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Posting Date: 05/14/2018
Appropriate Use of Occurrence Code 27 and Occurrence Span Code 77
Appropriate Use of Occurrence Code 27 and Occurrence Span Code 77 Table of Contents Appropriate Use of Occurrence Code 27 and Occurrence Span Code 77 Example of the Proper Use of OC 27 Example of the Proper Use of OC 27 with OSC 77 [...]
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Posting Date: 09/23/2015
Completing the Advance Beneficiary Notice for Home Health Agency Demand Claims
Completing the Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage for Home Health Agency Demand Claims The purpose of the ABN is to appropriately notify a Medicare beneficiary of services that the HHA believes Medicare will not cover. In order for the [...]
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Posting Date: 12/21/2017
Hospice Billing Codes Chart
Hospice Billing Codes Chart Table of Contents Hospice Billing Codes Chart Condition Codes (CC) (UB-04 FL 18-28) Occurrence Codes (OC) and Dates (UB-04 FLs 31-34) Occurrence Span Code and Date (UB-04 FLs 35-36) Value Codes (VCs) and CBSA [...]
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Posting Date: 12/20/2016
Hospice Room and Board Denials
Hospice Room and Board Denials Medicare does not pay the room and board fees for hospice beneficiaries that reside in a SNF or a nursing facility (NF), as these charges are statutorily excluded from Medicare coverage. However, these charges [...]
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