AUT - Authorization Information Segment

This segment represents an authorization or a pre-authorization for a referred procedure or requested service by the payor covering the patient's health care.

HL7 Attribute Table - AUT - Authorization Information Segment

Seq#	Data Element Name	DataType	Usage	Vocabulary	Cardinality	Item #	Length	C.LEN	Flags
AUT
1	Authorizing Payor, Plan ID	CWE	O	0072 Insurance Plan ID	[0..1]	01146
2	Authorizing Payor, Company ID	CWE	R	0285 Insurance Company ID Codes	[1..1]	01147
3	Authorizing Payor, Company Name	ST	O		[0..1]	01148		45	#
4	Authorization Effective Date	DTM	O		[0..1]	01149
5	Authorization Expiration Date	DTM	O		[0..1]	01150
6	Authorization Identifier	EI	C		[0..1]	01151
7	Reimbursement Limit	CP	O		[0..1]	01152
8	Requested Number of Treatments	CQ	O		[0..1]	01153
9	Authorized Number of Treatments	CQ	O		[0..1]	01154
10	Process Date	DTM	O		[0..1]	01145
11	Requested Discipline(s)	CWE	O	0522	[0..*]	02375
12	Authorized Discipline(s)	CWE	O	0546	[0..*]	02376
13	Authorization Referral Type	CWE	R	0551	[1..1]	03413	[250..*]
14	Approval Status	CWE	O	0563	[0..1]	03414	[250..*]
15	Planned Treatment Stop Date	DTM	O		[0..1]	03415	[24..*]
16	Clinical Service	CWE	O	0573	[0..1]	03416	[250..*]
17	Reason Text	ST	O		[0..1]	03417	[60..*]
18	Number of Authorized Treatments/Units	CQ	O		[0..1]	03418	[721..*]
19	Number of Used Treatments/Units	CQ	O		[0..1]	03419	[721..*]
20	Number of Schedule Treatments/Units	CQ	O		[0..1]	03420	[721..*]
21	Encounter Type	CWE	O	0574	[0..1]	03421	[250..*]
22	Remaining Benefit Amount	MO	O		[0..1]	03422	[20..*]
23	Authorized Provider	XON	O		[0..1]	03423	[250..*]
24	Authorized Health Professional	XCN	O		[0..1]	03424	[250..*]
25	Source Text	ST	O		[0..1]	03425	[60..*]
26	Source Date	DTM	O		[0..1]	03426	[24..*]
27	Source Phone	XTN	O		[0..1]	03427	[250..*]
28	Comment	ST	O		[0..1]	03428	[254..*]
29	Action Code	ID	O	0206(R) Segment Action Code(Required)	[0..1]	03429	[1..*]

AUT-1: Authorizing Payor, Plan ID (CWE) 01146

Definition: This field contains the ID of the coverage plan authorizing treatment. Values should be entries in a locally defined table of plan codes. User defined Table 0072- Insurance Plan ID is used as the HL7 identifier for the user-defined table of values for this field.

AUT-2: Authorizing Payor, Company ID (CWE) 01147

Definition: This field contains the ID of the insurance company or other entity that administers the authorizing coverage plan. Values may be entries in a locally defined table of payor codes. User-defined Table 0285 - Insurance Company ID Codes is used as the HL7 identifier for the user-defined table of values for this field.

AUT-3: Authorizing Payor, Company Name (ST) 01148

Definition: This field contains the name of the insurance company or other entity that administers the authorizing coverage plan.

AUT-4: Authorization Effective Date (DTM) 01149

Definition: This field contains the effective date of the authorization.

AUT-5: Authorization Expiration Date (DTM) 01150

Definition: This field contains the expiration date after which the authorization to treat will no longer be in effect from the perspective of the coverage plan.

AUT-6: Authorization Identifier (EI) 01151

Definition: This field contains the coverage application's permanent identifier assigned to track the authorization and all related billing documents. This field is conditionally required. It is not required when authorization information is being requested. However, it is required when this segment is contained in a message which is responding to a request and contains the authorization information. This is a composite field.

The first component of this field is a string of up to 15 characters that identifies an individual authorization. It is assigned by the coverage application, and it identifies an authorization, and the subsequent billing transactions resulting from the given authorization, uniquely among all such authorizations granted from a particular processing application.

The second component is optional because this field, itself, is already defined as an authorization identifier.

The third component is optional. If used it should contain the application identifier for the coverage application. The application identifier is a string of up to six characters that is uniquely associated with an application. A given healthcare provider facility, or group of intercommunicating healthcare provider facilities, should establish a unique list of applications that may be potential originators and recipients, and then assign unique application identifiers to each of those applications. This list of application identifiers becomes one of the healthcare provider facility's master dictionary lists. Since applications fulfilling different application roles can send and receive referral messages containing authorizations, the coverage application identifier may not identify the application sending or receiving a particular message. Data elements on the Message Header (MSH) segment are available to identify the actual sending and receiving applications.

