Remittance Advice Remark Codes

The following table provides description of the Remittance Advice (RA) remark codes used in Contract Manager.

Remark Code

Description

M1

 

X-ray not taken within the past 12 months or near enough to the start of treatment.

Start: 1/1/1997

M2

 

Not paid separately when the patient is an inpatient.

Start: 1/1/1997

M3

 

Equipment is the same or similar to equipment already being used.

Start: 1/1/1997

M4

 

 

Alert: This is the last monthly installment payment for this durable medical equipment.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

M5

 

Monthly rental payments can continue until the earlier of the 15th month from the first rental month, or the month when the equipment is no longer needed.

Start: 1/1/1997

M6

 

 

Alert: You must furnish and service this item for as long as the patient continues to need it. We can pay for maintenance and/or servicing for every 6 month period after the end of the 15th paid rental month or the end of the warranty period.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

M7

 

No rental payments after the item is purchased, or after the total of issued rental payments equals the purchase price.

Start: 1/1/1997

M8

 

We do not accept blood gas tests results when the test was conducted by a medical supplier or taken while the patient is on oxygen.

Start: 1/1/1997

M9

 

 

Alert: This is the tenth rental month. You must offer the patient the choice of changing the rental to a purchase agreement.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

M10

 

Equipment purchases are limited to the first or the tenth month of medical necessity.

Start: 1/1/1997

M11

 

DME, orthotics and prosthetics must be billed to the DME carrier who services the patient's zip code.

Start: 1/1/1997

M12

 

Diagnostic tests performed by a physician must indicate whether purchased services are included on the claim.

Start: 1/1/1997

M13

 

 

Only one initial visit is covered per specialty per medical group.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 6/30/2007

Note: (Modified 6/30/03)

M14

 

No separate payment for an injection administered during an office visit, and no payment for a full office visit if the patient only received an injection.

Start: 1/1/1997

M15

 

Separately billed services/tests have been bundled as they are considered components of the same procedure. Separate payment is not allowed.

Start: 1/1/1997

M16

 

 

Alert: Please see our web site, mailings, or bulletins for more details concerning this policy/procedure/decision.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Reactivated 4/1/04, Modified 11/18/05, 4/1/07)

M17

 

 

Alert: Payment approved as you did not know, and could not reasonably have been expected to know, that this would not normally have been covered for this patient. In the future, you will be liable for charges for the same service(s) under the same or similar conditions.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

M18

 

 

Certain services may be approved for home use. Neither a hospital nor a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) is considered to be a patient's home.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 6/30/2003

Note: (Modified 6/30/03)

M19

 

 

Missing oxygen certification/re-certification.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03) Related to N234

M20

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid HCPCS.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

M21

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid place of residence for this service/item provided in a home.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

M22

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid number of miles traveled.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

M23

 

 

Missing invoice.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 8/1/2005

Note: (Modified 8/1/05)

M24

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid number of doses per vial.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

M25

 

 

The information furnished does not substantiate the need for this level of service. If you believe the service should have been fully covered as billed, or if you did not know and could not reasonably have been expected to know that we would not pay for this level of service, or if you notified the patient in writing in advance that we would not pay for this level of service and he/she agreed in writing to pay, ask us to review your claim within 120 days of the date of this notice. If you do not request a appeal, we will, upon application from the patient, reimburse him/her for the amount you have collected from him/her in excess of any deductible and coinsurance amounts. We will recover the reimbursement from you as an overpayment.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 11/5/2007

Note: (Modified 10/1/02, 6/30/03, 8/1/05, 11/5/07)

M26

 

 

 

The information furnished does not substantiate the need for this level of service. If you have collected any amount from the patient for this level of service /any amount that exceeds the limiting charge for the less extensive service, the law requires you to refund that amount to the patient within 30 days of receiving this notice.

The requirements for refund are in 1824(I) of the Social Security Act and 42CFR411.408. The section specifies that physicians who knowingly and willfully fail to make appropriate refunds may be subject to civil monetary penalties and/or exclusion from the program. If you have any questions about this notice, please contact this office.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 11/5/2007

Note: (Modified 10/1/02, 6/30/03, 8/1/05, 11/5/07. Also refer to N356)

M27

 

 

Alert: The patient has been relieved of liability of payment of these items and services under the limitation of liability provision of the law. The provider is ultimately liable for the patient's waived charges, including any charges for coinsurance, since the items or services were not reasonable and necessary or constituted custodial care, and you knew or could reasonably have been expected to know, that they were not covered. You may appeal this determination. You may ask for an appeal regarding both the coverage determination and the issue of whether you exercised due care. The appeal request must be filed within 120 days of the date you receive this notice. You must make the request through this office.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 8/1/2007

Note: (Modified 10/1/02, 8/1/05, 4/1/07, 8/1/07)

M28

 

This does not qualify for payment under Part B when Part A coverage is exhausted or not otherwise available.

Start: 1/1/1997

M29

 

 

Missing operative note/report.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 7/1/2008

Note: (Modified 2/28/03, 7/1/2008) Related to N233

M30

 

 

Missing pathology report.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 8/1/2004

Note: (Modified 8/1/04, 2/28/03) Related to N236

M31

 

 

Missing radiology report.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 8/1/2004

Note: (Modified 8/1/04, 2/28/03) Related to N240

M32

 

 

Alert: This is a conditional payment made pending a decision on this service by the patient's primary payer. This payment may be subject to refund upon your receipt of any additional payment for this service from another payer. You must contact this office immediately upon receipt of an additional payment for this service.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

M33

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid UPIN for the ordering/referring/performing provider.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Stop: 8/1/2004

Note: Consider using M68

M34

 

 

Claim lacks the CLIA certification number.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Stop: 8/1/2004

Note: Consider using MA120

M35

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid pre-operative photos or visual field results.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Stop: 2/5/2005

Note: Consider using N178

M36

 

This is the 11th rental month. We cannot pay for this until you indicate that the patient has been given the option of changing the rental to a purchase.

Start: 1/1/1997

M37

 

Service not covered when the patient is under age 35.

Start: 1/1/1997

M38

 

The patient is liable for the charges for this service as you informed the patient in writing before the service was furnished that we would not pay for it, and the patient agreed to pay.

Start: 1/1/1997

M39

 

 

Alert: The patient is not liable for payment for this service as the advance notice of non-coverage you provided the patient did not comply with program requirements.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 2/1/04, 4/1/07)

M40

 

Claim must be assigned and must be filed by the practitioner's employer.

Start: 1/1/1997

M41

 

We do not pay for this as the patient has no legal obligation to pay for this.

Start: 1/1/1997

M42

 

The medical necessity form must be personally signed by the attending physician.

Start: 1/1/1997

M43

 

 

Payment for this service previously issued to you or another provider by another carrier/intermediary.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Stop: 1/31/2004

Note: Consider using Reason Code 23

M44

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid condition code.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

M45

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid occurrence code(s).

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 12/2/2004

Note: (Modified 12/2/04) Related to N299

M46

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid occurrence span code(s).

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 12/2/2004

Note: (Modified 12/2/04) Related to N300

M47

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid internal or document control number.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

M48

 

 

Payment for services furnished to hospital inpatients (other than professional services of physicians) can only be made to the hospital. You must request payment from the hospital rather than the patient for this service.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Stop: 1/31/2004

Note: Consider using M97

M49

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid value code(s) or amount(s).

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

M50

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid revenue code(s).

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

M51

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid procedure code(s).

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 12/2/2004

Note: (Modified 12/2/04) Related to N301

M52

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid “from” date(s) of service.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

M53

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid days or units of service.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

M54

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid total charges.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

M55

 

We do not pay for self-administered anti-emetic drugs that are not administered with a covered oral anti-cancer drug.

Start: 1/1/1997

M56

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid payer identifier.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

M57

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid provider identifier.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Stop: 6/2/2005

M58

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid claim information. Resubmit claim after corrections.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Stop: 2/5/2005

M59

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid “to” date(s) of service.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

M60

 

 

Missing Certificate of Medical Necessity.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 8/1/2004

Note: (Modified 8/1/04, 6/30/03) Related to N227

M61

 

We cannot pay for this as the approval period for the FDA clinical trial has expired.

Start: 1/1/1997

M62

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid treatment authorization code.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

M63

 

 

We do not pay for more than one of these on the same day.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Stop: 1/31/2004

Note: Consider using M86

M64

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid other diagnosis.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

M65

 

One interpreting physician charge can be submitted per claim when a purchased diagnostic test is indicated. Please submit a separate claim for each interpreting physician.

Start: 1/1/1997

M66

 

Our records indicate that you billed diagnostic tests subject to price limitations and the procedure code submitted includes a professional component. Only the technical component is subject to price limitations. Please submit the technical and professional components of this service as separate line items.

Start: 1/1/1997

M67

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid other procedure code(s).

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 12/2/2004

Note: (Modified 12/2/04) Related to N302

M68

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid attending, ordering, rendering, supervising or referring physician identification.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Stop: 6/2/2005

M69

 

 

Paid at the regular rate as you did not submit documentation to justify the modified procedure code.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/1/2004

Note: (Modified 2/1/04)

M70

 

 

Alert: The NDC code submitted for this service was translated to a HCPCS code for processing, but please continue to submit the NDC on future claims for this item.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 8/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/2007, 8/1/07)

M71

 

Total payment reduced due to overlap of tests billed.

Start: 1/1/1997

M72

 

 

Did not enter full 8-digit date (MM/DD/CCYY).

Start: 1/1/1997 | Stop: 10/16/2003

Note: Consider using MA52

M73

 

 

The HPSA/Physician Scarcity bonus can only be paid on the professional component of this service. Rebill as separate professional and technical components.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 8/1/2004

Note: (Modified 8/1/04)

M74

 

 

This service does not qualify for a HPSA/Physician Scarcity bonus payment.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 12/2/2004

Note: (Modified 12/2/04)

M75

 

 

Multiple automated multichannel tests performed on the same day combined for payment.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 11/5/2007

Note: (Modified 11/5/07)

M76

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid diagnosis or condition.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

M77

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid place of service.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

M78

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid HCPCS modifier.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Stop: 5/18/2006 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03,) Consider using Reason Code 4

M79

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid charge.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

M80

 

 

Not covered when performed during the same session/date as a previously processed service for the patient.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 10/31/2002

Note: (Modified 10/31/02)

M81

 

 

You are required to code to the highest level of specificity.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/1/2004

Note: (Modified 2/1/04)

M82

 

Service is not covered when patient is under age 50.

Start: 1/1/1997

M83

 

Service is not covered unless the patient is classified as at high risk.

Start: 1/1/1997

M84

 

 

Medical code sets used must be the codes in effect at the time of service

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/1/2004

Note: (Modified 2/1/04)

M85

 

Subjected to review of physician evaluation and management services.

Start: 1/1/1997

M86

 

 

Service denied because payment already made for same/similar procedure within set time frame.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 6/30/2003

Note: (Modified 6/30/03)

M87

 

Claim/service(s) subjected to CFO-CAP prepayment review.

Start: 1/1/1997

M88

 

 

We cannot pay for laboratory tests unless billed by the laboratory that did the work.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Stop: 8/1/2004

Note: Consider using Reason Code B20

M89

 

Not covered more than once under age 40.

Start: 1/1/1997

M90

 

Not covered more than once in a 12 month period.

Start: 1/1/1997

M91

 

Lab procedures with different CLIA certification numbers must be billed on separate claims.

Start: 1/1/1997

M92

 

Services subjected to review under the Home Health Medical Review Initiative.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Stop: 8/1/2004

M93

 

Information supplied supports a break in therapy. A new capped rental period began with delivery of this equipment.

