Billing & Claims第 62 / 100 题
On the CMS-1500 claim, diagnosis codes are linked to each service line by:
a.Listing the codes in random order
b.Writing them in the remittance advice
c.Using diagnosis pointers that connect each procedure to the diagnosis that justifies it
d.Placing them only on the UB-04
解析
The CMS-1500 uses diagnosis pointers to associate each billed procedure line with the specific diagnosis that supports its medical necessity. Proper linkage demonstrates why each service was needed and helps prevent medical-necessity denials. Mispointed or missing links are a common cause of claim rejections.
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