If you are now receiving returned claims with code 31276, they should be valid RTPs. Medicare has corrected its claims system glitch that was incorrectly returning claims with dates of service after Oct. 1 for having ICD-10 diagnosis codes (see Eli’s HCW, Vol. XXIV, No. 38).
“The system fix for this issue was implemented on October 23, 2015,” HHH Medicare Administrative Contractor Palmetto GBA says on its website. “All claims that were suspended for this issue prior to the system fix implementation have been released for processing.”