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Type of Bill Code

The Type of Bill Code. Composed of a 0, followed by the Claim Facility Type Code, then the Claim Service Classification Type Code, and finally the Claim Frequency Code.

Field Metadata

FHIR Resource
ExplanationOfBenefit
FHIRPath 
ExplanationOfBenefit.supportingInfo.where(
  category.coding.system = 'http://hl7.org/fhir/us/carin-bb/CodeSystem/C4BBSupportingInfoType' and
    category.coding.code = 'typeofbill'
).code.coding.where(
  system = 'https://www.nubc.org/CodeSystem/TypeOfBill'
).code
Coverage / Claim Type
  • HHA
  • Hospice
  • Inpatient
  • Outpatient
  • SNF
Sources
  • FISS
  • NCH
Derived
True
Profiles
  • Basis
  • Regular
  • CMS

Example 

0123

Notes

This field is derived from 0 + CLM_BILL_FAC_TYPE_CD + CLM_BILL_CLSFCTN_CD + CLM_BILL_FREQ_CD because the codes are dependent upon one another, and require concatenation to be meaningful in a machine-readable format.

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