Start: 1/1/1997

M94

 

Information supplied does not support a break in therapy. A new capped rental period will not begin.

Start: 1/1/1997

M95

 

Services subjected to Home Health Initiative medical review/cost report audit.

Start: 1/1/1997

M96

 

The technical component of a service furnished to an inpatient may only be billed by that inpatient facility. You must contact the inpatient facility for technical component reimbursement. If not already billed, you should bill us for the professional component only.

Start: 1/1/1997

M97

 

Not paid to practitioner when provided to patient in this place of service. Payment included in the reimbursement issued the facility.

Start: 1/1/1997

M98

 

 

Begin to report the Universal Product Number on claims for items of this type. We will soon begin to deny payment for items of this type if billed without the correct UPN.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Stop: 1/31/2004

Note: Consider using M99

M99

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid Universal Product Number/Serial Number.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

M100

 

We do not pay for an oral anti-emetic drug that is not administered for use immediately before, at, or within 48 hours of administration of a covered chemotherapy drug.

Start: 1/1/1997

M101

 

 

Begin to report a G1-G5 modifier with this HCPCS. We will soon begin to deny payment for this service if billed without a G1-G5 modifier.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Stop: 1/31/2004

Note: Consider using M78

M102

 

Service not performed on equipment approved by the FDA for this purpose.

Start: 1/1/1997

M103

 

Information supplied supports a break in therapy. However, the medical information we have for this patient does not support the need for this item as billed. We have approved payment for this item at a reduced level, and a new capped rental period will begin with the delivery of this equipment.

Start: 1/1/1997

M104

 

Information supplied supports a break in therapy. A new capped rental period will begin with delivery of the equipment. This is the maximum approved under the fee schedule for this item or service.

Start: 1/1/1997

M105

 

Information supplied does not support a break in therapy. The medical information we have for this patient does not support the need for this item as billed. We have approved payment for this item at a reduced level, and a new capped rental period will not begin.

Start: 1/1/1997

M106

 

 

Information supplied does not support a break in therapy. A new capped rental period will not begin. This is the maximum approved under the fee schedule for this item or service.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Stop: 1/31/2004

Note: Consider using MA 31

M107

 

Payment reduced as 90-day rolling average hematocrit for ESRD patient exceeded 36.5%.

Start: 1/1/1997

M108

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid provider identifier for the provider who interpreted the diagnostic test.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Stop: 6/2/2005

M109

 

We have provided you with a bundled payment for a teleconsultation. You must send 25 percent of the teleconsultation payment to the referring practitioner.

Start: 1/1/1997

M110

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid provider identifier for the provider from whom you purchased interpretation services.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Stop: 6/2/2005

M111

 

We do not pay for chiropractic manipulative treatment when the patient refuses to have an x-ray taken.

Start: 1/1/1997

M112

 

 

Reimbursement for this item is based on the single payment amount required under the DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program for the area where the patient resides.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 11/5/2007

Note: (Modified 11/5/07)

M113

 

 

Our records indicate that this patient began using this item/service prior to the current contract period for the DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 11/5/2007

Note: (Modified 11/5/07)

M114

 

 

This service was processed in accordance with rules and guidelines under the DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program or a Demonstration Project. For more information regarding these projects, contact your local contractor.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 11/5/2007

Note: (Modified 8/1/06, 11/5/07)

M115

 

 

This item is denied when provided to this patient by a non-contract or non-demonstration supplier.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 11/5/2007

Note: (Modified 11/5/2007)

M116

 

 

Paid under the Competitive Bidding Demonstration project. Project is ending, and future services may not be paid under this project.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/1/2004

Note: (Modified 2/1/04)

M117

 

 

Not covered unless submitted via electronic claim.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 6/30/2003

Note: (Modified 6/30/03)

M118

 

 

Alert: Letter to follow containing further information.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

M119

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid/ deactivated/withdrawn National Drug Code (NDC).

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 2/28/03, 4/1/04)

M120

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid provider identifier for the substituting physician who furnished the service(s) under a reciprocal billing or locum tenens arrangement.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Stop: 6/2/2005

M121

 

We pay for this service only when performed with a covered cryosurgical ablation.

Start: 1/1/1997

M122

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid level of subluxation.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2006

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

M123

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid name, strength, or dosage of the drug furnished.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

M124

 

 

Missing indication of whether the patient owns the equipment that requires the part or supply.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03) Related to N230

M125

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid information on the period of time for which the service/supply/equipment will be needed.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

M126

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid individual lab codes included in the test.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

M127

 

 

Missing patient medical record for this service.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03) Related to N237

M128

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid date of the patient’s last physician visit.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Stop: 6/2/2005

M129

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid indicator of x-ray availability for review.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 6/30/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03, 6/30/03)

M130

 

 

Missing invoice or statement certifying the actual cost of the lens, less discounts, and/or the type of intraocular lens used.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03) Related to N231

M131

 

 

Missing physician financial relationship form.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03) Related to N239

M132

 

 

Missing pacemaker registration form.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03) Related to N235

M133

 

Claim did not identify who performed the purchased diagnostic test or the amount you were charged for the test.

Start: 1/1/1997

M134

 

 

Performed by a facility/supplier in which the provider has a financial interest.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 6/30/2003

Note: (Modified 6/30/03)

M135

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid plan of treatment.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

M136

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid indication that the service was supervised or evaluated by a physician.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

M137

 

Part B coinsurance under a demonstration project.

Start: 1/1/1997

M138

 

Patient identified as a demonstration participant but the patient was not enrolled in the demonstration at the time services were rendered. Coverage is limited to demonstration participants.

Start: 1/1/1997

M139

 

Denied services exceed the coverage limit for the demonstration.

Start: 1/1/1997

M140

 

 

Service not covered until after the patient’s 50th birthday, i.e., no coverage prior to the day after the 50th birthday

Start: 1/1/1997 | Stop: 1/30/2004

Note: Consider using M82

M141

 

 

Missing physician certified plan of care.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03) Related to N238

M142

 

 

Missing American Diabetes Association Certificate of Recognition.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03) Related to N226

M143

 

 

The provider must update license information with the payer.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 12/1/2006

Note: (Modified 12/1/06)

M144

 

Pre-/post-operative care payment is included in the allowance for the surgery/procedure.

Start: 1/1/1997

MA01

 

 

Alert: If you do not agree with what we approved for these services, you may appeal our decision. To make sure that we are fair to you, we require another individual that did not process your initial claim to conduct the appeal. However, in order to be eligible for an appeal, you must write to us within 120 days of the date you received this notice, unless you have a good reason for being late.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 10/31/02, 6/30/03, 8/1/05, 4/1/07)

MA02

 

 

Alert: If you do not agree with this determination, you have the right to appeal. You must file a written request for an appeal within 180 days of the date you receive this notice.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 10/31/02, 6/30/03, 8/1/05, 12/29/05, 8/1/06, 4/1/07)

MA03

 

 

If you do not agree with the approved amounts and $100 or more is in dispute (less deductible and coinsurance), you may ask for a hearing within six months of the date of this notice. To meet the $100, you may combine amounts on other claims that have been denied, including reopened appeals if you received a revised decision. You must appeal each claim on time.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Stop: 10/1/2006 | Last Modified: 11/18/2005

Note: Consider using MA02 (Modified 10/31/02, 6/30/03, 8/1/05, 11/18/05)

MA04

 

Secondary payment cannot be considered without the identity of or payment information from the primary payer. The information was either not reported or was illegible.

Start: 1/1/1997

MA05

 

 

Incorrect admission date patient status or type of bill entry on claim.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Stop: 10/16/2003

Note: Consider using MA30, MA40 or MA43

MA06

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid beginning and/or ending date(s).

Start: 1/1/1997 | Stop: 8/1/2004

Note: Consider using MA31

MA07

 

 

Alert: The claim information has also been forwarded to Medicaid for review.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

MA08

 

 

Alert: Claim information was not forwarded because the supplemental coverage is not with a Medigap plan, or you do not participate in Medicare.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

MA09

 

Claim submitted as unassigned but processed as assigned. You agreed to accept assignment for all claims.

Start: 1/1/1997

MA10

 

 

Alert: The patient's payment was in excess of the amount owed. You must refund the overpayment to the patient.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

MA11

 

 

Payment is being issued on a conditional basis. If no-fault insurance, liability insurance, Workers' Compensation, Department of Veterans Affairs, or a group health plan for employees and dependents also covers this claim, a refund may be due us. Please contact us if the patient is covered by any of these sources.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Stop: 1/31/2004

Note: Consider using M32

MA12

 

You have not established that you have the right under the law to bill for services furnished by the person(s) that furnished this (these) service(s).

Start: 1/1/1997

MA13

 

 

Alert: You may be subject to penalties if you bill the patient for amounts not reported with the PR (patient responsibility) group code.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

MA14

 

 

Alert: The patient is a member of an employer-sponsored prepaid health plan. Services from outside that health plan are not covered. However, as you were not previously notified of this, we are paying this time. In the future, we will not pay you for non-plan services.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 8/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07, 8/1/07)

MA15

 

 

Alert: Your claim has been separated to expedite handling. You will receive a separate notice for the other services reported.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

MA16

 

The patient is covered by the Black Lung Program. Send this claim to the Department of Labor, Federal Black Lung Program, P.O. Box 828, Lanham-Seabrook MD 20703.

Start: 1/1/1997

MA17

 

We are the primary payer and have paid at the primary rate. You must contact the patient's other insurer to refund any excess it may have paid due to its erroneous primary payment.

Start: 1/1/1997

MA18

 

 

Alert: The claim information is also being forwarded to the patient's supplemental insurer. Send any questions regarding supplemental benefits to them.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

MA19

 

 

Alert: Information was not sent to the Medigap insurer due to incorrect/invalid information you submitted concerning that insurer. Please verify your information and submit your secondary claim directly to that insurer.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

MA20

 

 

Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) stay not covered when care is primarily related to the use of an urethral catheter for convenience or the control of incontinence.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 6/30/2003

Note: (Modified 6/30/03)

MA21

 

SSA records indicate mismatch with name and sex.

Start: 1/1/1997

MA22

 

Payment of less than $1.00 suppressed.

Start: 1/1/1997

MA23

 

Demand bill approved as result of medical review.

Start: 1/1/1997

MA24

 

 

Christian Science Sanitarium/ Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) bill in the same benefit period.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 6/30/2003

Note: (Modified 6/30/03)

MA25

 

A patient may not elect to change a hospice provider more than once in a benefit period.

Start: 1/1/1997

MA26

 

 

Alert: Our records indicate that you were previously informed of this rule.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

MA27

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid entitlement number or name shown on the claim.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

MA28

 

 

Alert: Receipt of this notice by a physician or supplier who did not accept assignment is for information only and does not make the physician or supplier a party to the determination. No additional rights to appeal this decision, above those rights already provided for by regulation/instruction, are conferred by receipt of this notice.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

MA29

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid provider name, city, state, or zip code.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Stop: 6/2/2005

MA30

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid type of bill.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

MA31

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid beginning and ending dates of the period billed.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

MA32

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid number of covered days during the billing period.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

MA33

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid non-covered days during the billing period.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

MA34

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid number of coinsurance days during the billing period.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

MA35

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid number of lifetime reserve days.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

MA36

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid patient name.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

MA37

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid patient's address.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

MA38

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid birth date.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Stop: 6/2/2005

MA39

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid gender.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

MA40

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid admission date.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

MA41

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid admission type.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

MA42

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid admission source.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

MA43

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid patient status.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

MA44

 

 

Alert: No appeal rights. Adjudicative decision based on law.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

MA45

 

 

Alert: As previously advised, a portion or all of your payment is being held in a special account.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

MA46

 

The new information was considered, however, additional payment cannot be issued. Please review the information listed for the explanation.

