---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 162.2001"
title: "45"
number: "162.2001"
heading: "Health care claims attachments transaction."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/162.2001"
---

# §162.2001. Health care claims attachments transaction.


A health care claims attachments transaction is the transmission of either of the following:

- (a) Attachment information from a health care provider to a health plan in support of a health care claims or equivalent encounter transaction, as described in [§ 162.1101](/cfr/45/162.1101.md).
- (b) **A request from a health plan to a health care provider for attachment information.**

## Notes

### Source

Source: 91 FR 14405, Mar. 24, 2026, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1320d—1320d-9 and secs. 1104 and 10109 of Pub. L. 111-148, 124 Stat. 146-154 and 915-917.

### Source

Source: 65 FR 50367, Aug. 17, 2000, unless otherwise noted.