaction Set contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Railroad Retirement Activity Transaction Set (429) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. This transaction set provides the sender with the capability to transmit information pertaining to the processing of railroad employee sickness and unemployment benefit claims against retirement funds. This transaction set will support the transfer of claim information from the Retirement Board to carriers as well as supporting corresponding response from a carrier to the Retirement Board.
Heading
Position
Segment
Name
Max use
- 0100Transaction Set HeaderMandatoryMax 1
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
- 0200Retirement Board DetailOptionalMax 999
To communicate information (from the United States Railroad Retirement Board to the employing carrier) pertinent to the processing of retirement claims
- RU2 Loop OptionalRepeat 999
- 0300Employing Carrier ResponseMandatoryMax 1
To communicate information (from the employing carrier to the United States Railroad Retirement Board) pertinent to the processing of retirement claims
- 0400Employing Carrier Claim ProfileOptionalMax 1
To communicate employing carrier response to a sickness or unemployment claim
At least one occurrence of segment RU3 is required if RU201 is code "D" or "T". - 0500Note/Special InstructionOptionalMax 2
To transmit information in a free-form format, if necessary, for comment or special instruction
- 0300Employing Carrier ResponseMandatoryMax 1
- 0600Transaction Set TrailerMandatoryMax 1
To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments)