By Industry

X12 standards are the workhorse of business to business exchanges proven by the billions of daily transactions within and across many industries including the following:

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Finance

Financial e-business models and services including credit card processing, financial remittance delivery, invoicing, and payments.

Sample work products:

  • Transaction Sets: Credit/Debit Adjustment (812), Payment Order/Remittance Advice (820), Financial Return (827)
  • Subcommittee: X12F 
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Health Care

Health insurance activities including those undertaken by commercial and government health care organization.

Sample work products:

  • Transaction Sets: Health Care Eligibility/Benefit Inquiry and Information Response (270/271), Implementation Guide and Application Reporting (824), Health Care Payment/Advice (835), Health Care Claim: Professional, Institutional, and Dental (837), Exchanging Inventory Information between Manufacturers and Specialty Pharmacies (852), Implementation Acknowledgment for Health Care Insurance (999)
  • Code lists: Claim Adjustment Reason Codes, Claim Status Codes, Provider Adjustment Reason Codes
  • Subcommittee: X12N
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Insurance

Insurance industry business activities, including those related to property and casualty insurance.

Sample work products:

  • Transaction Sets: Motor Vehicle Insurance Coverage Notification (811), Automobile Property Record Change Notification (266), Mortgagee Notification, Billing, and Payment (811/820)
  • Code lists: Property & Casualty Code Lists
  • Subcommittee: X12N
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Supply Chain

Supply chain industry's business activities from sourcing to delivery, including distribution, inventory, marketing data, materials, procurement, production planning, sales, scheduling, trading partners, and warehouses.

Sample work products:

  • Transaction Sets: Invoice (820), Inventory Status (846), Purchase Order (850), Ship Notice/Manifest (ASN) (856)
  • Subcommittee: X12M
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Transportation

Transportation industry’s business activities, including air, marine, rail, motor freight, customs, logistics and multi-modal activities.

Sample work products:

  • Transaction Sets: Motor Carrier Freight Details and Invoice (210), Transportation Carrier Shipment Status Message (214), Rail Carrier Shipment Information (404)
  • Subcommittee: X12I
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Defense

Defense worldwide logistics support in both peacetime and wartime to the military services as well as several civilian agencies and foreign countries.

Sample work products:

  • Transaction Sets: Purchase Order (850), Warehouse Shipping Order (940), Warehouse Shipping Advice (945)
  • Subcommittee: X12M and X12I
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Aerospace

EDI transaction sets used by the Aerospace industry for the Order Process Model including Request for Quote, Purchase Order, Planning, Shipment and Billing, and the Payment Process, developed in coordination with the Aerospace Industries Association.

Sample work products:

  • Transaction Sets: Request for Quotation (840), Planning Schedule with Release Capability (830), Purchase Order (850), Invoice (810), Payment Order/Remittance Advice (820)
  • Subcommittee: X12M