[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR162.915]

[Page 676]
 
                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
                    SUBTITLE A--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 162--ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart I--General Provisions for Transactions
 
Sec. 162.915  Trading partner agreements.

    A covered entity must not enter into a trading partner agreement 
that would do any of the following:
    (a) Change the definition, data condition, or use of a data element 
or segment in a standard.
    (b) Add any data elements or segments to the maximum defined data 
set.
    (c) Use any code or data elements that are either marked ``not 
used'' in the standard's implementation specification or are not in the 
standard's implementation specification(s).
    (d) Change the meaning or intent of the standard's implementation 
specification(s).