INSURANCE
DENIALS
PROCESSES
ADJUSTMENT
MISC
100

What does ABN stand for 

Who is  Advanced Beneficiary Notice 

100

What rejection codes are used to describe the patient not being eligible for most payers 

Who is PR26/PR27

100

What document are you to refer to when working denials ?

A/R procedure book

100

 What should you do when you receive a medical necessity denial for a test with a GZ modifier. 

Adjust as MNNM 

100

What action code are you to use when confirming patient responsibility ? 

Who is CPTR

200

Government Medicaid and Medicaid HMO plans are always secondary to what insurances ? 

Who is ALL commercial plans , and All Medicare plans.  

200

What rejection code is used to describe most untimely filing denials 

Who is CO29
200

What action code are you to use when you are sending a appeal to the insurance. 

Who is APP

200

What adjustment code is used for frequency denials

"FREQ"

200

What do you get when you combine a fish with an elephant?

Swimming trunks.

300

What is the payer code in LBS for UHC Medicare Advantage (Secure Horizons)

Who is Secure1
300

What rejection code is used to describe most duplicate denials 

Who is CO18
300
What reason code are you to use when the insurance company calls in ? 
Who is INSC
300

When the insurance denies a test for experimental , and you've verified that the patient isn't liable for the charge , what adjustment code do you use ? 

"EXP"
300

Which letter of the alphabet is the coolest?

What is Iced 'T'.

400

What is do the Aetna Medicare ID numbers usually start with.  

Who is MEB

400

What rejection code is used to de describe precertification / authorization missing for most payers

Who is CO197/PR197
400

What are you to include in the subject line when sending a follow up to the payment posting follow up email ? 

Accession , Payer Name, and check number

400

What adjustment code is used to adjust the contractual obligation amounts that are required from the insurance as an in-network provider. 

"CA"
400

What disney movie recently won a Oscar in 2022 and it's theme song was #1 on the hot 100 billboard charts. 

"Encanto"

500

What diagnosis codes are traditionally not covered by Medicare or Medicare HMO'S 

Who is Z codes
500

What is the remark description "Procedure code incidental to primary procedure " equivalent to ? 

Who is Bundling ,CO234 , or CO97
500

What can be considered proof of timely filing ? 

  • EOB from the original insurance company that we billed
  • Claim Summary from Ability
  • Information from sceris showing we didn't receive the correct information
  • Notes from System showing when the patient called with the correct information
500

When we received the same test to run but from two different offices or same test on same day from same physician what should we do next ? 

Adjust test using adjustment code "DUP"

500

These days, nicknamed after a popular animal, occur from July 3 to August 11

What are the Dog Days of Summer?

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