Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Issue Date: November 18, 2014

Program Area: Distributed Data Collection (DDC) for RA Including HCRP/EDGE Server

Question: The Interface Control Document (ICD) states the File ID data element should be a string no longer than 12 characters long; however, the Extensible Markup Language (XML) example, posted in the REGTAP Library, has a value of 'medfile03', which is less than 12 characters. Can the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) confirm the format for the File ID data element?

Answer: CMS apologizes for the confusion. The File ID data element must be a string equal to 12 letters and/or numbers.

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