The Secretary adopts the following standards:
(a) For the period from October 16, 2003 through March 16, 2009: Health care claims and remittance advice. The ASC X12N 835--Health Care Claim Payment/Advice, Version 4010, May 2000, Washington Publishing Company, 004010X091, and Addenda to Health Care Claim Payment/Advice, Version 4010, October 2002, Washington Publishing Company, 004010X091A1. (Incorporated by reference in Sec. 162.920.)
(b) For the period from March 17, 2009 through December 31, 2011, both of the following standards:
(1) The standard identified in paragraph (a) of this section.
(2) The ASC X12 Standards for Electronic Data Interchange Technical Report Type 3--Health Care Claim Payment/Advice (835), April 2006, ASC X12N/005010X221. (Incorporated by reference in Sec. 162.920.)
(c) For the period from January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2013, the standard identified in paragraph (b)(2) of this section.
(d) For the period on and after January 1, 2014, the following standards:
(1) Except when transmissions as described in Sec. 162.1601(a) and (b) are contained within the same transmission, for Stage 1 Payment Initiation transmissions described in Sec. 162.1601(a), all of the following standards:
(i) The National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA) Corporate Credit or Deposit Entry with Addenda Record (CCD+) implementation specifications as contained in the 2011 NACHA Operating Rules & Guidelines, A Complete Guide to the Rules Governing the ACH Network as follows (incorporated by reference in Sec. 162.920)--
(A) NACHA Operating Rules, Appendix One: ACH File Exchange Specifications; and
(B) NACHA Operating Rules, Appendix Three: ACH Record Format Specifications, Subpart 3.1.8 Sequence of Records for CCD Entries.
(ii) For the CCD Addenda Record (``7''), field 3, of the standard identified in 1602(d)(1)(i), the Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12 Standards for Electronic Data Interchange Technical Report Type 3, ``Health Care Claim Payment/Advice (835), April 2006: Section 2.4: 835 Segment Detail: ``TRN Reassociation Trace Number,'' Washington Publishing Company, 005010X221 (Incorporated by reference in Sec. 162.920).
(2) For transmissions described in Sec. 162.1601(b), including when transmissions as described in Sec. 162.1601(a) and (b) are contained within the same transmission, the ASC X12 Standards for Electronic Data Interchange Technical Report Type 3, ``Health Care Claim Payment/Advice (835), April 2006, ASC X12N/005010X221. (Incorporated by reference in Sec. 162.920). [77 FR 1590, Jan. 10, 2012]