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Variable: LINE_PRCSG_IND_CD

Line Processing Indicator Code

Description

The code on a non-institutional claim indicating to whom payment was made or if the claim was denied.

Comment

n/a

Values

This variable is coded, and will contain one of the following values.

Values for
Value Description
A Allowed
B Benefits exhausted
C Non-covered care
D Denied (from BMAD)
I Invalid data
L CLIA
M Multiple submittal--duplicate line item
N Medically unnecessary
O Other
P Physician ownership denial
Q MSP cost avoided (contractor #88888) - voluntary agreement
R Reprocessed--adjustments based on subsequent reprocessing of claim
S Secondary payer
T MSP cost avoided - IEQ contractor
U MSP cost avoided - HMO rate cell adjustment
V MSP cost avoided - litigation settlement
X MSP cost avoided - generic
Y MSP cost avoided - IRS/SSA data match project
Z Bundled test, no payment
00 MSP cost avoided - COB Contractor
12 MSP cost avoided - BC/BS Voluntary Agreements
13 MSP cost avoided - Office of Personnel Management
14 MSP cost avoided - Workman's Compensation (WC) Datamatch
15 MSP cost avoided - Workman's Compensation Insurer Voluntary Data Sharing Agreements (WC VDSA) (eff. 4/2006)
16 MSP cost avoided - Liability Insurer VDSA (eff.4/2006)
17 MSP cost avoided - No-Fault Insurer VDSA (eff.4/2006)
18 MSP cost avoided - Pharmacy Benefit Manager Data Sharing Agreement (eff.4/2006)
21 MSP cost avoided - MIR Group Health Plan (eff.1/2009)
22 MSP cost avoided - MIR non-Group Health Plan (eff.1/2009)
25 MSP cost avoided - Recovery Audit Contractor - California (eff.10/2005)
26 MSP cost avoided - Recovery Audit Contractor - Florida (eff.10/2005) Effective 4/1/02, the Line Processing Indicator code was expanded to a 2-byte field. The NCH instituted a crosswalk from the 2-byte code to a 1-byte character code. Below are the character codes (found in NCH & NMUD). At some point, NMUD will carry the 2-byte code but NCH will continue to have the 1-byte character code. ! MSP cost avoided - COB Contractor ('00' 2-byte code) @ MSP cost avoided - BC/BS Voluntary Agreements ('12' 2-byte code) # MSP cost avoided - Office of Personnel Management ('13' 2-byte code) $ MSP cost avoided - Workman's Compensation (WC) Datamatch ('14' 2-byte code) * MSP cost avoided - Workman's Compensation Insurer Voluntary Data Sharing Agreements (WC VDSA) ('15' 2-byte code) (eff. 4/2006) ( MSP cost avoided - Liability Insurer VDSA ('16' 2-byte code) (eff. 4/2006) ) MSP cost avoided - No-Fault Insurer VDSA ('17' 2-byte code) (eff. 4/2006) + MSP cost avoided - Pharmacy Benefit Manager Data Sharing Agreement ('18' 2-byte code) (eff. 4/2006) < MSP cost avoided - MIR Group Health Plan ('21' 2-byte code) (eff. 1/2009) > MSP cost avoided - MIR non-Group Health Plan ('22' 2-byte code) (eff. 1/2009) % MSP cost avoided - Recovery Audit Contractor - California ('25' 2-byte code) (eff. 10/2005) & MSP cost avoided - Recovery Audit Contractor - Florida ('26' 2-byte code) (eff. 10/2005)

Other Info

Some additional information on this variable:

  • Short Name: PRCNGIND
  • Long Name: LINE_PRCSG_IND_CD
  • Type: CHAR
  • Length: 2
  • Source: NCH
  • Value Format:
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