AUT-7: Reimbursement Limit (CP) 01152

Definition: This field contains the dollar limit for reimbursement specified by the coverage plan for the authorized treatment.

AUT-8: Requested Number of Treatments (CQ) 01153

Definition: This field contains the requested number of times that the treatment may be administered to the patient without obtaining additional authorization.

AUT-9: Authorized Number of Treatments (CQ) 01154

Definition: This field contains the number of times that the authorized treatment may be administered to the patient without obtaining additional authorization.

AUT-10: Process Date (DTM) 01145

Definition: This field contains the date that the authorization originated with the authorizing party.

AUT-11: Requested Discipline(s) (CWE) 02375

Definition: Discipline – The scope of medical service(s) for which reimbursement for services rendered is requested. Examples include Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech, etc. This field contains the requested discipline(s). Refer to Table 0522 - Requested Discipline(s) in Chapter 2C for valid values.

AUT-12: Authorized Discipline(s) (CWE) 02376

Definition: Discipline – The scope of medical service(s) for which reimbursement for services rendered is authorized. Examples include Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech, etc. This field contains the authorized discipline(s). Refer to Table 0546 - Authorized Discipline(s) in Chapter 2C for valid values.

AUT-13: Authorization Referral Type (CWE) 03413

Definition: The authorization/referral type distinguishes the content of the segment as pertaining to an authorization vs a referral vs other types. Refer to Table 0551 - Authorization Referral Type in Chapter 2C for valid values.

AUT-14: Approval Status (CWE) 03414

Definition: The authorization/referral approval status indicates that status of an authorization. Refer to Table 0563 - Approval Status in Chapter 2C for valid values.

AUT-15: Planned Treatment Stop Date (DTM) 03415

Definition: The authorization planned treatment stop date is the date that the patient's treatment from this authorization is expected to complete, based on procedural protocols. This value can be used to indicate that an extension to an authorization is necessary, if the treatment continues longer than expected.

AUT-16: Clinical Service (CWE) 03416

Definition: The authorization clinical service provides a means of categorizing the authorization. This is especially valuable for differentiating authorizations that do not have specific procedure codes associated with them. Refer to Table 0573 - Clinical Service in Chapter 2C for valid values.

AUT-17: Reason Text (ST) 03417

Definition: The authorization reason is a free text field allowing a user to capture, in a non-coded format, the reason for the authorization. Typically this would describe the patient's condition or illness for which the authorization is recorded.

AUT-18: Number of Authorized Treatments/Units (CQ) 03418

Definition: The authorized duration is the amount of time, in days or visits, that the patient has been authorized for treatment by this authorization. The duration of "days" is reserved for inpatient authorizations.

AUT-19: Number of Used Treatments/Units (CQ) 03419

Definition: The used duration is the amount of time, in days or visits that the patient has used of the originally authorized duration. The duration of "days" is reserved for inpatient authorizations.

AUT-20: Number of Schedule Treatments/Units (CQ) 03420

Definition: The scheduled treatments is the amount of time, in days or visits that the patient has planned treatments scheduled The duration of "days" is reserved for inpatient authorizations.

AUT-21: Encounter Type (CWE) 03421

Definition: The authorization encounter type provides a means of specifying the environment for the performance of the authorized services. For example, it is common for a procedure to be authorized only for an outpatient environment. If something causes the procedure to be performed in an inpatient environment, a new authorization would be needed. Refer to Table 0574 - Encounter Type in Chapter 2C for valid values.

AUT-22: Remaining Benefit Amount (MO) 03422

Definition: The authorization benefit amount is the amount remaining from the insurance company related to this authorization.

AUT-23: Authorized Provider (XON) 03423

Definition: This represents the organization to which the patient was referred, or that is authorized to perform the procedure(s). The authorized provider represents the organization recognized by the insurance carrier that is authorized to perform the services for the patient specified on the authorization.

AUT-24: Authorized Health Professional (XCN) 03424

Definition: The authorized HP represents the specific health professional being authorized to perform the services for the patient. This is a less frequently used field, as most often the authorization is for a group/organization and not a specific HP within that group.

AUT-25: Source Text (ST) 03425

Definition: The authorization source text allows a user to capture information (such as the name) of the person contacted regarding the specific authorization.

AUT-26: Source Date (DTM) 03426

Definition: The authorization source date allows a user to capture the date the person was contacted regarding the specific authorization.

AUT-27: Source Phone (XTN) 03427

Definition: The authorization source phone number allows a user to capture the phone number of the person contacted regarding the specific authorization.

AUT-28: Comment (ST) 03428

Definition: The authorization notes allow for a free text capture of any notes the user wishes to capture related to the authorization. This is a single notes field that allows the user to add additional text over time, or replace the text that already exists.

AUT-29: Action Code (ID) 03429

Definition: This field defines the action to be taken for this authorization. Refer to HL7 Table 0206 - Segment Action Code in Chapter 2C for valid values. When this field is valued, the AUT segment is not in "snapshot mode", rather in "action mode".