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Industry Note:

Do This When Adjusting Claims With Denied Lines

Published on Fri Jan 20, 2012

Don't risk further delays to your cash flow by mucking up your claims adjustments. "The proper way to submit an adjustment claim (bill type XX7) that had previously denied lines is to delete all non-covered lines and re-enter the lines with the corrections," HHH MAC Palmetto GBA instructs on its website. "This will prevent the claim from processing as non-covered a second time.' Don't forget to change total and non-covered charge amounts, when applicable, the MAC adds. For a link to the DDE instructions on deleting and adding revenue code lines and changing charge amounts, e-mail editor Rebecca Johnson at rebeccaj@eliresearch.com with "Claims Adjustment Instructions" in the subject line.
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