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# EDI X12 834 Download

This message is used exclusively in the Health Insurance arena. Message formats currently exist for all states using the federal platform ( as well as the state based exchanges for CA, CO, GA, and WA.

The API format for 834 files is 1.5. Also important to note is that while you must end the URL with a “/” for the standard output formats, you must not use a terminal slash on this version.

http\://\<server:port>/core/1.5/API/project/\<project\_name>/\<project\_version>/datablocks/\<datablock\_name>/\<datablock\_version>/\<template>/\<record\_output>

For this call, there are two additional items to know.

· \<template> - this identifies which state template to use.

o or = any state on the federal platform

o ca = California

o co = Colorado

o ga = Georgia

o wa = Washington

· \<record\_output> - you can choose to output only a specific row or you can ouput the entire file

o -1 = output entire file

o 0 = output row 1

o 1 = output row 2

o n = output row n-1

To output a full file for Georgia (this project is specifically designed to generate Georgia 834 enrollment files) the URL is:

<http://99.99.99.99:8080/core/1.5/API/project/gga_834_project/1.0/datablocks/gga_or_fam_834/1.1/ga/-1>

The browser download manager may identify this as an insecure file type; you will manually have to click ‘Keep’ in the download manager to get the file.

<figure><img src="/files/VUb0KhxFmDXoykTJMaYZ" alt=""><figcaption><p>834 format output with browser download manager message</p></figcaption></figure>

This is a sample of the file output by TDO:

<figure><img src="/files/1SGOLAqSS308l7x0zD0F" alt=""><figcaption><p>Sample EDI X12 834 output</p></figcaption></figure>


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