ASC X12 997: Functional Acknowledgement

The ASC X12 997 transaction is a response to an ASC X12 837 transaction when the claim or encounter information is sent as a file. The ASC X12 997 transaction indicates, at a fundamental level, the status of transactions within the ASC X12 837 file. This file format has been obsolesced by the 999 Functional Acknowledgement transaction in the ASC X12 5010 version of the ASC X12 transactions.