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Important Medicare Part B New York News 

Flat File Changes in the Health Care Claim Professional (837 Professional) Version 4010A1, Health Care Claim Payment/Advice (835) Version 4010, 4010A1 and 3051.4A, and Health Care Claim Status Inquiry and Response (276/277) Version 4010A1 Transactions

The following are the shared systems updates to the X12N based flat files for 837 Professional, 835 and 276/277 transactions.

Professional (Carrier) 837 X12N-Based Flat File

The X12N-based flat file has been updated to reflect the following:

The COBOL picture 9(7)V999 for data elements SV104 in loop 2400 and CTP04 in loop 2410 was added in order to capture the metric units quantity (CTP05-1 = “F2” international units).

The REF segment was changed on the flat file to include the new values for A1. The new values for 4010A1 are “004010X098DA1” and “004010X098A1.”

  • The COBOL picture, 9(2)V9, for data element MEA03 in loop 2400 applies to qualifiers R1, R2 and R4.

The X12N-based flat file is in an Excel spreadsheet format. The updated file can be downloaded from the following Web site: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/providers/edi/hipaadoc.asp. The name of the file is P4010A1-2.zip. The revised X12N-based flat file is the version to be used for the October 1, 2003 release.

Carrier/DMERC 835 Version 4010 and 4010A1 Flat File Update

The flat file has been changed to accommodate quantity in metric units, which may have up to 7 numeric positions, and up to 3 decimal points. The updated flat file is posted at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/providers/edi/hipaadoc.asp under the file name B835v4010&4010A1-2.zip.

The following fields have been changed in the updated flat file:

SVC05 Units of Service Paid Count PIC changed from S9(3)V99 to S9(7)V999 if SVC01-1=N4

SVC07 Original Units of Service Count PIC changed from S9(7)V99 to S9(7)V999 if SVC01-1=N4

Carrier 276/277 X12N-Based Flat File Update

The X12N-based flat file has been updated to reflect the following:

The COBOL picture S9(7)V999 has been added to accommodate the metric units for the NDC in the following fields: SVC07 in the 2210D and 2210E Loops for the 276; SVC07 in the 2220D and 2220E Loops for the 277, when the qualifier in SVC01-1 is N-4 (National Drug Code in 5-4-2 format).

The flat file will be posted at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/providers/edi/hipaadoc.asp under the file name 276277B-a1mar03.zip.

Reference: Change Request 2657, Transmittal AB-03-060

Posted: 07/10/2003

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