Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Issue Date: May 18, 2016

Program Area: Vendor Management, Payments, and Collections (VMPC)

Question: Can the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) confirm the maximum character limit for the payment cycle month on the disposition error code form?

Answer: On the Payment Dispute form, Payment Cycle Month (F5) should be formatted as YYYYMM (e.g., 201604) and should directly correspond to the field from either the PPR (Element B5 in the PPR schema) or the HIX 820 (Element BPR16) which is the basis for the dispute.

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