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Insurance Billing
Insurance Billing YCST Chap 7 Terms and Abbreviations
Question | Answer |
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CMS-1500 | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Health Insurance Claim Form |
DME | Durable medical equipment |
DNA | Does not apply |
EIN | Employer identification number |
HHA | Home or Hospice health agency |
ICR | Intelligent character recognition or image copy recognition |
MG | Medigap |
MSP | Medicare Secondary Payer |
NOC | Not otherwise classified |
NPI | National Provider Identifier |
OCR | Optical character recognition |
PRO | Peer review organization or professional review organization |
SOF | Signature on file |
What is a completed insurance claim form submitted within the program time limit that contains all the necessary information without deficiences so that it can be processed and paid promptly? | Clean claim |
What is a claim submitted with errors or one that requires manual processing to resolve problems or is rejected for payment? | Dirty claim |
What is an individual's federal tax identification number issued by the IRS for income tax purposes? | EIN |
What is a facility's provider number to be used by the facility to bill for services, or by the performing physician to report services done at that location? | Facility provider number |
What is a number assigned to a group of physicians submitting insurance claims under the group name and reporting income under one name? | Group NPI |
What is known as the CMS-1500? | Health insurance claim form |
What is any Medicare claim missing necessary information? | Incomplete claim |
What is any Medicare claim that contains complete, necessary information but is illogical or incorrect? | Invalid claim |
What is a provider's lifetime 10-digit number? | NPI |
What is an insurance claim held in suspense because of review or other reason? | Pending claim |
What is an insurance claim submitted to an insurance carrier that is discarded by the system because of a technical error or because it does not follow Medicare instructions? | Rejected claim |
What is a number issued to a physician who has passed the state medical examination indicating his or her right to practice medicine in the state where issued? | State license number |