CTH Beginning Segment for Contract Transaction Set

To indicate the beginning of the Contract and Rebate Management Transaction Set and transmit identifying contract information

Position
Element
Name
Type
Requirement
Min
Max
Repeat
CTH-01
Transaction Set Purpose Code
Identifier (ID)
Mandatory
2
2
1
Code identifying purpose of transaction set
CTH-02
Contract Number
String (AN)
Mandatory
1
30
1
Contract number
CTH-03
Contract Action Code
Identifier (ID)
Mandatory
2
2
1
Code identifying the expected resultant type of contract action or current type of contract action
CTH-04
Reference Identification Qualifier
Identifier (ID)
Conditional
2
3
1
Code identifying the Reference Identification
P0405: If either CTH-04 or CTH-05 is present, then the other is required
CTH-05
Reference Identification
String (AN)
Conditional
1
80
1
Reference information as defined for a particular Transaction Set or as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier
CTH-06
Date
Date (DT)
Optional
8
8
1
Date expressed as CCYYMMDD where CC represents the first two digits of the calendar year
CTH06 is the date the transaction set was created in the business application system.
CTH-07
Time
Time (TM)
Optional
4
8
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)
CTH07 is the time the transaction was created within the business application system.
CTH-08
Contract Level Code
Identifier (ID)
Optional
2
2
1
Code indicating the administrative level to which the contract pertains
CTH-09
Contract Date Basis Code
Identifier (ID)
Conditional
1
2
1
Code identifying the date basis for contract dates
P0910: If either CTH-09 or CTH-10 is present, then the other is required
CTH-10
Entity Identifier Code
Identifier (ID)
Conditional
2
3
1
Code identifying an organizational entity, a physical location, property or an individual
CTH-11
Description
String (AN)
Optional
1
80
1
A free-form description to clarify the related data elements and their content
CTH11 allows for additional description about this contract.

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