CARC
Acronyms
Revenue Codes
Payment modalities
Modifiers
100

Deductible amount

What is CARC 1

100

Claim Adjustment Reason Code

What is CARC

100

Lab-General

What is REV code 300

100

Pays a percentage of billed charges

What is Percent of Charges

100

When a patient has a separate E/M service along with a procedure or other service on the same day by the same provider.


What is modifier 25

200

Duplicate

What is CARC 18
200

National Drug Code

What is NDC

200

IV Therapy-General

What is REV code 260

200

Payment determined by a pre-established rate per DRG case

What is Per Case

200

To indicate a procedure was bilateral

What is modifier 50

300

These are non-non covered services because this is not deemed a 'medical necessity' by the payer

What is CARC 50

300

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

What is HIPPA

300

Radiology-General

What is REV code 320

300

Payment determined by a pre-established per day rate by REV code

What is Per Diem

300

Multiple procedures 

What is modifier 51

400

The impact of prior payer(s) adjudication including payments and/or adjustments

What is CARC 23

400

All Patient Refined Diagnosis Related Grouping

What is APRDRG

400

ER- General

What is REV code 450

400

Payment determined by using a base amount times a weight assigned to the DRG per CMS

What is CMS DRG

400

CRNA medically directed by an MD for anesthesia

What is modifier QX

500
Expenses incurred after coverage terminated

What is CARC 27

500

Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan

What is SOAP

500

Cardiology-general

What is REV code 480

500

Payment determined by multiplying a base amount by a weight value based on an All Payment Refined DRG.

What is APRDRG

500

Professional component only

What is modifier 26

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