277CA Report

Retrieve a 277CA claim acknowledgment in JSON format

GET/change/medicalnetwork/reports/v2/{transactionId}/277

The 277CA claim acknowledgment indicates whether a claim was accepted or rejected and (if relevant) the reasons for rejection. This endpoint retrieves processed 277CA transactions from Stedi.

  1. Call this endpoint with the transactionId of the 277CA you want to retrieve. You can retrieve the transaction ID through webhooks or through Stedi's API. Learn more
  2. The endpoint returns the 277CA in JSON format.
Authorizationstringrequiredheader

A Stedi API Key for authentication.

Path Parameters

A unique identifier for the processed 277 transaction within Stedi. This ID is included in the transaction processed event, which you can receive automatically through Stedi webhooks. You can also retrieve it through the Poll Transactions endpoint or from the transaction's details page within the Stedi portal.

Response

application/json

ConvertReport277 200 response

metaobjectrequired

Metadata that helps Stedi track and debug the response.

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Whether this is a test or production ERA.

An identifier for the most recent sender of the ERA. This is usually not the original sender, so this value is unlikely to be a payer ID. When Stedi processes and delivers ERAs through the clearinghouse, this value is always STEDI.

Not currently used.

The Stedi transaction identifier.

transactionsarray<object>

The payer's 277 response.

Array item

The control number the payer provided in the claim status response. This is used to identify the transaction.

Information about the payer (or intermediary clearinghouse) and the claim status transactions included in the response.

Array item

The payer's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Plan ID. This is specifically for Health Plan ID (HPID) or Other Entity Identifier (OEID), both of which are no longer mandated for use.

Claim status details.

Array item

More detailed status information. This includes information about the patient, provider, and services rendered.

Array item

Patient information and the status of claims related to the patient. You can use the claims.claimStatus.referencedTransactionTraceNumber in this object to correlate the 277CA with the original claim.

Some payers batch acknowledgments for multiple claims into a single 277CA. In these cases, the 277CA will contain multiple patientClaimStatusDetails objects, each with its own referencedTransactionTraceNumber for the corresponding claim.

Array item

Status information for the claim or service line.

Array item

Status information for the claim. This object includes the referencedTransactionTraceNumber you can use to correlate the 277CA with the original claim.

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Claim status information.

Array item

This is the date of denial or approval for the claim. This date may or may not be the same as the issue date of the check, EFT, or non-payment remittance. Some payers can provide this date before they issue the remittance.

  • Pattern: ^\d{4}(0[1-9]|1[0-2])(0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])$

The total amount of the claim payment, expressed as a decimal. This may be zero if no payment is being made. Some payers can provide the adjudicated payment amount before they issue the remittance.

Array item

The description of the entityIdentifierCode.

Possible values
Dependent
Employer
Receiver
Submitter
Attending Physician

Code indicating the status category of the statusCode property. Visit 277CA code lists for a complete list.

Possible values
A0
A1
A2
A3
A4

This is the check issue or EFT funds available date. This could be a non-payment remittance date, if available.

  • Pattern: ^\d{4}(0[1-9]|1[0-2])(0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])$

This is the check or EFT Trace Number. This could also be a non-payment remittance advice Trace Number (835 or paper), if available.

The total amount of charges in the original claim, expressed as a decimal. This may differ from the total charges submitted due to claims processing instructions, such as claim splitting. Note that some HMO encounters supply zero as the amount of original charges.

The patient control number provided in the original claim. You can use this value to correlate the payer's response with the original claim.

The patient control number provided in the original claim. You can use this value to correlate the payer's response with the original claim.

The voucher identifier. Some payers assign voucher identifiers to a group of claims as part of the payment process prior to payment being issued.

Information about specific services within a claim. This object is only included in the 277CA when the claim is rejected because of errors with the service line information provided.

Array item

A unique identifier for the service line that matches the providerControlNumber submitted in the original claim. You can use this value to correlate the payer's response with specific service lines from the original claim.

