E30 Data Element Attributes

To provide the data element attributes for the electronic form of the X12 standards

Position: E30-01 · Element: 487 · Name: Maintenance Operation Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 1 · Repeat: 1

Code indicating the type maintenance operation

Position: E30-02 · Element: 725 · Name: Data Element Reference Code · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 4 · Repeat: 1

Code identifying the location of the data element in the Data Element Dictionary

Position: E30-03 · Element: 913 · Name: Data Element Data Type Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 2 · Repeat: 1

Code identifying the data element type as specified in the standard

Position: E30-04 · Element: 914 · Name: Minimum Length · Type: Numeric (N0) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 2 · Repeat: 1

The minimum length attribute for a data element as specified in the standard document

Position: E30-05 · Element: 915 · Name: Maximum Length · Type: Numeric (N0) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 7 · Repeat: 1

The maximum length attribute for a data element as specified in the standard document

Position: E30-06 · Element: 352 · Name: Description · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 80 · Repeat: 1

A free-form description to clarify the related data elements and their content

E3006 is the data element title.

Position: E30-07 · Element: 490 · Name: Note Identification Number · Type: Numeric (N0) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 6 · Repeat: 1

A number providing a reference to a segment or file which contains notes or comments related to X12 standards documentation

E3007 is the note ID number of the E40 segment which contains the data element definition.

Position: E30-08 · Element: 725 · Name: Data Element Reference Code · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 4 · Repeat: 1

Code identifying the location of the data element in the Data Element Dictionary

P0809: If either E30-08 or E30-09 is present, then the other is required

If E3008 is used, then E3002 indicates the data element number in which the industry code value is carried, and E3008 carries the data element number of the industry code list qualifier.

Position: E30-09 · Element: 916 · Name: Code List Reference · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 6 · Repeat: 1

The reference to the code list table for the electronic form