Guidance to Physician/Practitioner and Supplier Billing Offices that Submit Hard Copy Claims to Medicare to Help Reduce Incidence of Claims Not Crossing Over Due to Duplicate Diagnosis Codes and Diagnosis Code Pointer
This article instructs physician/practitioner and supplier billing offices to correctly submit CMS-1500 claim forms to reduce the number of claims that are not “crossed over,” or transferred electronically to the destination supplemental payer.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: November 08, 2016
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