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18.8.5 ADJ - Adjustment (16.4.7)

This segment describes Provider and/or Payer adjustments to a Product/Service Line Item or Response Summary. These include surcharges such as tax, dispensing fees and mark ups.

X12 REF: Similar to CAS segment, with a few new fields.

HL7 Attribute Table - ADJ - Adjustment

Base Framework
Seq#Data ElementDescriptionFlagsImplementCardinalityLengthC.LENVocabularyData Type
ADJ
102003Provider Adjustment Number SHOULD[1..1] 
EI

Entity Identifier

202004Payer Adjustment Number SHOULD[1..1] 
EI

Entity Identifier

302005Adjustment Sequence Number SHOULD[1..1][1..4]
SI

Sequence ID

402006Adjustment Category SHOULD[1..1] ex.:AdjustmentCategoryCode (CD)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

502007Adjustment Amount MAY[0..1] 
CP

Composite Price

602008Adjustment Quantity MAY[0..1] ex.:QuantityUnits (CD)
CQ

Composite Quantity with Units


702009Adjustment Reason PA
C

Condition defined for this element

MAY[0..1] ex.:ProviderAdjustmentReasonCode (CD)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

802010Adjustment Description
=

Truncation allowed.

MAY[0..1] 250
ST

String Data

902011Original Value
=

Truncation not allowed!

MAY[0..1] 16
NM

Numeric

1002012Substitute Value
=

Truncation not allowed!

MAY[0..1] 16
NM

Numeric

1102013Adjustment Action MAY[0..1] ex.:AdjustmentAction (CD)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

1202014Provider Adjustment Number Cross Reference MAY[0..1] 
EI

Entity Identifier

1302015Provider Product/Service Line Item Number Cross Reference MAY[0..1] 
EI

Entity Identifier

1402016Adjustment Date SHOULD[1..1] 
DTM

Date/Time

1502017Responsible Organization  MAY[0..1] 
XON

Extended Composite Name and Identification Number for Organizations

Conditions/Invariants

The root for the expression is on the segment.

Seq. Referenced Elements Introduction Invariant Comment
1 ADJ-7 ?

Seq#Data ElementDescriptionFlagsImplementCardinalityLengthC.LENVocabularyData Type
ADJ
102003Provider Adjustment Number SHALL[1..1] 
EI

Entity Identifier

202004Payer Adjustment Number SHALL[1..1] 
EI

Entity Identifier

302005Adjustment Sequence Number SHALL[1..1][1..4]
SI

Sequence ID

402006Adjustment Category SHALL[1..1] ex.:AdjustmentCategoryCode (CD) hl7VS-adjustmentCategoryCode (VS) adjustmentCategory (CS)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

502007Adjustment Amount MAY[0..1] 
CP

Composite Price

602008Adjustment Quantity MAY[0..1] ex.:QuantityUnits (CD) hl7VS-quantityUnits (VS)
CQ

Composite Quantity with Units


702009Adjustment Reason PA
C

Condition defined for this element

MAY[0..1] ex.:ProviderAdjustmentReasonCode (CD) hl7VS-providerAdjustmentReasonCode (VS) providerAdjustmentReason (CS)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

802010Adjustment Description
=

Truncation allowed.

MAY[0..1] 250
ST

String Data

902011Original Value
=

Truncation not allowed!

MAY[0..1] 16
NM

Numeric

1002012Substitute Value
=

Truncation not allowed!

MAY[0..1] 16
NM

Numeric

1102013Adjustment Action MAY[0..1] ex.:AdjustmentAction (CD) hl7VS-adjustmentAction (VS) adjustmentAction (CS)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

1202014Provider Adjustment Number Cross Reference MAY[0..1] 
EI

Entity Identifier

1302015Provider Product/Service Line Item Number Cross Reference MAY[0..1] 
EI

Entity Identifier

1402016Adjustment Date SHALL[1..1] 
DTM

Date/Time

1502017Responsible Organization  MAY[0..1] 
XON

Extended Composite Name and Identification Number for Organizations

Base FrameworkBase Standard Profile
Seq#Data ElementDescriptionFlagsImplementCardinalityLengthC.LENVocabularyData TypeImplementVocabulary
ADJ 
102003Provider Adjustment Number SHOULD[1..1] 
EI

