Medicare Claims Processing Manual (Pub. 100-04), Ch. 24 § 40.1.2
Transactions Used in the Acknowledgment of Receipt of
40.1.2 - Transactions Used in the Acknowledgment of Receipt of
Inbound Claims
(Rev. 2803, Issued: 10-28-13, Effective: 09-17-13, Implementation: 09-17-13)
With the CMS implementation of the 5010 transactions, the following two transactions
shall be used in the acknowledgment of the receipt of claims.
• ASC X12 Health Care Claim Acknowledgment (277) (short reference: ASC X12
277CA claim acknowledgment); and
• ASC X12-Implementation Acknowledgment For Health Care Insurance (999)
(short reference: ASC X12 999 implementation acknowledgment).
Section 10.3 shows the current versions of these standards required by CMS.