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If rejecting a single Medicare encounter for a single subscriber, would all loops/segments pertaining to the encounter be rejected and therefore deleted from the file sent to the State, starting with the billing provider HL and up to the next HL (next subscriber or billing provider)?

Guidance for Encounter Data

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Final

Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Issue Date: July 09, 2014

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