837 File Details Page Field Definitions

An asterisk (*) following the field name indicates a Required field in the Core SmartCare system. Your system may have been customized to require additional fields.

Field

Description

Summary

837 File ID

Identifies the ID number assigned to the 837 file when it was received in SmartCare.

Sender Name

Identifies which provider is sending the file.

Sender ID

Identifies the Smart Care provider ID.

File Name

Identifies the name of the file.

Date

Identifies the date the file was sent.

Import Date

Identifies the date the file was imported into SmartCare.

Control Number

Identifies the number assigned to the batch when it was imported.

Receiver ID

Identifies the insurer that the claims are being submitted to.

Ack Requested

Identifies whether or not an acknowledgement was requested when the file was imported.

Processed

Identifies whether or not SmartCare has processed the file.

# of batches

Identifies how many files were imported by the provider.

Total Charges

Identifies the total dollar charged included in the import file.

Total Claims

Identifies the total number of claims included in the import file.

Claim Lines

Identifies how many lines are included in the claims that make up the import file.

# of Segments

Identifies the number of claim lines in the file.

Unprocessed

Identifies whether or not there are any unprocessed claim lines in the file.

File Text

The system displays the content of the file as text in the panel.

Export button

Click the Export button to display the 837 file text in Notepad or a similar program. Tell me how...

Acknowledgement 997

Identifies the acknowledgement file sent to the provider to acknowledge that the 837 file was received successfully.

Export button

Click the Export button to display the acknowledgement file text in Notepad or similar program. Tell me how...

Parsing Errors

Line Number

Identifies the line number in the file that raised the parsing error.

Error Message

Identifies the error message that was incurred.

Data Text

Identifies the text in the file that caused the error.

Batches

Show File button

Click the Show File button to display the text in the file. The 837 File Test window is displayed. Tell me how...

Batch Id

Identifies the number assigned to the batch when the file was imported. A batch contains no more than 5000 claims per batch. If the 837 file being imported has more than 5000 claims, the process breaks the file into batches.

 

Click the hyperlinked batch ID number to display the 837 Batch Details page. View field definitions.

Ctrl No.

Identifies the control number assigned to each batch in the 837 file.

Type Code

Identifies the version of the 837 file format.

Submitter Name

Identifies the provider's name who is submitting the file.

Submitter Id

Identifies the provider's ID when submitting claims.

Charges

Identifies the total dollar amount of charges in the batch.

Claims

Identifies the number of claims included in the batch.

Unprocessed

Identifies the number of unprocessed claims in the batch.

Segments

Identifies the number of claim lines in a batch.