Information about the service provided.

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The code identifying the source of the procedureCode.

Possible values
AD
ER
HC
HP
IV

The description of the serviceIdQualifierCode.

Possible values
American Dental Association Codes
Jurisdiction Specific Procedure and Supply Codes
Health Care Financing Administration Common Procedural Coding System (HCPCS) Codes
Health Insurance Prospective Payment System (HIPPS) Skilled Nursing Facility Rate Code
Home Infusion EDI Coalition (HIEC) Product/Service Code

The status of the specific service line.

Array item

The status of the service.

Array item

A code indicating the entity that is responsible for the service line.

Possible values
03
36
40
41
71

The description of the entityIdentifierCode.

Possible values
Dependent
Employer
Receiver
Submitter
Attending Physician

Code indicating the status category of the statusCode property. Visit 277CA code lists for a complete list.

Possible values
A0
A1
A2
A3
A4

Information about the primary policy holder for the health plan.

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The subscriber's employer identification number. This may be used in conjunction with a worker's compensation claim.

The subscriber's business name. Applicable when an employer submitted a worker's compensation claim, or other situations when an employer is the subscriber.

The suffix of the subscriber, such as Jr or III. Can be up to 10 characters.

Information about the service provider.

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The provider's first name, when the provider is an individual. Can be up to 35 characters.

The provider's last name, when the provider is an individual. Can be up to 60 characters.

The provider's middle name or initial, when the provider is an individual. Can be up to 25 characters.

The provider's National Provider Identifier.

  • Pattern: ^\d{10}$

The provider's name suffix, when the provider is an individual. Can be up to 10 characters.

Status information for claims related to the provider.

Array item

The status of claims related to this provider.

Array item

Information about the provider receiving the claim status details.

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The provider's Electronic Transmitter Identification Number.

The provider's first name. Can be up to 35 characters.

The provider's last name. Can be up to 60 characters.

The provider's middle name or initial. Can be up to 25 characters.

The provider's business name. Can be up to 60 characters.

Overall status information for the claim.

Array item

The status of the entire claim.

Array item

Code indicating the entity that the status is related to.

Possible values
36
40
41
AY
PR

The description of the entityIdentifierCode.

Possible values
Employer
Receiver
Submitter
Clearinghouse
Payer

Code indicating the status category of the statusCode property. Visit 277CA code lists for a complete list.

Possible values
A0
A1
A2
A3
A4

Code indicating the status.

Possible values
0
1
2
3
6

The date the claim status information is effective.

  • Pattern: ^\d{4}(0[1-9]|1[0-2])(0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])$

Code identifying the type of organization.

Possible values
AY
PR

The human-readable description of the entity identifier code.

Possible values
Clearinghouse
Payer

The payer's Electronic Transmitter Identification Number.

The payer's Federal Taxpayer Identification Number.

  • Pattern: ^\d{9}$

The payer or intermediary clearinghouse's business name.

The payer's business contact information.

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Each contact will have a single property set, except for phone with extension.

Array item

The telephone number including the area code (if applicable). Phone numbers are formatted as AAABBBCCCC, where AAA represents the area code, BBB represents the telephone number prefix, and CCCC represents the telephone number. Phone numbers are provided without separators, such as dashes or parentheses. For example, 5551123345 for 555-112-3345.

The name of the contact person or entity.

The payer's unique identifier.

A number the payer assigns to the transaction to identify it within their system.

The date the payer created the transaction.

  • Pattern: ^\d{4}(0[1-9]|1[0-2])(0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])$

The time the payer created the transaction, expressed in 24-hour clock time. May be formatted as HHMM, HHMMSS, 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).

  • Pattern: ^([01]\d|2[0-3])[0-5]\d$|^([01]\d|2[0-3])[0-5]\d[0-5]\d$|^([01]\d|2[0-3])[0-5]\d[0-5]\d\d$|^([01]\d|2[0-3])[0-5]\d[0-5]\d\d\d$