Start: 1/1/1997

MA47

 

Our records show you have opted out of Medicare, agreeing with the patient not to bill Medicare for services/tests/supplies furnished. As result, we cannot pay this claim. The patient is responsible for payment.

Start: 1/1/1997

MA48

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid name or address of responsible party or primary payer.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

MA49

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid six-digit provider identifier for home health agency or hospice for physician(s) performing care plan oversight services.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Stop: 8/1/2004

Note: Consider using MA76

MA50

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid Investigational Device Exemption number for FDA-approved clinical trial services.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

MA51

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid CLIA certification number for laboratory services billed by physician office laboratory.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Stop: 2/5/2005

Note: Consider using MA120

MA52

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid date.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Stop: 6/2/2005

MA53

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid Competitive Bidding Demonstration Project identification.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/1/2004

Note: (Modified 2/1/04)

MA54

 

Physician certification or election consent for hospice care not received timely.

Start: 1/1/1997

MA55

 

Not covered as patient received medical health care services, automatically revoking his/her election to receive religious non-medical health care services.

Start: 1/1/1997

MA56

 

Our records show you have opted out of Medicare, agreeing with the patient not to bill Medicare for services/tests/supplies furnished. As result, we cannot pay this claim. The patient is responsible for payment, but under Federal law, you cannot charge the patient more than the limiting charge amount.

Start: 1/1/1997

MA57

 

Patient submitted written request to revoke his/her election for religious non-medical health care services.

Start: 1/1/1997

MA58

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid release of information indicator.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

MA59

 

 

Alert: The patient overpaid you for these services. You must issue the patient a refund within 30 days for the difference between his/her payment and the total amount shown as patient responsibility on this notice.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

MA60

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid patient relationship to insured.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

MA61

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid social security number or health insurance claim number.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

MA62

 

 

Alert: This is a telephone review decision.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 8/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07, 8/1/07)

MA63

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid principal diagnosis.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

MA64

 

Our records indicate that we should be the third payer for this claim. We cannot process this claim until we have received payment information from the primary and secondary payers.

Start: 1/1/1997

MA65

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid admitting diagnosis.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

MA66

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid principal procedure code.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 12/2/2004

Note: (Modified 12/2/04) Related to N303

MA67

 

Correction to a prior claim.

Start: 1/1/1997

MA68

 

 

Alert: We did not crossover this claim because the secondary insurance information on the claim was incomplete. Please supply complete information or use the PLANID of the insurer to assure correct and timely routing of the claim.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

MA69

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid remarks.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

MA70

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid provider representative signature.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

MA71

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid provider representative signature date.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

MA72

 

 

Alert: The patient overpaid you for these assigned services. You must issue the patient a refund within 30 days for the difference between his/her payment to you and the total of the amount shown as patient responsibility and as paid to the patient on this notice.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

MA73

 

Informational remittance associated with a Medicare demonstration. No payment issued under fee-for-service Medicare as patient has elected managed care.

Start: 1/1/1997

MA74

 

This payment replaces an earlier payment for this claim that was either lost, damaged or returned.

Start: 1/1/1997

MA75

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid patient or authorized representative signature.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

MA76

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid provider identifier for home health agency or hospice when physician is performing care plan oversight services.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03, 2/1/04)

MA77

 

 

Alert: The patient overpaid you. You must issue the patient a refund within 30 days for the difference between the patient’s payment less the total of our and other payer payments and the amount shown as patient responsibility on this notice.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

MA78

 

 

The patient overpaid you. You must issue the patient a refund within 30 days for the difference between our allowed amount total and the amount paid by the patient.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Stop: 1/31/2004

Note: Consider using MA59

MA79

 

Billed in excess of interim rate.

Start: 1/1/1997

MA80

 

Informational notice. No payment issued for this claim with this notice. Payment issued to the hospital by its intermediary for all services for this encounter under a demonstration project.

Start: 1/1/1997

MA81

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid provider/supplier signature.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

MA82

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid provider/supplier billing number/identifier or billing name, address, city, state, zip code, or phone number.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Stop: 6/2/2005

MA83

 

 

Did not indicate whether we are the primary or secondary payer.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 8/1/2005

Note: (Modified 8/1/05)

MA84

 

Patient identified as participating in the National Emphysema Treatment Trial but our records indicate that this patient is either not a participant, or has not yet been approved for this phase of the study. Contact Johns Hopkins University, the study coordinator, to resolve if there was a discrepancy.

Start: 1/1/1997

MA85

 

 

Our records indicate that a primary payer exists (other than ourselves); however, you did not complete or enter accurately the insurance plan/group/program name or identification number. Enter the Plan ID when effective.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Stop: 8/1/2004

Note: Consider using MA92

MA86

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid group or policy number of the insured for the primary coverage.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Stop: 8/1/2004

Note: Consider using MA92

MA87

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid insured's name for the primary payer.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Stop: 8/1/2004

Note: Consider using MA92

MA88

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid insured's address and/or telephone number for the primary payer.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

MA89

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid patient's relationship to the insured for the primary payer.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

MA90

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid employment status code for the primary insured.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03).

MA91

 

This determination is the result of the appeal you filed.

Start: 1/1/1997

MA92

 

 

Missing plan information for other insurance.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/1/2004

Note: (Modified 2/1/04) Related to N245

MA93

 

 

Non-PIP (Periodic Interim Payment) claim.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 6/30/2003

Note: (Modified 6/30/03)

MA94

 

 

Did not enter the statement “Attending physician not hospice employee” on the claim form to certify that the rendering physician is not an employee of the hospice.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 8/1/2005

Note: (Reactivated 4/1/04, Modified 8/1/05)

MA95

 

 

De-activate and refer to M51.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

MA96

 

Claim rejected. Coded as a Medicare Managed Care Demonstration but patient is not enrolled in a Medicare managed care plan.

Start: 1/1/1997

MA97

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid Medicare Managed Care Demonstration contract number or clinical trial registry number.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/29/2008

Note: (Modified 2/29/08)

MA98

 

 

Claim Rejected. Does not contain the correct Medicare Managed Care Demonstration contract number for this beneficiary.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Stop: 10/16/2003

Note: Consider using MA97

MA99

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid Medigap information.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

MA100

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid date of current illness or symptoms

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 3/30/2005

Note: (Modified 2/28/03, 3/30/05)

MA101

 

 

A Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) is responsible for payment of outside providers who furnish these services/supplies to residents.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 6/30/2003

Note: (Modified 6/30/03)

MA102

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid name or provider identifier for the rendering/referring/ ordering/ supervising provider.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Stop: 8/1/2004

Note: Consider using M68

MA103

 

Hemophilia Add On.

Start: 1/1/1997

MA104

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid date the patient was last seen or the provider identifier of the attending physician.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Stop: 1/31/2004

Note: Consider using M128 or M57

MA105

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid provider number for this place of service.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Stop: 6/2/2005

MA106

 

 

PIP (Periodic Interim Payment) claim.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 6/30/2003

Note: (Modified 6/30/03)

MA107

 

Paper claim contains more than three separate data items in field 19.

Start: 1/1/1997

MA108

 

Paper claim contains more than one data item in field 23.

Start: 1/1/1997

MA109

 

Claim processed in accordance with ambulatory surgical guidelines.

Start: 1/1/1997

MA110

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid information on whether the diagnostic test(s) were performed by an outside entity or if no purchased tests are included on the claim.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

MA111

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid purchase price of the test(s) and/or the performing laboratory's name and address.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

MA112

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid group practice information.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

MA113

 

Incomplete/invalid taxpayer identification number (TIN) submitted by you per the Internal Revenue Service. Your claims cannot be processed without your correct TIN, and you may not bill the patient pending correction of your TIN. There are no appeal rights for unprocessable claims, but you may resubmit this claim after you have notified this office of your correct TIN.

Start: 1/1/1997

MA114

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid information on where the services were furnished.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

MA115

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid physical location (name and address, or PIN) where the service(s) were rendered in a Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA).

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

MA116

 

 

Did not complete the statement 'Homebound' on the claim to validate whether laboratory services were performed at home or in an institution.

Start: 1/1/1997

Note: (Reactivated 4/1/04)

MA117

 

This claim has been assessed a $1.00 user fee.

Start: 1/1/1997

MA118

 

Coinsurance and/or deductible amounts apply to a claim for services or supplies furnished to a Medicare-eligible veteran through a facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs. No Medicare payment issued.

Start: 1/1/1997

MA119

 

 

Provider level adjustment for late claim filing applies to this claim.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Stop: 5/1/2008 | Last Modified: 11/5/2007

Note: Consider using Reason Code B4

MA120

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid CLIA certification number.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

MA121

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid x-ray date.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 12/2/2004

Note: (Modified 12/2/04)

MA122

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid initial treatment date.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Last Modified: 12/2/2004

Note: (Modified 12/2/04)

MA123

 

Your center was not selected to participate in this study, therefore, we cannot pay for these services.

Start: 1/1/1997

MA124

 

 

Processed for IME only.

Start: 1/1/1997 | Stop: 1/31/2004

Note: Consider using Reason Code 74

MA125

 

Per legislation governing this program, payment constitutes payment in full.

Start: 1/1/1997

MA126

 

Pancreas transplant not covered unless kidney transplant performed.

Start: 10/12/2001

MA127

 

Reserved for future use.

Start: 10/12/2001 | Stop: 6/2/2005

MA128

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid FDA approval number.

Start: 10/12/2001 | Last Modified: 3/30/2005

Note: (Modified 2/28/03, 3/30/05)

MA129

 

 

This provider was not certified for this procedure on this date of service.

Start: 10/12/2001 | Stop: 1/31/2004 | Last Modified: 1/31/2004

Note: Consider using MA120 and Reason Code B7

MA130

 

Your claim contains incomplete and/or invalid information, and no appeal rights are afforded because the claim is unprocessable. Please submit a new claim with the complete/correct information.

Start: 10/12/2001

MA131

 

Physician already paid for services in conjunction with this demonstration claim. You must have the physician withdraw that claim and refund the payment before we can process your claim.

Start: 10/12/2001

MA132

 

Adjustment to the pre-demonstration rate.

Start: 10/12/2001

MA133

 

Claim overlaps inpatient stay. Rebill only those services rendered outside the inpatient stay.

Start: 10/12/2001

MA134

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid provider number of the facility where the patient resides.

Start: 10/12/2001

N1

 

 

Alert: You may appeal this decision in writing within the required time limits following receipt of this notice by following the instructions included in your contract or plan benefit documents.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 2/28/03, 4/1/07)

N2

 

This allowance has been made in accordance with the most appropriate course of treatment provision of the plan.

Start: 1/1/2000

N3

 

 

Missing consent form.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03) Related to N228

N4

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid prior insurance carrier EOB.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

N5

 

EOB received from previous payer. Claim not on file.

Start: 1/1/2000

N6

 

 

Under FEHB law (U.S.C. 8904(b)), we cannot pay more for covered care than the amount Medicare would have allowed if the patient were enrolled in Medicare Part A and/or Medicare Part B.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

N7

 

Processing of this claim/service has included consideration under Major Medical provisions.

Start: 1/1/2000

N8

 

Crossover claim denied by previous payer and complete claim data not forwarded. Resubmit this claim to this payer to provide adequate data for adjudication.

