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CMS HBO Non-Emergent Denial Reason Codes and Statements

CMS HBO Non-Emergent Denial Reason Codes and Statements

CMS HBO Non-Emergent Denial Reason Codes and Statements

INTRODUCTION

CMS contractors medically review some claims (and prior authorizations) to ensure that payment is billed (or authorization requested) only for services that meet all Medicare rules. If the review results in a denied/non-affirmed decision, the review contractor provides a detailed denial/non-affirmed reason to the provider/supplier. Services may be denied when individual case documentation reveals that specific coverage requirements are not met. The following links provide a list of all CGS medical review denial reason codes by provider type and the definition.
In 2015, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS) began to standardize the reason codes and statements to help us better understand why claims were denied. If you deal with multiple CMS contractors, understanding the many denial codes and statements can be difficult.[1] This topic provides a list of current HBOT non-emergent reason codes and statements.[2]

CMS HBO DENIAL REASON CODES

Instructions: 1. To sort, click on the header of each column. To "search", use the search field. Source: CMS Non-Emergent Hyperbaric Oxygen (HBO) Therapy Reason Codes and Statements (Updated 7/3/17.[2]
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REFERENCES

  1. CMS.gov. Review Reason Codes and Statements . 2018;.
  2. CMS.gov. Review Reason Codes and Statements: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Non Emergent . 2017;.
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