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PerSegment

PerSegment models the X12 PER administrative communications contact segment, used in 837 claim transactions to carry a contact name and a single communication number (e.g. phone, fax) for a party such as the billing provider or submitter.

Purpose

  • Represents the PER segment identity via SegmentId returning the literal "PER" (BR-020).
  • Carries ContactFunctionCode classifying the contact's role, Name naming the contact, and CommunicationNumberQualifier/CommunicationNumber giving one contact method.

Context

  • Namespace: SAIF.Common.Files.Edi.Segments
  • Assembly/package: SAIF.Framework.Common.Files

Public members

Member Signature Purpose
SegmentId string SegmentId { get; } Returns the literal X12 segment identifier "PER".
ContactFunctionCode string ContactFunctionCode { get; set; } Code classifying the contact's function/role (PER01), element 1.
Name string Name { get; set; } The contact's name (PER02), element 2.
CommunicationNumberQualifier string CommunicationNumberQualifier { get; set; } The qualifier for the communication number's type (PER03), element 3.
CommunicationNumber string CommunicationNumber { get; set; } The contact's communication number value (PER04), element 4.
Build IEdiSegment Build() Creates a SegmentBuilder("PER") and adds all four fields at elements 1-4, returning the built segment.
Fill void Fill(IEdiSegment segment) Reads elements 1-4 via GetChildValue into the four contact properties.
Parse static PerSegment Parse(IEdiSegment segment) Instantiates a new PerSegment, calls Fill(segment) on it, and returns it.

Sources

  • Common\SAIF.Common.Files\Edi\Segments\PerSegment.cs