Start: 1/1/2000

N9

 

 

Adjustment represents the estimated amount a previous payer may pay.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Last Modified: 11/18/2005

Note: (Modified 11/18/05)

N10

 

 

Payment based on the findings of a review organization/professional consult/manual adjudication/medical or dental advisor.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Last Modified: 7/1/2008

Note: (Modified 10/31/02, 7/1/08)

N11

 

Denial reversed because of medical review.

Start: 1/1/2000

N12

 

 

Policy provides coverage supplemental to Medicare. As the member does not appear to be enrolled in the applicable part of Medicare, the member is responsible for payment of the portion of the charge that would have been covered by Medicare.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Last Modified: 8/1/2007

Note: (Modified 8/1/07)

N13

 

Payment based on professional/technical component modifier(s).

Start: 1/1/2000

N14

 

 

Payment based on a contractual amount or agreement, fee schedule, or maximum allowable amount.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Stop: 10/1/2007

Note: Consider using Reason Code 45

N15

 

Services for a newborn must be billed separately.

Start: 1/1/2000

N16

 

Family/member Out-of-Pocket maximum has been met. Payment based on a higher percentage.

Start: 1/1/2000

N17

 

 

Per admission deductible.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Stop: 8/1/2004

Note: Consider using Reason Code 1

N18

 

 

Payment based on the Medicare allowed amount.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Stop: 1/31/2004

Note: Consider using N14

N19

 

Procedure code incidental to primary procedure.

Start: 1/1/2000

N20

 

Service not payable with other service rendered on the same date.

Start: 1/1/2000

N21

 

 

Alert: Your line item has been separated into multiple lines to expedite handling.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 8/1/05, 4/1/07)

N22

 

 

This procedure code was added/changed because it more accurately describes the services rendered.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 10/31/02, 2/28/03)

N23

 

 

Alert: Patient liability may be affected due to coordination of benefits with other carriers and/or maximum benefit provisions.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 8/13/01, 4/1/07)

N24

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) banking information.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

N25

 

This company has been contracted by your benefit plan to provide administrative claims payment services only. This company does not assume financial risk or obligation with respect to claims processed on behalf of your benefit plan.

Start: 1/1/2000

N26

 

 

Missing itemized bill/statement.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Last Modified: 7/1/2008

Note: (Modified 2/28/03, 7/1/2008) Related to N232

N27

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid treatment number.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

N28

 

Consent form requirements not fulfilled.

Start: 1/1/2000

N29

 

 

Missing documentation/orders/notes/summary/report/chart.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Last Modified: 8/1/2005

Note: (Modified 2/28/03, 8/1/05) Related to N225

N30

 

 

Patient ineligible for this service.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Last Modified: 6/30/2003

Note: (Modified 6/30/03)

N31

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid prescribing provider identifier.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Last Modified: 12/2/2004

Note: (Modified 12/2/04)

N32

 

 

Claim must be submitted by the provider who rendered the service.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Last Modified: 6/30/2003

Note: (Modified 6/30/03)

N33

 

No record of health check prior to initiation of treatment.

Start: 1/1/2000

N34

 

 

Incorrect claim form/format for this service.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Last Modified: 11/18/2005

Note: (Modified 11/18/05)

N35

 

Program integrity/utilization review decision.

Start: 1/1/2000

N36

 

Claim must meet primary payer’s processing requirements before we can consider payment.

Start: 1/1/2000

N37

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid tooth number/letter.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

N38

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid place of service.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Stop: 2/5/2005

Note: Consider using M77

N39

 

Procedure code is not compatible with tooth number/letter.

Start: 1/1/2000

N40

 

 

Missing radiology film(s)/image(s).

Start: 1/1/2000 | Last Modified: 7/1/2008

Note: (Modified 2/1/04, 7/1/08) Related to N242

N41

 

 

Authorization request denied.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Stop: 10/16/2003

Note: Consider using Reason Code 39

N42

 

No record of mental health assessment.

Start: 1/1/2000

N43

 

Bed hold or leave days exceeded.

Start: 1/1/2000

N44

 

 

Payer’s share of regulatory surcharges, assessments, allowances or health care-related taxes paid directly to the regulatory authority.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Stop: 10/16/2003

Note: Consider using Reason Code 137

N45

 

Payment based on authorized amount.

Start: 1/1/2000

N46

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid admission hour.

Start: 1/1/2000

N47

 

Claim conflicts with another inpatient stay.

Start: 1/1/2000

N48

 

Claim information does not agree with information received from other insurance carrier.

Start: 1/1/2000

N49

 

Court ordered coverage information needs validation.

Start: 1/1/2000

N50

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid discharge information.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

N51

 

Electronic interchange agreement not on file for provider/submitter.

Start: 1/1/2000

N52

 

Patient not enrolled in the billing provider's managed care plan on the date of service.

Start: 1/1/2000

N53

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid point of pick-up address.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

N54

 

Claim information is inconsistent with pre-certified/authorized services.

Start: 1/1/2000

N55

 

Procedures for billing with group/referring/performing providers were not followed.

Start: 1/1/2000

N56

 

 

Procedure code billed is not correct/valid for the services billed or the date of service billed.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

N57

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid prescribing date.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Last Modified: 12/2/2004

Note: (Modified 12/2/04) Related to N304

N58

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid patient liability amount.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

N59

 

 

Alert: Please refer to your provider manual for additional program and provider information.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

N60

 

 

A valid NDC is required for payment of drug claims effective October 02.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Stop: 1/31/2004

Note: Consider using M119

N61

 

Rebill services on separate claims.

Start: 1/1/2000

N62

 

Inpatient admission spans multiple rate periods. Resubmit separate claims.

Start: 1/1/2000

N63

 

Rebill services on separate claim lines.

Start: 1/1/2000

N64

 

The “from” and “to” dates must be different.

Start: 1/1/2000

N65

 

 

Procedure code or procedure rate count cannot be determined, or was not on file, for the date of service/provider.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

N66

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid documentation.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Stop: 2/5/2005

Note: Consider using N29 or N225.

N67

 

Professional provider services not paid separately. Included in facility payment under a demonstration project. Apply to that facility for payment, or resubmit your claim if: the facility notifies you the patient was excluded from this demonstration; or if you furnished these services in another location on the date of the patient’s admission or discharge from a demonstration hospital. If services were furnished in a facility not involved in the demonstration on the same date the patient was discharged from or admitted to a demonstration facility, you must report the provider ID number for the non-demonstration facility on the new claim.

Start: 1/1/2000

N68

 

Prior payment being canceled as we were subsequently notified this patient was covered by a demonstration project in this site of service. Professional services were included in the payment made to the facility. You must contact the facility for your payment. Prior payment made to you by the patient or another insurer for this claim must be refunded to the payer within 30 days.

Start: 1/1/2000

N69

 

 

PPS (Prospective Payment System) code changed by claims processing system. Insufficient visits or therapies.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Last Modified: 6/30/2003

Note: (Modified 6/30/03)

N70

 

 

Consolidated billing and payment applies.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Last Modified: 11/5/2007

Note: (Modified 2/28/02, 11/5/07)

N71

 

 

Your unassigned claim for a drug or biological, clinical diagnostic laboratory services or ambulance service was processed as an assigned claim. You are required by law to accept assignment for these types of claims.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Last Modified: 6/30/2003

Note: (Modified 2/21/02, 6/30/03)

N72

 

 

PPS (Prospective Payment System) code changed by medical reviewers. Not supported by clinical records.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Last Modified: 6/30/2003

Note: (Modified 6/30/03)

N73

 

 

A Skilled Nursing Facility is responsible for payment of outside providers who furnish these services/supplies under arrangement to its residents.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Stop: 1/31/2004

Note: Consider using MA101 or N200

N74

 

Resubmit with multiple claims, each claim covering services provided in only one calendar month.

Start: 1/1/2000

N75

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid tooth surface information.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

N76

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid number of riders.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

N77

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid designated provider number.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

N78

 

The necessary components of the child and teen checkup (EPSDT) were not completed.

Start: 1/1/2000

N79

 

Service billed is not compatible with patient location information.

Start: 1/1/2000

N80

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid prenatal screening information.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

N81

 

Procedure billed is not compatible with tooth surface code.

Start: 1/1/2000

N82

 

Provider must accept insurance payment as payment in full when a third party payer contract specifies full reimbursement.

Start: 1/1/2000

N83

 

No appeal rights. Adjudicative decision based on the provisions of a demonstration project.

Start: 1/1/2000

N84

 

 

Alert: Further installment payments are forthcoming.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07, 8/1/07)

N85

 

 

Alert: This is the final installment payment.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07, 8/1/07)

N86

 

A failed trial of pelvic muscle exercise training is required in order for biofeedback training for the treatment of urinary incontinence to be covered.

Start: 1/1/2000

N87

 

Home use of biofeedback therapy is not covered.

Start: 1/1/2000

N88

 

 

Alert: This payment is being made conditionally. An HHA episode of care notice has been filed for this patient. When a patient is treated under a HHA episode of care, consolidated billing requires that certain therapy services and supplies, such as this, be included in the HHA's payment. This payment will need to be recouped from you if we establish that the patient is concurrently receiving treatment under a HHA episode of care.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

N89

 

 

Alert: Payment information for this claim has been forwarded to more than one other payer, but format limitations permit only one of the secondary payers to be identified in this remittance advice.

Start: 1/1/2000 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

N90

 

Covered only when performed by the attending physician.

Start: 1/1/2000

N91

 

Services not included in the appeal review.

Start: 1/1/2000

N92

 

This facility is not certified for digital mammography.

Start: 1/1/2000

N93

 

A separate claim must be submitted for each place of service. Services furnished at multiple sites may not be billed in the same claim.

Start: 1/1/2000

N94

 

Claim/Service denied because a more specific taxonomy code is required for adjudication.

Start: 1/1/2000

N95

 

 

This provider type/provider specialty may not bill this service.

Start: 7/31/2001 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

N96

 

Patient must be refractory to conventional therapy (documented behavioral, pharmacologic and/or surgical corrective therapy) and be an appropriate surgical candidate such that implantation with anesthesia can occur.

Start: 8/24/2001

N97

 

Patients with stress incontinence, urinary obstruction, and specific neurologic diseases (e.g., diabetes with peripheral nerve involvement) which are associated with secondary manifestations of the above three indications are excluded.

Start: 8/24/2001

N98

 

Patient must have had a successful test stimulation in order to support subsequent implantation. Before a patient is eligible for permanent implantation, he/she must demonstrate a 50 percent or greater improvement through test stimulation. Improvement is measured through voiding diaries.

Start: 8/24/2001

N99

 

Patient must be able to demonstrate adequate ability to record voiding diary data such that clinical results of the implant procedure can be properly evaluated.

Start: 8/24/2001

N100

 

 

PPS (Prospect Payment System) code corrected during adjudication.

Start: 9/14/2001 | Last Modified: 6/30/2003

Note: (Modified 6/30/03)

N101

 

 

Additional information is needed in order to process this claim. Please resubmit the claim with the identification number of the provider where this service took place. The Medicare number of the site of service provider should be preceded with the letters 'HSP' and entered into item #32 on the claim form. You may bill only one site of service provider number per claim.

Start: 10/31/2001 | Stop: 1/31/2004

Note: Consider using MA105

N102

 

This claim has been denied without reviewing the medical record because the requested records were not received or were not received timely.

Start: 10/31/2001

N103

 

 

Social Security records indicate that this patient was a prisoner when the service was rendered. This payer does not cover items and services furnished to an individual while they are in State or local custody under a penal authority, unless under State or local law, the individual is personally liable for the cost of his or her health care while incarcerated and the State or local government pursues such debt in the same way and with the same vigor as any other debt.

