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TAG: Technical Advisory Group.

TG: Task Group.

UB: Uniform Bill, as in UB-82 or UB-92.

UB-82: A uniform institutional claim form developed by the NUBC that was in general use from 1983 - 1993.

UB-92: A uniform institutional claim form developed by the NUBC that has been in use since 1993.

UCF: Uniform Claim Form, as in UCF-1500.

UCTF: The Uniform Claim Task Force.

UN/EDIFACT: See EDIFACT.

Uniform Claim Task Force (UCTF): An organization that developed the initial HCFA-1500 Professional Claim Form. The maintenance responsibilities were later assumed by the NUCC.

Unstructured Data: This term usually refers to data that is represented as free-form text, as an image, etc., where it is not practical to predict exactly what data will appear where.

Value-Added Network (VAN): A vendor of EDI data communications and translation services.

VAN: Value-Added Network.