linuxforhealth-x12 0.56.0

LinuxForHealth x12 streams ASC 5010 X12 health care transactions into Pydantic Models for a pleasant pythonic parsing experience! Integration options include REST endpoints, CLI (command line), or direct access using the Python SDK

LinuxForHealth x12

LinuxForHealth x12 streams ASC 5010 X12 health care transactions into Pydantic Models for a pleasant pythonic parsing experience! Integration options include REST endpoints, CLI (command line), or direct access using the Python SDK.

Supported formats include:

• 005010X212 Claim Status
• 005010X221 Claim Payment
• 005010X222 Professional Claim
• 05010X223 Institutional Claim
• 005010X279 Eligibility
• 005010X220 Enrollment and Maintenance

Quickstart

Pre-requisites

The LinuxForHealth X12 development environment relies on the following software packages:

• git for project version control
• Python 3.8 or higher for runtime/coding support

Project Setup and Validation

pip install --upgrade pip setuptools

git clone https://github.com/LinuxForHealth/x12
cd x12

python3 -m venv venv && source venv/bin/activate && pip install --upgrade pip setuptools 
pip install -e .[dev]
pytest

SDK

The X12 SDK provides an io package which supports streaming X12 segments or transaction models. Segment streaming parses each segment into a list containing the fields. Model streaming validates the X12 payload, and returns one or transaction models from the X12 message.

To stream segments, create a X12SegmentReader instance:

from linuxforhealth.x12.io import X12SegmentReader

with X12SegmentReader("/home/edi/270.x12") as r:
    # return the segment name and field list
    for segment_name, segment_fields in r.segments():
        print(segment_name)
        print(segment_fields)

To stream models, create a X12ModelReader instance:

from linuxforhealth.x12.io import X12ModelReader

with X12ModelReader("/home/edi/270.x12") as r:
    for model in r.models():
        # common model attributes include "header" and "footer"
        print(model.header)
        print(model.footer)
        
        # to convert back to X12
        model.x12()

CLI

The X12 CLI parses a X12 input file and returns either a list of X12 segments, or a list of X12 models based on the provided options.

To view help information

user@mbp x12 % source venv/bin/activate
(venv) user@mbp x12 % lfhx12 --help
usage: LinuxForHealth X12 [-h] [-s | -m] [-x] [-p] file

The LinuxForHealth X12 CLI parses and validates X12 messages.
Messages are returned in JSON format in either a segment or transactional format.

positional arguments:
  file           The path to a ASC X12 file

optional arguments:
  -h, --help     show this help message and exit
  -s, --segment  Returns X12 segments
  -m, --model    Returns X12 models
  -x, --exclude  Exclude fields set to None in model output
  -p, --pretty   Pretty print output

To parse a X12 message into segments with pretty printing enabled

(venv) user@mbp x12 % lfhx12 -s -p demo-file/demo.270
[
    {
        "ISA00": "ISA",
        "ISA01": "03",
        "ISA02": "9876543210",
<etc, etc>

To parse a X12 message into models with pretty printing enabled

(venv) user@mbp x12 % lfhx12 -m -p demo-file/demo.270
[
    {
        "header": {
            "st_segment": {
                "delimiters": {
                    "element_separator": "*",
                    "repetition_separator": "^",
                    "segment_terminator": "~",
                    "component_separator": ":"
                },
                "segment_name": "ST",
                "transaction_set_identifier_code": "270",
                "transaction_set_control_number": "0001",
                "implementation_convention_reference": "005010X279A1"
            },
            "bht_segment": {
              <etc, etc>

In "model" mode, the -x option excludes None values from output.

Code Formatting

LinuxForHealth X12 adheres to the Black Code Style and Convention

The following command executes the black formatter with default options

user@mbp x12 % source venv/bin/activate
(venv) user@mbp x12 % black ./src

Use the --help flag to view all available options for the black code formatter

(venv) user@mbp x12 % black --help

Building The Project

LinuxForHealth X12 is aligned, to a degree, with the PEP-517 standard. setup.cfg stores build metadata/configuration. pyproject.toml contains the build toolchain specification and black formatter configurations.

The commands below creates a source and wheel distribution within a clean build environment.

python3 -m venv build-venv && source build-venv/bin/activate && pip install --upgrade pip setuptools build wheel twine
python3 -m build --no-isolation

Additional Resources

• Design Overview
• New Transaction Support