Entity Identifier

SHALL
202004Payer Adjustment Number SHOULD[1..1] 
EI

Entity Identifier

SHALL
302005Adjustment Sequence Number SHOULD[1..1][1..4]
SI

Sequence ID

SHALL
402006Adjustment Category SHOULD[1..1] ex.:AdjustmentCategoryCode (CD)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

SHALLhl7VS-adjustmentCategoryCode (VS) adjustmentCategory (CS)
502007Adjustment Amount MAY[0..1] 
CP

Composite Price

MAY
602008Adjustment Quantity MAY[0..1] ex.:QuantityUnits (CD)
CQ

Composite Quantity with Units

MAYhl7VS-quantityUnits (VS)

702009Adjustment Reason PA
C

Condition defined for this element

MAY[0..1] ex.:ProviderAdjustmentReasonCode (CD)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

MAYhl7VS-providerAdjustmentReasonCode (VS) providerAdjustmentReason (CS)
802010Adjustment Description
=

Truncation allowed.

MAY[0..1] 250
ST

String Data

MAY
902011Original Value
=

Truncation not allowed!

MAY[0..1] 16
NM

Numeric

MAY
1002012Substitute Value
=

Truncation not allowed!

MAY[0..1] 16
NM

Numeric

MAY
1102013Adjustment Action MAY[0..1] ex.:AdjustmentAction (CD)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

MAYhl7VS-adjustmentAction (VS) adjustmentAction (CS)
1202014Provider Adjustment Number Cross Reference MAY[0..1] 
EI

Entity Identifier

MAY
1302015Provider Product/Service Line Item Number Cross Reference MAY[0..1] 
EI

Entity Identifier

MAY
1402016Adjustment Date SHOULD[1..1] 
DTM

Date/Time

SHALL
1502017Responsible Organization  MAY[0..1] 
XON

Extended Composite Name and Identification Number for Organizations

MAY
Base Framework Base Standard Profile
Seq# Data Element Description Flags Optionality Repetition Length C.LEN Table Data Type Optionality Table
ADJ  
1 02003 Provider Adjustment Number   O      
EI

Entity Identifier

R  
2 02004 Payer Adjustment Number   O      
EI

Entity Identifier

R  
3 02005 Adjustment Sequence Number   O   [1..4]  
SI

Sequence ID

R  
4 02006 Adjustment Category   O     (0564)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

R  
5 02007 Adjustment Amount   O      
CP

Composite Price

   
6 02008 Adjustment Quantity   O      
CQ

Composite Quantity with Units

  (0560)

7 02009 Adjustment Reason PA
C

Condition defined for this element

O      
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

  (0565)
8 02010 Adjustment Description   O     250#  
ST

String Data

   
9 02011 Original Value   O     16=  
NM

Numeric

   
10 02012 Substitute Value   O     16=  
NM

Numeric

   
11 02013 Adjustment Action   O      
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

  (0569)
12 02014 Provider Adjustment Number Cross Reference   O      
EI

Entity Identifier

   
13 02015 Provider Product/Service Line Item Number Cross Reference   O      
EI

Entity Identifier

   
14 02016 Adjustment Date   O      
DTM

Date/Time

R  
15 02017 Responsible Organization   O      
XON

Extended Composite Name and Identification Number for Organizations

   
Seq# Data Element Description Optionality Repetition Length C.LEN Table Data Type
ADJ
1 02003 Provider Adjustment Number R      
EI

Entity Identifier

2 02004 Payer Adjustment Number R      
EI

Entity Identifier

3 02005 Adjustment Sequence Number R   [1..4]  
SI

Sequence ID

4 02006 Adjustment Category R     (0564)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

5 02007 Adjustment Amount O      
CP

Composite Price

6 02008 Adjustment Quantity O     (0560)
CQ

Composite Quantity with Units

7 02009 Adjustment Reason PA C     (0565)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

