ISErrorRefiner

Use the ISErrorRefiner activity to modify error lines (also called DTL lines) in an Instream results file.

Errors in Instream are assigned a severity, a HIPAA Type, various response codes, and more that apply to the error wherever it occurs. However, a customer may prefer that an error have different values for those parameters, depending on the location of the error within the EDI. ISErrorRefiner is a Java program that is designed to make changes to these parameters based on a configuration table of modification instructions.
Note: The ISErrorRefiner activity is for use by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) customers utilizing data that has been validated by Instream to convert EDI to and from flat file format for compliance with the CEM requirements for electronic processing of claims. Purchase of the TIBCO Foresight® Instream® MAC Adapter is required to use ISErrorRefiner

For more details on ISErrorRefiner, refer to the ISErrorRefiner PDF document.

Example

An example use of ISError Refiner is as follows.

The following data is encountered during validation:

DTL 30 2330AN4 1343 27 4 1 1 7 41652 2 14482 8 7024 X7 21

The ISErrorRefiner configuration file specified in the input field "config_file" contains the following modification instructions:

If an Instream DTL record is found for Error 41652 in Loop 2330A on the fourth element of the N4 segment, then the following fields in the DTL record are changed:
  • the element position set to ‘2’
  • the severity set to ‘3’

The modified Instream detail file (saved as specified in the input field "output_file") contains the changed severity and element position rather than the default settings.

The modified data appears as follows:

DTL 30 2330AN4 1343 27 2 1 1 7 41652 3 14482 8 7024 X7 21

General

The General tab contains the following fields.

Field Literal Value/Module Property/Process Property? Description
Name User-defined name for the activity.
Input Mode File or Memory
Output Mode File or Memory

Description

The Description tab is used to provide a short description for the activity.

Input

The Input tab contains the following fields.

Field Literal Value/Module Property/Process Property? Description
instream_result

Specifies the file path and name of the Instream detail file to be modified. (Required)

Note: This file is not changed by ISErrorRefiner.
config_file

Specifies the file path and name of the ISErrorRefiner configuration file containing the modification instructions that ISErrorRefiner is to use. (Required)

It should not be the same as the Input, Output, or Log files.

(See the ISErrorRefiner PDF document, Configuration File Layout section for more information about the ISErrorRefiner Configuration File.)

output_file

Specifies the file path and name for the output modified Instream detail file. (Required)

It should not be the same as the Input file.

Output

The Output tab contains the following fields.

Field Literal Value/Module Property/Process Property? Description
instream_result_out

File path and name for the output modified Instream detail file.

return_code

Specifies the return code.

For example, 0 means the program ran successfully, 2 means a specified file could not be found, and so on.

Return codes are listed in Chapter 4 of the ISErrorRefiner PDF document
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