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Posting Date: 01/14/2025

Helping Your Patients Stop Smoking

Helping Your Patients Stop Smoking Quitting tobacco use presents various challenges for patients, and staying motivated can be difficult. All health care providers, especially those with direct patient contact, have a unique opportunity to [...]

Posting Date: 01/14/2025

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Avoiding/Correcting This Error The occurrence span code 77 should only be used to indicate the span of days that were not covered on claims. Related Content Appropriate Use of Occurrence Code 27 and Occurrence Span Code 77

Posting Date: 01/14/2025

7C625

Avoiding/Correcting This Error Hospice – Clarify reason for discharge. Claim is being returned for one of the following reasons: Remarks are not present or do not indicate valid reason for discharge/transfer. Remarks indicate beneficiary [...]

Posting Date: 01/14/2025

37402

Avoiding/Correcting This Error Hospice – This error occurs when a claim is submitted and the previous month's claim has not been found in the system or there is a gap between Through date of the previous claim and From date on this claim. [...]

Posting Date: 01/14/2025

U5106

Avoiding/Correcting This Error When the hospice NOE was received it fell within a previously established election period. Verify that the NOE is billed with correct dates. If benefit period from the previous hospice is still open, allow [...]

Posting Date: 01/14/2025

U5194

Avoiding/Correcting This Error In instances where a NOE is not timely-filed, the days of hospice care from the hospice admission date to the date the NOE is submitted to and subsequently processed by the Medicare contractor will not be [...]

Posting Date: 01/27/2025

Jurisdiction 6 Part B Top Claim Errors Are Updated

Jurisdiction 6 Part B Top Claim Errors Are Updated Did you know we publish the top claim errors on our website? This resources provides detailed information including: the error reason code; a description of the error; the error type; [...]

Posting Date: 01/14/2025

U537F

Avoiding/Correcting This Error Always verify billing before submitting a new NOA for a beneficiary admission. There should not already be an NOA in the system pending processing or finalized prior to submitting a new NOA for a beneficiary. [...]