186 Laboratory Reporting (003040)
This is the standard X12 003040 spec, with 6 loops and 31 segment positions, as OpenEDI JSON, an ediFabric C# template and an ediFabric Native model. To change it for a trading partner, customize it in the EDI Spec Builder.
Use the 186 spec in your code
ediFabric .NET
Add the C# template and its common files to your project, or reference the template NuGet package, and read 186 files into TS186 objects. See ediFabric .NET.
ediFabric Native
Map version 003040 to the Native model with set_map, then parse 186 files to JSON from Python, Java, C or C#. See Convert between EDI and JSON.
OpenEDI
Select Customize in Spec Builder to copy the spec under your own name, change it for your partner, and parse files against it in EdiNation, ediFabric Native or ediFabric Cloud. Read about OpenEDI.
Generate 186 classes in Python, Java, Node.js, Go, Rust or C
ediFabric Native returns each 186 as JSON, with the property names of the OpenEDI schema. To work with that JSON as typed objects, generate classes from the OpenEDI file in your language and deserialize the JSON into TS186. Serialize the objects back to JSON to build EDI with ediFabric Native. The classes keep the loops, segments, lengths and code lists, but not the EDI data formats, so validate files with ediFabric Native. Read more in Generate a class from OpenEDI.
Python: datamodel-code-generator. Node.js: openapi-typescript. Java, Go, Rust and C: OpenAPI Generator.
186 structure
Loops and segments of the standard 186, with their usage and maximum repeats.
| ID | Name | Usage | Max use |
|---|---|---|---|
| ST | Transaction Set Header | Optional | 1 |
| BGN | Beginning Segment | Mandatory | 1 |
| CUR | Currency | Optional | 1 |
| LTR | Laboratory Test Results | Optional | 99 |
| Loop NM1 | Individual or Organizational Name | Optional | 2 |
| NM1 | Individual or Organizational Name | Mandatory | 1 |
| N3 | Address Information | Optional | 3 |
| N4 | Geographic Location | Optional | 1 |
| REF | Reference Numbers | Optional | 9 |
| PER | Administrative Communications Contact | Optional | 3 |
| Loop ACT | Account Identification | Mandatory | >1 |
| ACT | Account Identification | Mandatory | 1 |
| Loop LIN | Item Identification | Mandatory | >1 |
| LIN | Item Identification | Mandatory | 1 |
| NM1 | Individual or Organizational Name | Optional | 9 |
| REF | Reference Numbers | Optional | 9 |
| N3 | Address Information | Optional | 3 |
| N4 | Geographic Location | Optional | 1 |
| DMG | Demographic Information | Optional | 1 |
| DTP | Date or Time or Period | Optional | 5 |
| AM1 | Informational Values | Optional | 9 |
| PWK | Paperwork | Optional | 1 |
| K3 | File Information | Optional | 3 |
| Loop SPK | Specimen Kit Information | Mandatory | >1 |
| SPK | Specimen Kit Information | Mandatory | 1 |
| CD2 | Multi-Valued Characteristics | Optional | 9 |
| K3 | File Information | Optional | 3 |
| Loop NM1 | Individual or Organizational Name | Optional | >1 |
| NM1 | Individual or Organizational Name | Mandatory | 1 |
| N4 | Geographic Location | Optional | 1 |
| Loop LTR | Laboratory Test Results | Optional | >1 |
| LTR | Laboratory Test Results | Mandatory | 1 |
| CD2 | Multi-Valued Characteristics | Optional | 9 |
| DTP | Date or Time or Period | Optional | 9 |
| NM1 | Individual or Organizational Name | Optional | 9 |
| K3 | File Information | Optional | 3 |
| SE | Transaction Set Trailer | Optional | 1 |