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X12 versions

ANSI ASC X12 publishes a yearly release identified by a six-digit code (00YYNN). Below is the list of widely-used releases since 003040, with year, status and sector adoption.

Release Year Status Notable changes Industries
003040 1990 Historic First mass-deployed release in US retail and transport in the early 1990s. Ratified by ANSI ASC X12. Retail, transport
003050 1992 Historic Stabilisation of NTE/REF segments, transport tweaks. Retail, transport
003060 1993 Historic Strengthened financial transactions. Finance, retail
003070 1994 Historic Pre-HIPAA health additions. Health, retail
004010 1997 Historic mainstay The workhorse of US retail and manufacturing in the 2000s. Still very common in retail despite the 5010 health mandate. Retail, manufacturing, supply chain
004020 1998 Historic Minor additions on shipment segments (856). Retail, logistics
004030 1999 Historic Y2K-related corrective maintenance. All sectors
004040 2000 Historic Early evolution toward healthcare convergence. Health, retail
004050 2001 Historic Corrective maintenance. All sectors
005010 2003 HIPAA mandate (US health) Version selected by the US Department of Health and Human Services for electronic HIPAA transactions. Mandatory since 1 January 2012 for 270/271, 276/277, 278, 820, 834, 835, 837. Health (HIPAA mandate), supply chain
005020 2005 Historic Corrective maintenance. All sectors
005030 2007 Historic Corrective maintenance. All sectors
005040 2008 Historic Corrective maintenance. All sectors
005050 2009 Historic Corrective maintenance. All sectors
006010 2010 Historic Early energy-sector additions. Energy, finance
006020 2011 Stable Adopted for greenfield supply-chain deployments. Supply chain, transport
006030 2013 Stable Corrective maintenance. Supply chain
006040 2014 Stable Corrective maintenance. Supply chain
006050 2015 Stable Corrective maintenance. Supply chain
007010 2016 Stable Insurance sector additions. Insurance, finance
007020 2017 Stable Corrective maintenance. All sectors
007030 2018 Recent stable Referenced in some new North-American supply-chain contracts. Supply chain, finance
007040 2019 Stable Corrective maintenance. All sectors
007050 2020 Stable Corrective maintenance. All sectors
008010 2021 Latest major release Latest release jump published by ANSI ASC X12. Progressive adoption in new deployments. Supply chain, finance, health

The release identifier appears in the GS08 segment of the X12 envelope. For the detailed public-transaction list, see the X12 hub. Transaction pages: 850 Purchase Order, 210 Motor Carrier Freight Details.