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42 | Appendix A: HL7 Standards
the HL7 standard.
Terminology
General terminology differences between X12 data and HL7 data are as follows:
X12
HL7
Interchange
File
Functional Group
Batch
Transaction Set
Message
Loop
Segment Group
Segment
Segment
Sub-Composite Members
Field Sub-Components
Element
Fields
Code Set
Table
Requirements Coding
The following Requirements characters are used in the Requirements field in HL7
messages: