ISA (Interchange Control Header Segment)

The ISA is a fixed record length segment and all positions within each of the data elements are required. The first element separator defines the element separator used through the entire interchange. The segment terminator used after the ISA defines the segment terminator to be used throughout the entire interchange.

The Input Data column below contains text in [bracketed italics], which indicates special input data dependent on sender, time, date, etc.


Elements Size Name Input Data Remarks   

ISA01 2 Authorization Information Qualifier 00 No Authorization Information Present.  

ISA02 10 Authorization Information [Submitter-specific ID number, or ten-space placeholder] If no Authorization Information number is present, simply enter10 spaces in this field.  

ISA03 2 Security Information Qualifier 00 No Security Information Present.  

ISA04 10 Security Information/Password [Submitter-specific ID number, or ten-space placeholder] If no Authorization
Information number is present, simply enter10 spaces in this field.  

ISA05 2 Interchange ID Qualifier/Trading Partner Qualifier ZZ Mutually Agreed.  

ISA06 15 Interchange Sender ID/ Trading Partner ID [Tufts Health Plan Submitter ID] Sender ID (Provided by Tufts
Health Plan).  

ISA07 2 Interchange ID Qualifier/Tufts Health Plan Qualifier 01 DUNS (Dun & Bradstreet).  

ISA08 15 Interchange Receiver ID/Tufts Health Plan ID 170558746 Tufts Health Plan DUNS.  

ISA09 6 Interchange Date [Enter the date using the format YYMMDD; for example, January 1, 2012 would be entered as
120101] Date of the interchange.


ISA10 4 Interchange Time [Enter the time using the format HHMM; for example, 1:30 PM would be entered as 1330] Time of the interchange.  

ISA11 1 Repetition Separator The repetition separator is a delimiter and not a data element; this field provides the delimiter used to separate repeated occurrences of a simple data element or a composite data structure; this value must be different than the data element separator, component element separator, and the segment terminator.  

ISA12 5 Interchange Control Version Number Version Number.  

ISA13 9 Interchange Control Number/Last Control Number [Sender-specific control number] Assigned and maintained by the interchange sender, must be identical to the associated Interchange Trailer, IEA02.

Must increment by one number at the end of the value with each file submitted within the same business day (12:00 am to 11:59 pm).  

ISA14 1 Acknowledgement Request [Enter either 0 or 1] The 999 will be sent regardless of Input Data.  

ISA15 1 Interchange Usage Indicator/ Acknowledgment Test Indicator [Enter either T or P] T - Test Data,   P - Production Data.



ISA16 1 Component Element Separator (Sub-Element) [Enter any separator character, for example : or >] Used to separate component data elements within a composite data structure; must be unique.

ASCII Value - Component element separator.