EDI FAQ of the Week
The Division of Workers’ Compensation maintains a resource page for EDI issues. Among the features on that page, the Division posts an EDI FAQ of the week. This week’s FAQ and answer:
FAQ of the week:
Q: What naming convention do I use for my SFTP file name?
A: 28 TAC §134.807(b) and (c) require all alphabetic characters used in the SFTP file name must be lower case and the file must be compressed/zipped. Files that do not comply with these requirements or the naming convention may be rejected and placed in appropriate failure folders. SFTP files must comply with the following naming convention:
(1) Two digit alphanumeric state indicator of ‘tx’;
(2) Nine digit trading partner Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN);
(3) Nine digit trading partner postal code;
(4) Nine digit insurance carrier FEIN or ‘xxxxxxxxx’ if the file contains medical EDI transactions from different insurance carriers;
(5) Three digit record type ‘837’;
(6) One character Test/Production indicator (‘t’ or ‘p’);
(7) Eight digit date file sent ‘CCYYMMDD’;
(8) Six digit time file sent ‘HHMMSS’;
(9) One character standard extension delimiter of ‘.’; and
(10) Three digit alphanumeric standard file extension of ‘zip’ or ‘txt’..
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