PC-ACE training module: Entering a claim

Claim entry: Medicare primary

General

  • Setup: Professional Claims Menu, Enter Claims, Patient Info & General
  • Required: LOB, Billing Provider, Patient Control No, Employment, Accident, Outside Lab, Dental (for 837D claims only)
  • Optional: Date/Ind of Current, First Date, UTW/Disability Dates & Types, Hospitalization Dates, Outside Lab Chgs, Facility, Referring Phys Name
  • Leave blank: Medicaid Resubmission Code & Ref No, Dental (for 837 claims), COB, Frequency
 Claim entry - Medicare primary

Insured information

  • Setup: Professional Claims Menu, Enter Claims, Insured Information
  • Information pulled from Patient database when patient selected on Patient Info & General Tab
Claim entry: Insured info

Line item details

  • Setup: Professional Claims Menu, Enter Claims, Billing Line Items, Line Item Details
  • Required: Diagnosis Codes (at least one), Service From/Thru Dates, Charges, PS, Proc, Diagnosis Pointer, Charges, Units, Rendering Phys. (unless billing as a Solo Provider), Total Charge, Dental tab (837D claims only)
  • Optional: Additional Diagnosis, EMG, Modifiers, EP, FP, AT, Rendering Physician (unless billing as a group)
  • Auto populated: Recalculate, Patient Amount Paid, and Balance due when Recalculate is selected
Line item details

Line item details: Dental

  • Setup: Professional Claims Menu, Enter Claims, Billing Line Items, Line Item Details
  • The Dental tab will display when a valid dental HCPCS code is provided along with “A” in the 24h AT field
Line item: dental
Line item: Dental cont.

Tips

  • Setup: Professional Claims Menu, Enter Claims, Billing Line Items, Line Item Details
  • Tips: Right click or F2: Accesses information from databases or available pull down menus

F4: Field Duplication

F5: Line Duplication

F7: Line deletion

F8: Advance to next line

 

Edit validation errors list

Once “Save” is selected, the claim will edit for known requirements.

  • Error message will indicate the line or field the error is associated with
  • Double click on error to jump to corresponding field
  • Once error is corrected select “Save” again to re-edit claim
  • Red X error must be corrected before transmitting
  • Only claims saved as CLN or ERR can be transmitted
Error list

Claim entry: Medicare secondary / payment made

General

  • Setup: Professional Claims Menu, Enter Claims, Patient Info & General
  • Required: LOB, Billing Provider, Patient Control No., Employment, Accident, Outside Lab, COB, Dental (for 837D claims)
  • Optional: Date/Ind of Current, First Date, UTW/Disability Dates & Types, Hospitalization Dates, Outside Lab Chgs, Facility, Referring Phys Name
  • Leave blank: Medicaid Resubmission Code & Ref No, Dental (for 837 claims), Frequency, Reserved For Local Use
Claim entry: MSP

Insured information

  • Setup: Professional Claims Menu, Enter Claims, Insured Information
  • Information pulled from Patient database when patient selected on Patient Info & General Tab
Claim entry: MSP Insured info

Line item details: MSP

  • Setup: Professional Claims Menu, Enter Claims, Billing Line Items, Line Item Details
  • Required: Diagnosis Codes (at least one), Service From/Thru Dates, PS, Proc, Diagnosis Pointer, Units, Rendering Phys (unless billing as a Solo Provider), Recalculate
  • Optional: Additional Diagnosis, EMG, Modifiers, EP, FP, AT, Rendering Physician (unless billing as a group)
  • Auto populated: Total Charge, Patient Amount Paid, and Balance due when Recalculate is selected
Line item details: MSP

Line item details: MSP/COB line 1

  • Setup: Professional Claims Menu, Billing Line Items, MSP/COB Line 1
  • Required: Approved, SVD, CAS, Adj/Payment Date
  • Leave blank: OTAF, Information on lines 2 and 3 of SVD and CAS, Procedure Code Description, Remaining Owed
Line item details: MSP/COB

Line item details: MSP/COB line 2

  • Setup: Professional Claims Menu, Billing Line Items, MSP/COB Line 2
  • Required: Approved, SVD, CAS, Adj/Payment Date
  • Leave blank: OTAF, Information on lines 2 and 3 of SVD and CAS Procedure Code Description, Remaining Owed
Line item: MSP/COB 2

Ext payer insured: Secondary payer

  • Setup: Professional Claims Menu, Ext. Payer/Insured, Primary Payer Insured
  • Required: Insurance Type (insurance type was left blank for training purposes)
  • Auto populates: Payer Address, Payer Source
  • Optional: Insured’s Contact, Patient ID
  • Leave blank: Payer/ Insured Reference IDs/Types
Payer insured: MSP

Ext payer insured: Secondary payer / COB info primary

  • Setup: Professional Claims Menu, Enter Claims, Ext. Payer/Insured, COB Info (Primary)
  • Required: Zero Payment Made Ind N – to indicate payment was made, COB Code (D – to indicate total claim payer paid amount), MOA Amount
  • Leave blank: OTAF, CAS, Medicare Outpatient Adjudication (MOA) Remarks Codes, Claim Adjudication Date
Ext payer: MSP COB

Edit validation errors list

Once “Save” is selected, the claim will edit for known requirements.

  • Error message will indicate the line or field the error is associated with
  • Double click on error to jump to corresponding field
  • Once error is corrected select “Save” again to re-edit claim
  • Red X error must be corrected before transmitting
MSP validation errors
MSP Error validation cont.