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Update to Health Care Claims Status Category Codes and Health Care Claim Status Codes for Use with the Health Care Claim Status Request and Response ASC X12N 276/277

This transmittal updates the Health Care Claims Status Codes and Health Care Claims Status Category Codes for use by Medicare
contractors with the Health Care Claim Status Request and Response ASC X12N 276/277. Contractors are to use codes with the “new as of 6/04” designation and prior dates and to inform affected providers of the new codes.

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

Issue Date: December 17, 2004

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