Claim Adjustment Reason Code (CARC), Remittance Advice Remark Code (RARC), and Medicare Remit Easy Print (MREP) Update
This Change Request (CR) instructs contractors to add or modify reason and remark codes that have been added or modified since CR 6604. This CR also instructs Shared System Maintainers (SSMs) to deactivate the codes that have been deactivated since CR 6604, and instructs SSMs and CEDI to accept deactivated codes in derivative messages in some specific situations. Additionally this CR instructs VIPs to update Medicare Remit Easy Print (MREP). This Recurring Update Notification applies to Chapter 22, Sections 60.1 and 60.2.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: November 27, 2009
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