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Centene LWC EDI CORE Real Time Service

Centene’s CAQH CORE Connectivity envelope over ASC X12 healthcare transactions — RealTimeTransaction plus six batch submission, acknowledgement and retrieval operations. This is the highest-consequence write surface Centene publishes and it has neither idempotency nor a documented reversal path. OAuth client credentials with audience edicorertservice.

Centene LWC EDI CORE Real Time Service is one of 12 APIs that Centene publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include EDI, X12, CAQH CORE, Claims, and Eligibility. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 8 operations across 8 paths, and defines 37 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 2.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against the base URL https://prod.api.centene.com/edi/core/.

8 operations 8 paths 37 schemas 8 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 2.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://prod.api.centene.com/edi/core/
Authentication
API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Centene LWC EDI CORE Real Time Service declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as APIKey (clientID). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 8

Across 8 paths, the API surfaces 8 operations — 8 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Operations 8
POST
/RealTimeTransaction
Operation RealTimeTransaction
RealTimeTransaction 1 param → default
POST
/BatchSubmitTransaction
Operation BatchSubmitTransaction
BatchSubmitTransaction 1 param → default
POST
/GenericBatchSubmissionTransaction
Operation GenericBatchSubmissionTransaction
GenericBatchSubmissionTransaction 1 param → default
POST
/BatchSubmitAckRetrievalTransaction
Operation BatchSubmitAckRetrievalTransaction
BatchSubmitAckRetrievalTransaction 1 param → default
POST
/BatchResultsRetrievalTransaction
Operation BatchResultsRetrievalTransaction
BatchResultsRetrievalTransaction 1 param → default
POST
/BatchResultsAckSubmitTransaction
Operation BatchResultsAckSubmitTransaction
BatchResultsAckSubmitTransaction 1 param → default
POST
/GenericBatchRetrievalTransaction
Operation GenericBatchRetrievalTransaction
GenericBatchRetrievalTransaction 1 param → default
POST
/GenericBatchReceiptConfirmationTransaction
Operation GenericBatchReceiptConfirmationTransaction
GenericBatchReceiptConfirmationTransaction 1 param → default

Schemas 37

The contract defines 37 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are COREEnvelopeBatchResultsRetrievalResponse_element_CORE-XSD (12 properties), COREEnvelopeBatchSubmissionAckRetrievalResponse_element_CORE-XSD (12 properties), COREEnvelopeBatchResultsAckSubmissionResponse_element_CORE-XSD (12 properties), COREEnvelopeBatchSubmissionResponse_element_CORE-XSD (12 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Security
object
Header for WS-Security
2 properties
RealTimeTransactionInput
object
Input message for wsdl operation COREEnvelopeRealTimeRequest
1 property 1 required
RealTimeTransactionHeader
object
Input headers for wsdl operation COREEnvelopeRealTimeRequest
1 property
RealTimeTransactionOutput
object
Output message for wsdl operation COREEnvelopeRealTimeRequest
1 property 1 required
BatchSubmitTransactionInput
object
Input message for wsdl operation COREEnvelopeBatchSubmission
1 property 1 required
BatchSubmitTransactionHeader
object
Input headers for wsdl operation COREEnvelopeBatchSubmission
1 property
BatchSubmitTransactionOutput
object
Output message for wsdl operation COREEnvelopeBatchSubmission
1 property 1 required
GenericBatchSubmissionTransactionInput
object
Input message for wsdl operation COREEnvelopeBatchSubmission
1 property 1 required
GenericBatchSubmissionTransactionHeader
object
Input headers for wsdl operation COREEnvelopeBatchSubmission
1 property
GenericBatchSubmissionTransactionOutput
object
Output message for wsdl operation COREEnvelopeBatchSubmission
1 property 1 required
BatchSubmitAckRetrievalTransactionInput
object
Input message for wsdl operation COREEnvelopeBatchSubmissionAckRetrievalRequest
1 property 1 required
BatchSubmitAckRetrievalTransactionHeader
object
Input headers for wsdl operation COREEnvelopeBatchSubmissionAckRetrievalRequest
1 property
BatchSubmitAckRetrievalTransactionOutput
object
Output message for wsdl operation COREEnvelopeBatchSubmissionAckRetrievalRequest
1 property 1 required
BatchResultsRetrievalTransactionInput
object
Input message for wsdl operation COREEnvelopeBatchResultsRetrievalRequest
1 property 1 required
BatchResultsRetrievalTransactionHeader
object
Input headers for wsdl operation COREEnvelopeBatchResultsRetrievalRequest
1 property
BatchResultsRetrievalTransactionOutput
object
Output message for wsdl operation COREEnvelopeBatchResultsRetrievalRequest
1 property 1 required
BatchResultsAckSubmitTransactionInput
object
Input message for wsdl operation COREEnvelopeBatchResultsAckSubmission
1 property 1 required
BatchResultsAckSubmitTransactionHeader
object
Input headers for wsdl operation COREEnvelopeBatchResultsAckSubmission
1 property
BatchResultsAckSubmitTransactionOutput
object
Output message for wsdl operation COREEnvelopeBatchResultsAckSubmission
1 property 1 required
GenericBatchRetrievalTransactionInput
object
Input message for wsdl operation COREEnvelopeBatchResultsRetrievalRequest
1 property 1 required
GenericBatchRetrievalTransactionHeader
object
Input headers for wsdl operation COREEnvelopeBatchResultsRetrievalRequest
1 property
GenericBatchRetrievalTransactionOutput
object
Output message for wsdl operation COREEnvelopeBatchResultsRetrievalRequest
1 property 1 required
GenericBatchReceiptConfirmationTransactionInput
object
Input message for wsdl operation COREEnvelopeBatchResultsAckSubmission
1 property 1 required
GenericBatchReceiptConfirmationTransactionHeader
object
Input headers for wsdl operation COREEnvelopeBatchResultsAckSubmission
1 property
GenericBatchReceiptConfirmationTransactionOutput
object
Output message for wsdl operation COREEnvelopeBatchResultsAckSubmission
1 property 1 required
COREEnvelopeRealTimeRequest_element_CORE-XSD
object
8 properties 8 required
COREEnvelopeRealTimeResponse_element_CORE-XSD
object
10 properties 9 required
COREEnvelopeBatchSubmission_element_CORE-XSD
object
10 properties 10 required
COREEnvelopeBatchSubmissionResponse_element_CORE-XSD
object
12 properties 9 required
COREEnvelopeBatchSubmissionAckRetrievalRequest_element_CORE-XSD
object
10 properties 7 required
COREEnvelopeBatchSubmissionAckRetrievalResponse_element_CORE-XSD
object
12 properties 9 required
COREEnvelopeBatchResultsRetrievalRequest_element_CORE-XSD
object
10 properties 7 required
COREEnvelopeBatchResultsRetrievalResponse_element_CORE-XSD
object
12 properties 9 required
COREEnvelopeBatchResultsAckSubmission_element_CORE-XSD
object
10 properties 7 required
COREEnvelopeBatchResultsAckSubmissionResponse_element_CORE-XSD
object
12 properties 9 required
RealTimeMode_type_CORE-XSD
string
BatchMode_type_CORE-XSD
string

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

centene-edi-core-realtime-openapi.json Raw ↑

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