This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Deduction Research Transaction Set (891) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. This transaction set can be used by a seller to request information about a deduction from an invoice. It can also be used by a seller's agent or buyer to provide complete details needed to resolve deduction amounts.
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
To indicate the beginning of a transaction set
To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code
To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed
To designate the entities which are parties to a transaction and specify a reference meaningful to those entities
To transmit identifying information as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier
To indicate the total monetary amount
To convey accounts-payable adjustment information for the purpose of cash application, including payer-generated debit/credit memos
To indicate the total monetary amount
To specify identifying information
To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments)
