BLG - Billing Segment

The BLG segment is used to provide billing information, on the ordered service, to the filling application.

HL7 Attribute Table - BLG - Billing Segment

Seq#	Data Element Name	DataType	Usage	Vocabulary	Cardinality	Item #	Length	C.LEN	Flags
BLG
1	When to Charge	CCD	O	0100(R) Invocation event(Required)	[0..1]	00234
2	Charge Type	ID	O	0122(R) Charge Type(Required)	[0..1]	00235	[2..2]
3	Account ID	CX	O		[0..1]	00236
4	Charge Type Reason	CWE	O	0475(S) Charge Type Reason(Suggested)	[0..1]	01645

BLG-1: When to Charge (CCD) 00234

Definition: This field specifies when to charge for the ordered service. Refer to HL7 Table 0100 – Invocation event in Chapter 2C, Code Tables, for valid values.

BLG-2: Charge Type (ID) 00235

Definition: This field identifies someone or something other than the patient to be billed for this service. It is used in conjunction with BLG-3-account ID. Refer to HL7 Table 0122 – Charge Type in Chapter 2C, Code Tables, for valid values.

BLG-3: Account ID (CX) 00236

Definition: This field identifies the account to be billed. It is used in conjunction with BLG-2-charge type. Refer to HL7 Table 0061 – Check digit scheme in Chapter 2C, Code Tables.

BLG-4: Charge Type Reason (CWE) 01645

Definition: This field explains the choice of and provides the clinical rationale for the selected charge type identified in BLG-2. Refer to User-defined Table 0475 – Charge Type Reason in Chapter 2C, code Tables, for suggested values.