Start: 10/31/2001 | Last Modified: 6/30/2003

Note: (Modified 6/30/03)

N104

 

 

This claim/service is not payable under our claims jurisdiction area. You can identify the correct Medicare contractor to process this claim/service through the CMS website at www.cms.hhs.gov.

Start: 1/29/2002 | Last Modified: 10/31/2002

Note: (Modified 10/31/02)

N105

 

This is a misdirected claim/service for an RRB beneficiary. Submit paper claims to the RRB carrier: Palmetto GBA, P.O. Box 10066, Augusta, GA 30999. Call 866-749-4301 for RRB EDI information for electronic claims processing.

Start: 1/29/2002

N106

 

Payment for services furnished to Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) inpatients (except for excluded services) can only be made to the SNF. You must request payment from the SNF rather than the patient for this service.

Start: 1/31/2002

N107

 

Services furnished to Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) inpatients must be billed on the inpatient claim. They cannot be billed separately as outpatient services.

Start: 1/31/2002

N108

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid upgrade information.

Start: 1/31/2002 | Last Modified: 2/28/2003

Note: (Modified 2/28/03)

N109

 

This claim was chosen for complex review and was denied after reviewing the medical records.

Start: 2/28/2002

N110

 

This facility is not certified for film mammography.

Start: 2/28/2002

N111

 

No appeal right except duplicate claim/service issue. This service was included in a claim that has been previously billed and adjudicated.

Start: 2/28/2002

N112

 

This claim is excluded from your electronic remittance advice.

Start: 2/28/2002

N113

 

 

Only one initial visit is covered per physician, group practice or provider.

Start: 4/16/2002 | Last Modified: 6/30/2003

Note: (Modified 6/30/03)

N114

 

During the transition to the Ambulance Fee Schedule, payment is based on the lesser of a blended amount calculated using a percentage of the reasonable charge/cost and fee schedule amounts, or the submitted charge for the service. You will be notified yearly what the percentages for the blended payment calculation will be.

Start: 5/30/2002

N115

 

 

This decision was based on a local medical review policy (LMRP) or Local Coverage Determination (LCD).An LMRP/LCD provides a guide to assist in determining whether a particular item or service is covered. A copy of this policy is available at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/mcd, or if you do not have web access, you may contact the contractor to request a copy of the LMRP/LCD.

Start: 5/30/2002 | Last Modified: 4/1/2004

Note: (Modified 4/1/04)

N116

 

This payment is being made conditionally because the service was provided in the home, and it is possible that the patient is under a home health episode of care. When a patient is treated under a home health episode of care, consolidated billing requires that certain therapy services and supplies, such as this, be included in the home health agency’s (HHA’s) payment. This payment will need to be recouped from you if we establish that the patient is concurrently receiving treatment under an HHA episode of care.

Start: 6/30/2002

N117

 

 

This service is paid only once in a patient’s lifetime.

Start: 7/30/2002 | Last Modified: 6/30/2003

Note: (Modified 6/30/03)

N118

 

This service is not paid if billed more than once every 28 days.

Start: 7/30/2002

N119

 

 

This service is not paid if billed once every 28 days, and the patient has spent 5 or more consecutive days in any inpatient or Skilled /nursing Facility (SNF) within those 28 days.

Start: 7/30/2002 | Last Modified: 6/30/2003

Note: (Modified 6/30/03)

N120

 

 

Payment is subject to home health prospective payment system partial episode payment adjustment. Patient was transferred/discharged/readmitted during payment episode.

Start: 8/9/2002 | Last Modified: 6/30/2003

Note: (Modified 6/30/03)

N121

 

 

Medicare Part B does not pay for items or services provided by this type of practitioner for beneficiaries in a Medicare Part A covered Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) stay.

Start: 9/9/2002 | Last Modified: 8/1/2004

Note: (Modified 8/1/04, 6/30/03)

N122

 

 

Add-on code cannot be billed by itself.

Start: 9/12/2002 | Last Modified: 8/1/2005

Note: (Modified 8/1/05)

N123

 

This is a split service and represents a portion of the units from the originally submitted service.

Start: 9/24/2002

N124

 

Payment has been denied for the/made only for a less extensive service/item because the information furnished does not substantiate the need for the (more extensive) service/item. The patient is liable for the charges for this service/item as you informed the patient in writing before the service/item was furnished that we would not pay for it, and the patient agreed to pay.

Start: 9/26/2002

N125

 

 

 

Payment has been (denied for the/made only for a less extensive) service/item because the information furnished does not substantiate the need for the (more extensive) service/item. If you have collected any amount from the patient, you must refund that amount to the patient within 30 days of receiving this notice.

The requirements for a refund are in §1834(a)(18) of the Social Security Act (and in §§1834(j)(4) and 1879(h) by cross-reference to §1834(a)(18)). Section 1834(a)(18)(B) specifies that suppliers which knowingly and willfully fail to make appropriate refunds may be subject to civil money penalties and/or exclusion from the Medicare program. If you have any questions about this notice, please contact this office.

Start: 9/26/2002 | Last Modified: 8/1/2005

Note: (Modified 8/1/05. Also refer to N356)

N126

 

Social Security Records indicate that this individual has been deported. This payer does not cover items and services furnished to individuals who have been deported.

Start: 10/17/2002

N127

 

 

This is a misdirected claim/service for a United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) beneficiary. Please submit claims to them.

Start: 10/31/2007 | Last Modified: 8/1/2004

Note: (Modified 8/1/04

N128

 

This amount represents the prior to coverage portion of the allowance.

Start: 10/31/2002

N129

 

 

Not eligible due to the patient's age.

Start: 10/31/2002 | Last Modified: 8/1/2007

Note: (Modified 8/1/07)

N130

 

 

Alert: Consult plan benefit documents/guidelines for information about restrictions for this service.

Start: 10/31/2002 | Last Modified: 7/1/2008

Note: (Modified 4/1/07, 7/1/08)

N131

 

Total payments under multiple contracts cannot exceed the allowance for this service.

Start: 10/31/2002

N132

 

 

Alert: Payments will cease for services rendered by this US Government debarred or excluded provider after the 30 day grace period as previously notified.

Start: 10/31/2002 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

N133

 

 

Alert: Services for predetermination and services requesting payment are being processed separately.

Start: 10/31/2002 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

N134

 

 

Alert: This represents your scheduled payment for this service. If treatment has been discontinued, please contact Customer Service.

Start: 10/31/2002 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

N135

 

Record fees are the patient's responsibility and limited to the specified co-payment.

Start: 10/31/2002

N136

 

 

Alert: To obtain information on the process to file an appeal in Arizona, call the Department's Consumer Assistance Office at (602) 912-8444 or (800) 325-2548.

Start: 10/31/2002 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

N137

 

 

Alert: The provider acting on the Member's behalf, may file an appeal with the Payer. The provider, acting on the Member's behalf, may file a complaint with the State Insurance Regulatory Authority without first filing an appeal, if the coverage decision involves an urgent condition for which care has not been rendered. The address may be obtained from the State Insurance Regulatory Authority.

Start: 10/31/2002 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 8/1/04, 2/28/03, 4/1/07)

N138

 

 

Alert: In the event you disagree with the Dental Advisor's opinion and have additional information relative to the case, you may submit radiographs to the Dental Advisor Unit at the subscriber's dental insurance carrier for a second Independent Dental Advisor Review.

Start: 10/31/2002 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

N139

 

 

Alert: Under the Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter 32, Section 199.13 a non-participating provider is not an appropriate appealing party. Therefore, if you disagree with the Dental Advisor's opinion, you may appeal the determination if appointed in writing, by the beneficiary, to act as his/her representative. Should you be appointed as a representative, submit a copy of this letter, a signed statement explaining the matter in which you disagree, and any radiographs and relevant information to the subscriber's Dental insurance carrier within 90 days from the date of this letter.

Start: 10/31/2002 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

N140

 

 

Alert: You have not been designated as an authorized OCONUS provider therefore are not considered an appropriate appealing party. If the beneficiary has appointed you, in writing, to act as his/her representative and you disagree with the Dental Advisor's opinion, you may appeal by submitting a copy of this letter, a signed statement explaining the matter in which you disagree, and any relevant information to the subscriber's Dental insurance carrier within 90 days from the date of this letter.

Start: 10/31/2002 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

N141

 

The patient was not residing in a long-term care facility during all or part of the service dates billed.

Start: 10/31/2002

N142

 

The original claim was denied. Resubmit a new claim, not a replacement claim.

Start: 10/31/2002

N143

 

The patient was not in a hospice program during all or part of the service dates billed.

Start: 10/31/2002

N144

 

The rate changed during the dates of service billed.

Start: 10/31/2002

N145

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid provider identifier for this place of service.

Start: 10/31/2002 | Stop: 6/2/2005

N146

 

 

Missing screening document.

Start: 10/31/2002 | Last Modified: 8/1/2004

Note: (Modified 8/1/04) Related to N243

N147

 

Long term care case mix or per diem rate cannot be determined because the patient ID number is missing, incomplete, or invalid on the assignment request.

Start: 10/31/2002

N148

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid date of last menstrual period.

Start: 10/31/2002

N149

 

Rebill all applicable services on a single claim.

Start: 10/31/2002

N150

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid model number.

Start: 10/31/2002

N151

 

Telephone contact services will not be paid until the face-to-face contact requirement has been met.

Start: 10/31/2002

N152

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid replacement claim information.

Start: 10/31/2002

N153

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid room and board rate.

Start: 10/31/2002

N154

 

 

Alert: This payment was delayed for correction of provider's mailing address.

Start: 10/31/2002 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

N155

 

 

Alert: Our records do not indicate that other insurance is on file. Please submit other insurance information for our records.

Start: 10/31/2002 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

N156

 

 

Alert: The patient is responsible for the difference between the approved treatment and the elective treatment.

Start: 10/31/2002 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

N157

 

 

Transportation to/from this destination is not covered.

Start: 2/28/2003 | Last Modified: 2/1/2004

Note: (Modified 2/1/04)

N158

 

Transportation in a vehicle other than an ambulance is not covered.

Start: 2/28/2003

N159

 

Payment denied/reduced because mileage is not covered when the patient is not in the ambulance.

Start: 2/28/2003

N160

 

 

The patient must choose an option before a payment can be made for this procedure/ equipment/ supply/ service.

Start: 2/28/2003 | Last Modified: 2/1/2004

Note: (Modified 2/1/04)

N161

 

This drug/service/supply is covered only when the associated service is covered.

Start: 2/28/2003

N162

 

 

Alert: Although your claim was paid, you have billed for a test/specialty not included in your Laboratory Certification. Your failure to correct the laboratory certification information will result in a denial of payment in the near future.

Start: 2/28/2003 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

N163

 

Medical record does not support code billed per the code definition.

Start: 2/28/2003

N164

 

 

Transportation to/from this destination is not covered.

Start: 2/28/2003 | Stop: 1/31/2004

Note: Consider using N157

N165

 

 

Transportation in a vehicle other than an ambulance is not covered.

Start: 2/28/2003 | Stop: 1/31/2004

Note: Consider using N158)

N166

 

 

Payment denied/reduced because mileage is not covered when the patient is not in the ambulance.

Start: 2/28/2003 | Stop: 1/31/2004

Note: Consider using N159

N167

 

Charges exceed the post-transplant coverage limit.

Start: 2/28/2003

N168

 

 

The patient must choose an option before a payment can be made for this procedure/ equipment/ supply/ service.

Start: 2/28/2003 | Stop: 1/31/2004

Note: Consider using N160

N169

 

 

This drug/service/supply is covered only when the associated service is covered.

