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Medicare Billing: CMS-1450 & 837I

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For Medicare purposes, we don't require you to complete data elements shown in Table 4. But other payers may require them.

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Table 4: Data Elements Medicare Doesn’t Require
CMS-1450 Form Locator (FL) & Description837I Loop / Segment
FL 2 - Billing Provider's Designated Pay-to Name, Address, and Secondary IdentificationLoop 2010AB
FL 13 - Admission HourLoop 2300 / DTP segment
FL 16 - Discharge HourLoop 2300 / DTP segment
FL 38 - Responsible Party Name and AddressNot used in 837I
FL 55 A, B, and C - Estimated Amount Due From PatientLoop 2300 / AMT segment
FL 81 - Code-Code – QUAL/CODE/VALUELoop 2300
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