BGN
Beginning Segment .
Pos: 015 Max: 1
Heading - Optional
Loop: N/A Elements: 9
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To indicate the beginning of a transaction set Element Summary:

                     
  _Ref_ Id _________Element Name__________ Req Type Min/Max ___Usage___  
  BGN01 353 Transaction Set Purpose Code M ID 2/2 Must use  
      Description: Code identifying purpose of transaction set
      All valid standard codes are used.
  BGN02 127 Reference Identification M AN 1/30 Must use  
      Description: Reference information as defined for a particular Transaction Set or as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier
  BGN03 373 Date M DT 8/8 Must use  
      Description: Date expressed as CCYYMMDD
  BGN04 337 Time C TM 4/8 Used  
      Description: Time expressed in 24-hour clock time as follows: HHMM, or HHMMSS, or HHMMSSD, or HHMMSSDD, where H = hours (00-23), M = minutes (00-59), S = integer seconds (00-59) and DD = decimal seconds; decimal seconds are expressed as follows: D = tenths (0-9) and DD = hundredths (00-99)
  BGN05 623 Time Code O ID 2/2 Used  
      Description: Code identifying the time. In accordance with International Standards Organization standard 8601, time can be specified by a + or - and an indication in hours in relation to Universal Time Coordinate (UTC) time; since + is a restricted character, + and - are substituted by P and M in the codes that follow
      All valid standard codes are used.
  BGN06 127 Reference Identification O AN 1/30 Used  
      Description: Reference information as defined for a particular Transaction Set or as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier
  BGN07 640 Transaction Type Code O ID 2/2 Used  
      Description: Code specifying the type of transaction
      All valid standard codes are used.
  BGN08 306 Action Code O ID 1/2 Used  
      Description: Code indicating type of action
      All valid standard codes are used.
  BGN09 786 Security Level Code O ID 2/2 Used  
      Description: Code indicating the level of confidentiality assigned by the sender to the information following
      All valid standard codes are used.

Syntax:
1. BGN05 C0504 -- If BGN05 is present, then BGN04 is required

Semantics:
1. BGN02 is the transaction set reference number.
2. BGN03 is the transaction set date.
3. BGN04 is the transaction set time.
4. BGN05 is the transaction set time qualifier.
5. BGN06 is the transaction set reference number of a previously sent transaction affected by the current transaction.

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