Start: 2/28/2003 | Stop: 1/31/2004

Note: Consider using N161

N170

 

A new/revised/renewed certificate of medical necessity is needed.

Start: 2/28/2003

N171

 

Payment for repair or replacement is not covered or has exceeded the purchase price.

Start: 2/28/2003

N172

 

The patient is not liable for the denied/adjusted charge(s) for receiving any updated service/item.

Start: 2/28/2003

N173

 

No qualifying hospital stay dates were provided for this episode of care.

Start: 2/28/2003

N174

 

This is not a covered service/procedure/ equipment/bed, however patient liability is limited to amounts shown in the adjustments under group 'PR'.

Start: 2/28/2003

N175

 

 

Missing review organization approval.

Start: 2/28/2003 | Last Modified: 2/29/2008

Note: (Modified 8/1/04, 2/29/08) Related to N241

N176

 

Services provided aboard a ship are covered only when the ship is of United States registry and is in United States waters. In addition, a doctor licensed to practice in the United States must provide the service.

Start: 2/28/2003

N177

 

 

Alert: We did not send this claim to patient’s other insurer. They have indicated no additional payment can be made.

Start: 2/28/2003 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 6/30/03, 4/1/07)

N178

 

 

Missing pre-operative photos or visual field results.

Start: 2/28/2003 | Last Modified: 8/1/2004

Note: (Modified 8/1/04) Related to N244

N179

 

Additional information has been requested from the member. The charges will be reconsidered upon receipt of that information.

Start: 2/28/2003

N180

 

This item or service does not meet the criteria for the category under which it was billed.

Start: 2/28/2003

N181

 

 

Additional information is required from another provider involved in this service.

Start: 2/28/2003 | Last Modified: 12/1/2006

Note: (Modified 12/1/06)

N182

 

This claim/service must be billed according to the schedule for this plan.

Start: 2/28/2003

N183

 

 

Alert: This is a predetermination advisory message, when this service is submitted for payment additional documentation as specified in plan documents will be required to process benefits.

Start: 2/28/2003 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

N184

 

Rebill technical and professional components separately.

Start: 2/28/2003

N185

 

 

Alert: Do not resubmit this claim/service.

Start: 2/28/2003 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

N186

 

Non-Availability Statement (NAS) required for this service. Contact the nearest Military Treatment Facility (MTF) for assistance.

Start: 2/28/2003

N187

 

 

Alert: You may request a review in writing within the required time limits following receipt of this notice by following the instructions included in your contract or plan benefit documents.

Start: 2/28/2003 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

N188

 

The approved level of care does not match the procedure code submitted.

Start: 2/28/2003

N189

 

 

Alert: This service has been paid as a one-time exception to the plan's benefit restrictions.

Start: 2/28/2003 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

N190

 

 

Missing contract indicator.

Start: 2/28/2003 | Last Modified: 8/1/2004

Note: (Modified 8/1/04) Related to N229

N191

 

The provider must update insurance information directly with payer.

Start: 2/28/2003

N192

 

Patient is a Medicaid/Qualified Medicare Beneficiary.

Start: 2/28/2003

N193

 

Specific federal/state/local program may cover this service through another payer.

Start: 2/28/2003

N194

 

Technical component not paid if provider does not own the equipment used.

Start: 2/25/2003

N195

 

The technical component must be billed separately.

Start: 2/25/2003

N196

 

 

Alert: Patient eligible to apply for other coverage which may be primary.

Start: 2/25/2003 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

N197

 

The subscriber must update insurance information directly with payer.

Start: 2/25/2003

N198

 

Rendering provider must be affiliated with the pay-to provider.

Start: 2/25/2003

N199

 

 

Additional payment/recoupment approved based on payer-initiated review/audit.

Start: 2/25/2003 | Last Modified: 8/1/2006

Note: (Modified 8/1/06)

N200

 

The professional component must be billed separately.

Start: 2/25/2003

N201

 

A mental health facility is responsible for payment of outside providers who furnish these services/supplies to residents.

Start: 2/25/2003

N202

 

 

Alert: Additional information/explanation will be sent separately

Start: 6/30/2003 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

N203

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid anesthesia time/units

Start: 6/30/2003

N204

 

Services under review for possible pre-existing condition. Send medical records for prior 12 months

Start: 6/30/2003

N205

 

Information provided was illegible

Start: 6/30/2003

N206

 

The supporting documentation does not match the claim

Start: 6/30/2003

N207

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid weight.

Start: 6/30/2003 | Last Modified: 11/18/2005

Note: (Modified 11/18/05)

N208

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid DRG code

Start: 6/30/2003

N209

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid taxpayer identification number (TIN).

Start: 6/30/2003 | Last Modified: 7/1/2008

Note: (Modified 7/1/08)

N210

 

 

Alert: You may appeal this decision

Start: 6/30/2003 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

N211

 

 

Alert: You may not appeal this decision

Start: 6/30/2003 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

N212

 

Charges processed under a Point of Service benefit

Start: 2/1/2004

N213

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid facility/discrete unit DRG/DRG exempt status information

Start: 4/1/2004

N214

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid history of the related initial surgical procedure(s)

Start: 4/1/2004

N215

 

 

Alert: A payer providing supplemental or secondary coverage shall not require a claims determination for this service from a primary payer as a condition of making its own claims determination.

Start: 4/1/2004 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

N216

 

Patient is not enrolled in this portion of our benefit package

Start: 4/1/2004

N217

 

We pay only one site of service per provider per claim

Start: 8/1/2004

N218

 

You must furnish and service this item for as long as the patient continues to need it. We can pay for maintenance and/or servicing for the time period specified in the contract or coverage manual.

Start: 8/1/2004

N219

 

Payment based on previous payer's allowed amount.

Start: 8/1/2004

N220

 

 

Alert: See the payer's web site or contact the payer's Customer Service department to obtain forms and instructions for filing a provider dispute.

Start: 8/1/2004 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

N221

 

Missing Admitting History and Physical report.

Start: 8/1/2004

N222

 

Incomplete/invalid Admitting History and Physical report.

Start: 8/1/2004

N223

 

Missing documentation of benefit to the patient during initial treatment period.

Start: 8/1/2004

N224

 

Incomplete/invalid documentation of benefit to the patient during initial treatment period.

Start: 8/1/2004

N225

 

 

Incomplete/invalid documentation/orders/notes/summary/report/chart.

Start: 8/1/2004 | Last Modified: 8/1/2005

Note: (Modified 8/1/05)

N226

 

Incomplete/invalid American Diabetes Association Certificate of Recognition.

Start: 8/1/2004

N227

 

Incomplete/invalid Certificate of Medical Necessity.

Start: 8/1/2004

N228

 

Incomplete/invalid consent form.

Start: 8/1/2004

N229

 

Incomplete/invalid contract indicator.

Start: 8/1/2004

N230

 

Incomplete/invalid indication of whether the patient owns the equipment that requires the part or supply.

Start: 8/1/2004

N231

 

Incomplete/invalid invoice or statement certifying the actual cost of the lens, less discounts, and/or the type of intraocular lens used.

Start: 8/1/2004

N232

 

 

Incomplete/invalid itemized bill/statement.

Start: 8/1/2004 | Last Modified: 7/1/2008

Note: (Modified 7/1/08)

N233

 

 

Incomplete/invalid operative note/report.

Start: 8/1/2004 | Last Modified: 7/1/2008

Note: (Modified 7/1/08)

N234

 

Incomplete/invalid oxygen certification/re-certification.

Start: 8/1/2004

N235

 

Incomplete/invalid pacemaker registration form.

Start: 8/1/2004

N236

 

Incomplete/invalid pathology report.

Start: 8/1/2004

N237

 

Incomplete/invalid patient medical record for this service.

Start: 8/1/2004

N238

 

Incomplete/invalid physician certified plan of care

Start: 8/1/2004

N239

 

Incomplete/invalid physician financial relationship form.

Start: 8/1/2004

N240

 

Incomplete/invalid radiology report.

Start: 8/1/2004

N241

 

 

Incomplete/invalid review organization approval.

Start: 8/1/2004 | Last Modified: 2/29/2008

Note: (Modified 2/29/08)

N242

 

 

Incomplete/invalid radiology film(s)/image(s).

Start: 8/1/2004 | Last Modified: 7/1/2008

Note: (Modified 7/1/08)

N243

 

Incomplete/invalid/not approved screening document.

Start: 8/1/2004

N244

 

Incomplete/invalid pre-operative photos/visual field results.

Start: 8/1/2004

N245

 

Incomplete/invalid plan information for other insurance

Start: 8/1/2004

N246

 

State regulated patient payment limitations apply to this service.

Start: 12/2/2004

N247

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid assistant surgeon taxonomy.

Start: 12/2/2004

N248

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid assistant surgeon name.

Start: 12/2/2004

N249

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid assistant surgeon primary identifier.

Start: 12/2/2004

N250

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid assistant surgeon secondary identifier.

Start: 12/2/2004

N251

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid attending provider taxonomy.

Start: 12/2/2004

N252

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid attending provider name.

Start: 12/2/2004

N253

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid attending provider primary identifier.

Start: 12/2/2004

N254

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid attending provider secondary identifier.

Start: 12/2/2004

N255

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid billing provider taxonomy.

Start: 12/2/2004

N256

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid billing provider/supplier name.

Start: 12/2/2004

N257

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid billing provider/supplier primary identifier.

Start: 12/2/2004

N258

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid billing provider/supplier address.

Start: 12/2/2004

N259

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid billing provider/supplier secondary identifier.

Start: 12/2/2004

N260

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid billing provider/supplier contact information.

Start: 12/2/2004

N261

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid operating provider name.

Start: 12/2/2004

N262

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid operating provider primary identifier.

Start: 12/2/2004

N263

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid operating provider secondary identifier.

Start: 12/2/2004

N264

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid ordering provider name.

Start: 12/2/2004

N265

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid ordering provider primary identifier.

Start: 12/2/2004

N266

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid ordering provider address.

Start: 12/2/2004

N267

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid ordering provider secondary identifier.

Start: 12/2/2004

N268

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid ordering provider contact information.

Start: 12/2/2004

N269

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid other provider name.

Start: 12/2/2004

N270

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid other provider primary identifier.

Start: 12/2/2004

N271

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid other provider secondary identifier.

Start: 12/2/2004

N272

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid other payer attending provider identifier.

Start: 12/2/2004

N273

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid other payer operating provider identifier.

Start: 12/2/2004

N274

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid other payer other provider identifier.

Start: 12/2/2004

N275

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid other payer purchased service provider identifier.

Start: 12/2/2004

N276

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid other payer referring provider identifier.

Start: 12/2/2004

N277

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid other payer rendering provider identifier.

Start: 12/2/2004

N278

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid other payer service facility provider identifier.

Start: 12/2/2004

N279

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid pay-to provider name.

Start: 12/2/2004

N280

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid pay-to provider primary identifier.

Start: 12/2/2004

N281

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid pay-to provider address.

Start: 12/2/2004

N282

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid pay-to provider secondary identifier.

Start: 12/2/2004

N283

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid purchased service provider identifier.

Start: 12/2/2004

N284

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid referring provider taxonomy.

Start: 12/2/2004

N285

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid referring provider name.

Start: 12/2/2004

N286

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid referring provider primary identifier.

Start: 12/2/2004

N287

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid referring provider secondary identifier.

Start: 12/2/2004

N288

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid rendering provider taxonomy.

Start: 12/2/2004

N289

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid rendering provider name.

Start: 12/2/2004

N290

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid rendering provider primary identifier.