8 02010 Adjustment Description O     250#  
ST

String Data

9 02011 Original Value O     16=  
NM

Numeric

10 02012 Substitute Value O     16=  
NM

Numeric

11 02013 Adjustment Action O     (0569)
CWE

Coded with Exceptions

12 02014 Provider Adjustment Number Cross Reference O      
EI

Entity Identifier

13 02015 Provider Product/Service Line Item Number Cross Reference O      
EI

Entity Identifier

14 02016 Adjustment Date R      
DTM

Date/Time

15 02017 Responsible Organization O      
XON

Extended Composite Name and Identification Number for Organizations

18.8.5.1 ADJ field definitions (16.4.7.0)

18.8.5.2 ADJ-1 Provider Adjustment Number (EI) 02003 (16.4.7.1)

Definition: Unique Adjustment Number assigned by the Provider Application.

18.8.5.3 ADJ-2 Payer Adjustment Number (EI) 02004 (16.4.7.2)

Definition: Unique Adjustment Number assigned by the Payer Application.

18.8.5.4 ADJ-3 Adjustment Sequence Number (SI) 02005 (16.4.7.3)

Definition: Unique sequence number for this adjustment - starts with 1, then 2, etc., for each unique adjustment for the Product/Service Line Item.

18.8.5.5 ADJ-4 Adjustment Category (CWE) 02006 (16.4.7.4)

Definition: Indicates the category of adjustment and is used to assist in determining which table is used for Adjustment Reason. Refer to User-defined Table 0564 - Adjustment Category Code in Chapter 2C, Code Tables, for suggested values.

18.8.5.6 ADJ-5 Adjustment Amount (CP) 02007 (16.4.7.5)

Definition: Adjustment amount, such as taxes, deductibles, previously paid amount.

18.8.5.7 ADJ-6 Adjustment Quantity (CQ) 02008 (16.4.7.6)

Definition: Adjustment quantity.

X12 REF: table 673 Quantity Qualifier. New values from X12 673 can be added as required. Refer to User-defined Table 0560 - Quantity Units in Chapter 2C, Code Tables, for suggested values.

18.8.5.8 ADJ-7 Adjustment Reason PA (CWE) 02009 (16.4.7.7)

Definition: Reason for this adjustment. Codes used to explain a Provider adjustment to a Product/Service Group or Product/Service Line Item by a Provider. Refer to User-defined Table 0565 - Provider Adjustment Reason Code in Chapter 2C, Code Tables, for suggested values.

18.8.5.9 ADJ-8 Adjustment Description (ST) 02010 (16.4.7.8)

Definition: Description of adjustment, such as client instructions.

18.8.5.10 ADJ-9 Original Value (NM) 02011 (16.4.7.9)

Definition: Original value of data item noted in this adjustment.

18.8.5.11 ADJ-10 Substitute Value (NM) 02012 (16.4.7.10)

Definition: Substituted value of data item noted in this adjustment.

18.8.5.12 ADJ-11 Adjustment Action (CWE) 02013 (16.4.7.11)

Definition: Action requested of party that receives this adjustment. Refer to User-defined Table 0569 - Adjustment Action in Chapter 2C, Code Tables, for suggested values.

18.8.5.13 ADJ-12 Provider Adjustment Number Cross Reference (EI) 02014 (16.4.7.12)

Definition: Unique Provider Adjustment Number assigned by the Provider Application that is referenced by this Payer Adjustment.

18.8.5.14 ADJ-13 Provider Product/Service Line Item Number Cross Reference (EI) 02015 (16.4.7.13)

Definition: Unique Provider Product/Service Line Item Number assigned by the Provider Application that is referenced by this Payer Adjustment; used for groups with multiple line items that need to be singled out by a Payer Adjustment.

18.8.5.15 ADJ-14 Adjustment Date (DTM) 02016 (16.4.7.14)

Definition: Date/Time adjustment was made. May also be synonymous with Adjudication Date.

18.8.5.16 ADJ-15 Responsible Organization (XON) 02017 (16.4.7.15)

Definition: Business organization that is responsible for the adjustment (e.g., Payer organization); can be used for a Payment/Remittance Advice for 1 Payee from multiple Payers.