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Medicare Billing: CMS-1450 & 837I

Lesson Layout

In Lesson 4 and Lesson 5, we descibe the data elements necessary for CMS-1450 and 837I Medicare claim completion and where to find the information required in those elements.

We show the information for each data element this way:

R icon; required situationally required icon

These icons show when Medicare requires the data element or if it's situational:

R
Required by Medicare
S
Situational
Table 3: Name of Data Element & Source
Name of Data ElementSource
This column describes the information required in the data element.This column directs you to resources for this information.
MACs may include a crosswalk between the CMS-1450 and the ASC X12N 837I on their websites.