Benefits of using an 811 Consolidated Service Invoice/Statement
The EDI 811 can contain up to nine hierarchical levels. This allows for more flexibility in the type and organization for billing multiple service providers and accommodating a variety of billing arrangements within one EDI transaction. The EDI 811 can be used in place of the EDI 810 Invoice and is broadly used within the telecommunications industry.
The flexibility of the EDI 811 format provides a variety of levels of account invoice and statement information to accommodate numerous account levels. There are three different EDI 811 formats available for billing separate account levels and levels of billing information:
Single account billing – One account, one service, one invoice
Group account billing – Several single accounts consolidated under one master account, all on one invoice
Consolidated account billing – Single accounts or group billing accounts consolidated under one master account
To accommodate different billing levels and account structures, the EDI 811 transaction supports two different levels of billing:
EDI 811 Summary bill – Provides customers with a summary of invoice information for high-level invoice processing
EDI 811 Detailed bill – Provides customers with complete billing information, which enables a detailed analysis of service levels and charges by the customer
The key data elements included in an EDI Consolidated Service Invoice/Statement:
Individual or Organizational Name
Date/Time Reference
Accounting Detail
Balance Detail
Common issues regarding EDI 811
Credit/Debit Limitations
This transaction set should not be used as a standalone notification of a credit/debit adjustment.
Complexity
The possibility of billing multiple entities and multiple levels within an organization requires up-to-date mapping updates.
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