Assignment of Non-Payment/Denial Code specific to the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) Created Group Health Plan (GHP) Occurrences
Subsequent to the published CR 3724 in which three
RAC contractor numbers were required to be recognized by all shared systems and
Common Working File (CWF), this CR will require the assignment of a nonpayment/denial code to these contractor numbers. The non-payment/denial code will
ensure proper system denials for services billed on claims in which there is a recognized
third party payer
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: April 29, 2005
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