July 2010 Update to the CMS Standard File for Reason Codes for the Fiscal Intermediary Shared System (FISS)


Date Issued: 03-05-2010
Implementation Date: 07-06-2010
Effective Date: 07-01-2010
Source: CMS - Transmittal
Source#: CR6841
Category: Bill/Pmt SNF Inpatient
CBSI Contact: Missy Tieken
 
The Fiscal Intermediary/Medicare Administrative Contractor Edits Evaluation Workgroup is tasked with identifying the inventory of contractor inactivated edits, documenting the reasons why the edits are turned off, and making a decision as to whether they should remain inactive or not. The FISS maintainer is tasked with developing audit reports to track maintainer programmed active/inactive edits/reason codes. Change Request 6529, Transmittal 59, dated October 30, 2009, automated the process of loading the CMS Standard for each reason code reviewed by the FI/MAC Evaluation Workgroup within the FISS. Each quarter, as needed, CMS issues an updated CMS Standard file for Reason Codes that indicates the appropriate status for each code.

http://www.cms.gov/transmittals/downloads/R62GI.pdf



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