A financial tool for tracking value accrued for a particular purpose. In the healthcare field, used to track charges for a patient, cost centers, etc.

Unique identifier used to reference the account. May or may not be intended for human use (e.g. credit card number).

Indicates whether the account is presently used/usable or not.

This element is labeled as a modifier because the status contains the codes inactive and entered-in-error that mark the Account as not currently valid.

Categorizes the account for reporting and searching purposes.

Name used for the account when displaying it to humans in reports, etc.

Identifies the patient, device, practitioner, location or other object the account is associated with.

Accounts can be applied to non patients for tracking other non patient related activities, such as group services (patients not tracked, and costs charged to another body), or may not be allocated.

Identifies the period of time the account applies to; e.g. accounts created per fiscal year, quarter, etc.

It is possible for transactions relevant to a coverage period to be posted to the account before or after the coverage period, however the services that are being charged for must be within this period.

Indicates the period of time over which the account is allowed to have transactions posted to it. This period may be different to the coveragePeriod which is the duration of time that services may occur.

Accounts are able to be active only during a specific period, and the dates to which charges should be able to be applied.

Represents the sum of all credits less all debits associated with the account. Might be positive, zero or negative.

The party(s) that are responsible for covering the payment of this account, and what order should they be applied to the account.

Typically this may be some form of insurance, internal charges, or self-pay.

Local or jurisdicational business rules may determine which coverage covers which types of billable items charged to the account, and in which order. Where the order is important, a local/jurisdicational extension may be defined to specify the order for the type of charge.

The party(s) that are responsible for payment (or part of) of charges applied to this account (including self-pay).

A coverage may only be resposible for specific types of charges, and the sequence of the coverages in the account could be important when processing billing.

The priority of the coverage in the context of this account.

It is common in some jurisdictions for there to be multiple coverages allocated to an account, and a sequence is required to order the settling of the account (often with insurance claiming).

Indicates the organization, department, etc. with responsibility for the account.

Provides additional information about what the account tracks and how it is used.

Parties financially responsible for the account.

The entity who is responsible.

A guarantor may be placed on credit hold or otherwise have their role temporarily suspended.

The timeframe during which the guarantor accepts responsibility for the account.