Start: 12/2/2004

N291

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid rending provider secondary identifier.

Start: 12/2/2004

N292

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid service facility name.

Start: 12/2/2004

N293

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid service facility primary identifier.

Start: 12/2/2004

N294

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid service facility primary address.

Start: 12/2/2004

N295

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid service facility secondary identifier.

Start: 12/2/2004

N296

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid supervising provider name.

Start: 12/2/2004

N297

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid supervising provider primary identifier.

Start: 12/2/2004

N298

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid supervising provider secondary identifier.

Start: 12/2/2004

N299

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid occurrence date(s).

Start: 12/2/2004

N300

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid occurrence span date(s).

Start: 12/2/2004

N301

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid procedure date(s).

Start: 12/2/2004

N302

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid other procedure date(s).

Start: 12/2/2004

N303

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid principal procedure date.

Start: 12/2/2004

N304

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid dispensed date.

Start: 12/2/2004

N305

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid accident date.

Start: 12/2/2004

N306

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid acute manifestation date.

Start: 12/2/2004

N307

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid adjudication or payment date.

Start: 12/2/2004

N308

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid appliance placement date.

Start: 12/2/2004

N309

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid assessment date.

Start: 12/2/2004

N310

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid assumed or relinquished care date.

Start: 12/2/2004

N311

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid authorized to return to work date.

Start: 12/2/2004

N312

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid begin therapy date.

Start: 12/2/2004

N313

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid certification revision date.

Start: 12/2/2004

N314

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid diagnosis date.

Start: 12/2/2004

N315

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid disability from date.

Start: 12/2/2004

N316

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid disability to date.

Start: 12/2/2004

N317

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid discharge hour.

Start: 12/2/2004

N318

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid discharge or end of care date.

Start: 12/2/2004

N319

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid hearing or vision prescription date.

Start: 12/2/2004

N320

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid Home Health Certification Period.

Start: 12/2/2004

N321

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid last admission period.

Start: 12/2/2004

N322

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid last certification date.

Start: 12/2/2004

N323

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid last contact date.

Start: 12/2/2004

N324

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid last seen/visit date.

Start: 12/2/2004

N325

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid last worked date.

Start: 12/2/2004

N326

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid last x-ray date.

Start: 12/2/2004

N327

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid other insured birth date.

Start: 12/2/2004

N328

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid Oxygen Saturation Test date.

Start: 12/2/2004

N329

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid patient birth date.

Start: 12/2/2004

N330

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid patient death date.

Start: 12/2/2004

N331

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid physician order date.

Start: 12/2/2004

N332

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid prior hospital discharge date.

Start: 12/2/2004

N333

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid prior placement date.

Start: 12/2/2004

N334

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid re-evaluation date

Start: 12/2/2004

N335

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid referral date.

Start: 12/2/2004

N336

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid replacement date.

Start: 12/2/2004

N337

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid secondary diagnosis date.

Start: 12/2/2004

N338

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid shipped date.

Start: 12/2/2004

N339

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid similar illness or symptom date.

Start: 12/2/2004

N340

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid subscriber birth date.

Start: 12/2/2004

N341

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid surgery date.

Start: 12/2/2004

N342

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid test performed date.

Start: 12/2/2004

N343

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator (TENS) trial start date.

Start: 12/2/2004

N344

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator (TENS) trial end date.

Start: 12/2/2004

N345

 

Date range not valid with units submitted.

Start: 3/30/2005

N346

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid oral cavity designation code.

Start: 3/30/2005

N347

 

Your claim for a referred or purchased service cannot be paid because payment has already been made for this same service to another provider by a payment contractor representing the payer.

Start: 3/30/2005

N348

 

You chose that this service/supply/drug would be rendered/supplied and billed by a different practitioner/supplier.

Start: 8/1/2005

N349

 

The administration method and drug must be reported to adjudicate this service.

Start: 8/1/2005

N350

 

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid description of service for a Not Otherwise Classified (NOC) code or for an Unlisted/By Report procedure.

Start: 8/1/2005 | Last Modified: 7/1/2008

Note: (Modified 7/1/08)

N351

 

Service date outside of the approved treatment plan service dates.

Start: 8/1/2005

N352

 

 

Alert: There are no scheduled payments for this service. Submit a claim for each patient visit.

Start: 8/1/2005 | Last Modified: 4/1/5007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

N353

 

 

Alert: Benefits have been estimated, when the actual services have been rendered, additional payment will be considered based on the submitted claim.

Start: 8/1/2005 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

N354

 

Incomplete/invalid invoice

Start: 8/1/2005

N355

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alert: The law permits exceptions to the refund requirement in two cases: - If you did not know, and could not have reasonably been expected to know, that we would not pay for this service; or - If you notified the patient in writing before providing the service that you believed that we were likely to deny the service, and the patient signed a statement agreeing to pay for the service.

If you come within either exception, or if you believe the carrier was wrong in its determination that we do not pay for this service, you should request appeal of this determination within 30 days of the date of this notice. Your request for review should include any additional information necessary to support your position.

If you request an appeal within 30 days of receiving this notice, you may delay refunding the amount to the patient until you receive the results of the review. If the review decision is favorable to you, you do not need to make any refund. If, however, the review is unfavorable, the law specifies that you must make the refund within 15 days of receiving the unfavorable review decision.

The law also permits you to request an appeal at any time within 120 days of the date you receive this notice. However, an appeal request that is received more than 30 days after the date of this notice, does not permit you to delay making the refund. Regardless of when a review is requested, the patient will be notified that you have requested one, and will receive a copy of the determination.

The patient has received a separate notice of this denial decision. The notice advises that he/she may be entitled to a refund of any amounts paid, if you should have known that we would not pay and did not tell him/her. It also instructs the patient to contact our office if he/she does not hear anything about a refund within 30 days

Start: 8/1/2005 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 11/18/05, Modified 4/1/07)

N356

 

This service is not covered when performed with, or subsequent to, a non-covered service.

Start: 8/1/2005

N357

 

Time frame requirements between this service/procedure/supply and a related service/procedure/supply have not been met.

Start: 11/18/2005

N358

 

 

Alert: This decision may be reviewed if additional documentation as described in the contract or plan benefit documents is submitted.

Start: 11/18/2005 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

N359

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid height.

Start: 11/18/2005

N360

 

 

Alert: Coordination of benefits has not been calculated when estimating benefits for this pre-determination. Submit payment information from the primary payer with the secondary claim.

Start: 11/18/2005 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

N361

 

 

Payment adjusted based on multiple diagnostic imaging procedure rules

Start: 11/18/2005 | Stop: 10/1/2007 | Last Modified: 12/1/2006

Note: (Modified 12/1/06) Consider using Reason Code 59

N362

 

The number of Days or Units of Service exceeds our acceptable maximum.

Start: 11/18/2005

N363

 

 

Alert: in the near future we are implementing new policies/procedures that would affect this determination.

Start: 11/18/2005 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

N364

 

 

Alert: According to our agreement, you must waive the deductible and/or coinsurance amounts.

Start: 11/18/2005 | Last Modified: 4/1/2007

Note: (Modified 4/1/07)

N365

 

This procedure code is not payable. It is for reporting/information purposes only.

Start: 4/1/2006

N366

 

Requested information not provided. The claim will be reopened if the information previously requested is submitted within one year after the date of this denial notice.

Start: 4/1/2006

N367

 

 

Alert: The claim information has been forwarded to a Consumer Spending Account processor for review; for example, flexible spending account or health savings account.

Start: 4/1/2006 | Last Modified: 7/1/2008

Note: (Modified 4/1/07, 11/5/07, 7/1/08)

N368

 

You must appeal the determination of the previously adjudicated claim.

Start: 4/1/2006

N369

 

Alert: Although this claim has been processed, it is deficient according to state legislation/regulation.

Start: 4/1/2006

N370

 

Billing exceeds the rental months covered/approved by the payer.

Start: 8/1/2006

N371

 

Alert: title of this equipment must be transferred to the patient.

Start: 8/1/2006

N372

 

Only reasonable and necessary maintenance/service charges are covered.

Start: 8/1/2006

N373

 

It has been determined that another payer paid the services as primary when they were not the primary payer. Therefore, we are refunding to the payer that paid as primary on your behalf.

Start: 12/1/2006

N374

 

Primary Medicare Part A insurance has been exhausted and a Part B Remittance Advice is required.

Start: 12/1/2006

N375

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid questionnaire/information required to determine dependent eligibility.

Start: 12/1/2006

N376

 

Subscriber/patient is assigned to active military duty, therefore primary coverage may be TRICARE.

Start: 12/1/2006

N377

 

 

Payment based on a processed replacement claim.

Start: 12/1/2006 | Last Modified: 11/5/2007

Note: (Modified 11/5/07)

N378

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid prescription quantity.

Start: 12/1/2006

N379

 

Claim level information does not match line level information.

Start: 12/1/2006

N380

 

The original claim has been processed, submit a corrected claim.

Start: 4/1/2007

N381

 

Consult our contractual agreement for restrictions/billing/payment information related to these charges.

Start: 4/1/2007

N382

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid patient identifier.

Start: 4/1/2007

N383

 

Services deemed cosmetic are not covered

Start: 4/1/2007

N384

 

Records indicate that the referenced body part/tooth has been removed in a previous procedure.

Start: 4/1/2007

N385

 

 

Notification of admission was not timely according to published plan procedures.

Start: 4/1/2007 | Last Modified: 11/5/2007

Note: (Modified 11/5/07)

N386

 

This decision was based on a National Coverage Determination (NCD). An NCD provides a coverage determination as to whether a particular item or service is covered. A copy of this policy is available at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/mcd/search.asp. If you do not have web access, you may contact the contractor to request a copy of the NCD.

Start: 4/1/2007

N387

 

You should submit this claim to the patient's other insurer for potential payment of supplemental benefits. We did not forward the claim information.

Start: 4/1/2007

N388

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid prescription number

Start: 8/1/2007

N389

 

Duplicate prescription number submitted.

Start: 8/1/2007

N390

 

 

This service/report cannot be billed separately.

Start: 8/1/2007 | Last Modified: 7/1/2008

Note: (Modified 7/1/08)

N391

 

Missing emergency department records.

Start: 8/1/2007

N392

 

Incomplete/invalid emergency department records.

Start: 8/1/2007

N393

 

 

Missing progress notes/report.

Start: 8/1/2007 | Last Modified: 7/1/2008

Note: (Modified 7/1/08)

N394

 

 

Incomplete/invalid progress notes/report.

Start: 8/1/2007 | Last Modified: 7/1/2008

Note: (Modified 7/1/08)

N395

 

Missing laboratory report.

Start: 8/1/2007

N396

 

Incomplete/invalid laboratory report.

Start: 8/1/2007

N397

 

Benefits are not available for incomplete service(s)/undelivered item(s).

Start: 8/1/2007

N398

 

Missing elective consent form.

Start: 8/1/2007

N399

 

Incomplete/invalid elective consent form.

Start: 8/1/2007

N400

 

Alert: Electronically enabled providers should submit claims electronically.

Start: 8/1/2007

N401

 

Missing periodontal charting.

Start: 8/1/2007

N402

 

Incomplete/invalid periodontal charting.

Start: 8/1/2007

N403

 

Missing facility certification.

Start: 8/1/2007

N404

 

Incomplete/invalid facility certification.

Start: 8/1/2007

N405

 

This service is only covered when the donor's insurer(s) do not provide coverage for the service.

Start: 8/1/2007

N406

 

This service is only covered when the recipient's insurer(s) do not provide coverage for the service.

Start: 8/1/2007

N407

 

You are not an approved submitter for this transmission format.

Start: 8/1/2007

N408

 

This payer does not cover deductibles assessed by a previous payer.

Start: 8/1/2007

N409

 

This service is related to an accidental injury and is not covered unless provided within a specific time frame from the date of the accident.

Start: 8/1/2007

N410

 

This is not covered unless the prescription changes.

Start: 8/1/2007

N411

 

This service is allowed one time in a 6-month period. (This temporary code will be deactivated on 2/1/09. Must be used with Reason Code 119.)

Start: 8/1/2007 | Stop: 2/1/2009

N412

 

This service is allowed 2 times in a 12-month period. (This temporary code will be deactivated on 2/1/09. Must be used with Reason Code 119.)

Start: 8/1/2007 | Stop: 2/1/2009

N413

 

This service is allowed 2 times in a benefit year. (This temporary code will be deactivated on 2/1/09. Must be used with Reason Code 119.)

Start: 8/1/2007 | Stop: 2/1/2009

N414

 

This service is allowed 4 times in a 12-month period. (This temporary code will be deactivated on 2/1/09. Must be used with Reason Code 119.)

Start: 8/1/2007 | Stop: 2/1/2009

N415

 

This service is allowed 1 time in an 18-month period. (This temporary code will be deactivated on 2/1/09. Must be used with Reason Code 119.)

Start: 8/1/2007 | Stop: 2/1/2009

N416

 

This service is allowed 1 time in a 3-year period. (This temporary code will be deactivated on 2/1/09. Must be used with Reason Code 119.)

Start: 8/1/2007 | Stop: 2/1/2009

N417

 

This service is allowed 1 time in a 5-year period. (This temporary code will be deactivated on 2/1/09. Must be used with Reason Code 119.)

Start: 8/1/2007 | Stop: 2/1/2009

N418

 

Misrouted claim. See the payer's claim submission instructions.

Start: 8/1/2007

N419

 

Claim payment was the result of a payer's retroactive adjustment due to a retroactive rate change.

Start: 8/1/2007

N420

 

Claim payment was the result of a payer's retroactive adjustment due to a Coordination of Benefits or Third Party Liability Recovery.

Start: 8/1/2007

N421

 

 

Claim payment was the result of a payer's retroactive adjustment due to a review organization decision.

Start: 8/1/2007 | Last Modified: 5/8/2008

Note: (Modified 2/29/08, typo fixed 5/8/08)

N422

 

 

Claim payment was the result of a payer's retroactive adjustment due to a payer's contract incentive program.

Start: 8/1/2007 | Last Modified: 5/8/2008

Note: (Typo fixed 5/8/08)

N423

 

Claim payment was the result of a payer's retroactive adjustment due to a non standard program.

Start: 8/1/2007

N424

 

Patient does not reside in the geographic area required for this type of payment.

Start: 8/1/2007

N425

 

Statutorily excluded service(s).

Start: 8/1/2007

N426

 

No coverage when self-administered.

Start: 8/1/2007

N427

 

Payment for eyeglasses or contact lenses can be made only after cataract surgery.

Start: 8/1/2007

N428

 

Service/procedure not covered when performed in this place of service.

Start: 8/1/2007

N429

 

This is not covered since it is considered routine.

Start: 8/1/2007

N430

 

Procedure code is inconsistent with the units billed.

Start: 11/5/2007

N431

 

Service is not covered with this procedure.

Start: 11/5/2007

N432

 

Adjustment based on a Recovery Audit.

Start: 11/5/2007

N433

 

Resubmit this claim using only your National Provider Identifier (NPI)

Start: 2/29/2008

N434

 

Missing/Incomplete/Invalid Present on Admission indicator.

Start: 7/1/2008

N435

 

Exceeds number/frequency approved /allowed within time period without support documentation.

Start: 7/1/2008

N436

 

The injury claim has not been accepted and a mandatory medical reimbursement has been made.

Start: 7/1/2008

N437

 

Alert: If the injury claim is accepted, these charges will be reconsidered.

Start: 7/1/2008

N438

 

This jurisdiction only accepts paper claims

Start: 7/1/2008

N439

 

Missing anesthesia physical status report/indicators.

Start: 7/1/2008

N440

 

Incomplete/invalid anesthesia physical status report/indicators.

Start: 7/1/2008

N441

 

This missed appointment is not covered.

Start: 7/1/2008

N442

 

Payment based on an alternate fee schedule.

Start: 7/1/2008

N443

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid total time or begin/end time.

Start: 7/1/2008

N444

 

Alert: This facility has not filed the Election for High Cost Outlier form with the Division of Workers' Compensation.

Start: 7/1/2008

N445

 

Missing document for actual cost or paid amount.

Start: 7/1/2008

N446

 

Incomplete/invalid document for actual cost or paid amount.

Start: 7/1/2008

N447

 

Payment is based on a generic equivalent as required documentation was not provided.

Start: 7/1/2008

N448

 

This drug/service/supply is not included in the fee schedule or contracted/legislated fee arrangement

Start: 7/1/2008

N449

 

Payment based on a comparable drug/service/supply.

Start: 7/1/2008

N450

 

Covered only when performed by the primary treating physician or the designee.

Start: 7/1/2008

N451

 

Missing Admission Summary Report.

Start: 7/1/2008

N452

 

Incomplete/invalid Admission Summary Report.

Start: 7/1/2008

N453

 

Missing Consultation Report.

Start: 7/1/2008

N454

 

Incomplete/invalid Consultation Report.

Start: 7/1/2008

N455

 

Missing Physician Order.

Start: 7/1/2008

N456

 

Incomplete/invalid Physician Order.

Start: 7/1/2008

N457

 

Missing Diagnostic Report.

Start: 7/1/2008

N458

 

Incomplete/invalid Diagnostic Report.

Start: 7/1/2008

N459

 

Missing Discharge Summary.

Start: 7/1/2008

N460

 

Incomplete/invalid Discharge Summary.

Start: 7/1/2008

N461

 

Missing Nursing Notes.

Start: 7/1/2008

N462

 

Incomplete/invalid Nursing Notes.

Start: 7/1/2008

N463

 

Missing support data for claim.

Start: 7/1/2008

N464

 

Incomplete/invalid support data for claim.

Start: 7/1/2008

N465

 

Missing Physical Therapy Notes/Report.

Start: 7/1/2008

N466

 

Incomplete/invalid Physical Therapy Notes/Report.

Start: 7/1/2008

N467

 

Missing Report of Tests and Analysis Report.

Start: 7/1/2008

N468

 

Incomplete/invalid Report of Tests and Analysis Report.

Start: 7/1/2008

N469

 

Alert: Claim/Service(s) subject to appeal process, see section 935 of Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA).

Start: 7/1/2008

N470

 

This payment will complete the mandatory medical reimbursement limit.

Start: 7/1/2008

N471

 

Missing/incomplete/invalid HIPPS Rate Code.

Start: 7/1/2008

N472

 

Payment for this service has been issued to another provider.

Start: 7/1/2008

N473

 

Missing certification.

Start: 7/1/2008

N474

 

Incomplete/invalid certification

Start: 7/1/2008

N475

 

Missing completed referral form.

Start: 7/1/2008

N476

 

Incomplete/invalid completed referral form

Start: 7/1/2008

N477

 

Missing Dental Models.

Start: 7/1/2008

N478

 

Incomplete/invalid Dental Models

Start: 7/1/2008

N479

 

Missing Explanation of Benefits (Coordination of Benefits or Medicare Secondary Payer).

Start: 7/1/2008

N480

 

Incomplete/invalid Explanation of Benefits (Coordination of Benefits or Medicare Secondary Payer).

Start: 7/1/2008

N481

 

Missing Models.

Start: 7/1/2008

N482

 

Incomplete/invalid Models

Start: 7/1/2008

N483

 

Missing Periodontal Charts.

Start: 7/1/2008

N484

 

Incomplete/invalid Periodontal Charts

Start: 7/1/2008

N485

 

Missing Physical Therapy Certification.

Start: 7/1/2008

N486

 

Incomplete/invalid Physical Therapy Certification.

Start: 7/1/2008

N487

 

Missing Prosthetics or Orthotics Certification.

Start: 7/1/2008

N488

 

Incomplete/invalid Prosthetics or Orthotics Certification

Start: 7/1/2008

N489

 

Missing referral form.

Start: 7/1/2008

N490

 

Incomplete/invalid referral form

Start: 7/1/2008

N491

 

Missing/Incomplete/Invalid Exclusionary Rider Condition.

Start: 7/1/2008

N492

 

Alert: A network provider may bill the member for this service if the member requested the service and agreed in writing, prior to receiving the service, to be financially responsible for the billed charge.

Start: 7/1/2008

N493

 

Missing Doctor First Report of Injury.

Start: 7/1/2008

N494

 

Incomplete/invalid Doctor First Report of Injury.

Start: 7/1/2008

N495

 

Missing Supplemental Medical Report.

Start: 7/1/2008

N496

 

Incomplete/invalid Supplemental Medical Report.

Start: 7/1/2008

N497

 

Missing Medical Permanent Impairment or Disability Report.

Start: 7/1/2008

N498

 

Incomplete/invalid Medical Permanent Impairment or Disability Report.

Start: 7/1/2008

N499

 

Missing Medical Legal Report.

Start: 7/1/2008

N500

 

Incomplete/invalid Medical Legal Report.

Start: 7/1/2008

N501

 

Missing Vocational Report.

Start: 7/1/2008

N502

 

Incomplete/invalid Vocational Report.

Start: 7/1/2008

N503

 

Missing Work Status Report.

Start: 7/1/2008

N504

 

Incomplete/invalid Work Status Report.

Start: 7/1/2008

N519

Invalid combination of HCPCS modifiers

N522

Duplicate of a claim processed, or to be processed, as a crossover claim.

N535

Payment is adjusted when procedure is performed in this place of service based on the submitted procedure code and place of service.

N557

This claim/service is not payable under our service area. The claim must be filed to the Payer/Plan in whose service area the specimen was collected.

N574

Our records indicate the ordering/referring provider is of a type/specialty that cannot order or refer. Please verify that the claim ordering/referring provider information is accurate or contact the ordering/referring provider.

N630

Referral not authorized by attending physician.

N650

This policy was not in effect for this date of loss. No coverage is available.

N699

Payment adjusted based on the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Incentive Program.

N701

Payment adjusted based on the Value-based Payment Modifier.

N702

Decision based on review of previously adjudicated claims or for claims in process for the same/similar type of services.

N728

A workers' compensation insurer has reported having ongoing responsibility for medical services (ORM) for this diagnosis.

N781

Alert: Patient is a Medicaid/ Qualified Medicare Beneficiary. Review your records for any wrongfully collected deductible. This amount may be billed to a subsequent payer.

N782

Alert: Patient is a Medicaid/ Qualified Medicare Beneficiary. Review your records for any wrongfully collected coinsurance. This amount may be billed to a subsequent payer.

N783

Alert: Patient is a Medicaid/ Qualified Medicare Beneficiary. Review your records for any wrongfully collected copayment. This amount may be billed to a subsequent payer.

N793

Alert: CMS is changing from the Medicare Health Insurance Claim number (HICN) to the new Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI). You can use either the HICN or MBI during the transition period. Visit www.cms.gov/newcard for important dates and information about this change.

P14

The Benefit for this Service is included in the payment/allowance for another service/procedure that has been performed on the same day. Usage: Refer to the 835 Healthcare Policy Identification Segment (loop 2110 Service Payment Information REF), if present. To be used for Property and Casualty only.