University Health Plans

Test Procedures: Step 1 - Pre-test Phase

Companion Guide for 837 Transaction

Professional and Institutional Professional Notes Institutional Notes
1. We need to know your UHIN Trading Partner Numbers 1. Anesthesia units must be in minutes (pg. 403 of the Professional Implementation Guide: segment - Professional Service; data element - SV103 = MJ and SV104 = Quantity) 1. We are only taking attachment information at the claim header level (Loop 2300). Do not send us information on attachments at the claim line level (Loop 2400, segment - Line Supplemental Information - pg. 452 of the Institutional Implementation Guide #1) .
2. We need to give you our IDX Provider numbers for both the Vendor and Master Vendor 2. Header level and line level POS (place of service) can not be different   
3. Do not use Aeterick's (*) as a delimiter. 3. Use claim note text (pg. 247 of the Professional Implementation Guide: segment - claim note; data element - NTE02) to indicate if the rendering non-contracted physician was covering for a (name them) contracted physician. Or if the rendering non-contracted physician was on-call at a hospital facility.    
   4. You must have only have one Rendering Provider per claim.   
   5. We must have the name of the Service Facility Location if it is different than the providers office (pg. 303 of the Professional Implementation Guide: segment - Service Facility Location; data element - NM103 = Last Name).    
    6. DME only: Can not use future service dates.    
   7. Use claim note segment (pg. 247 of the Professional Implementation Guide: segment - claim notes; data element - NTE02) to indicate the radiology time. All claims with a claim note will pend. If you would like to discuss a different way to submit radiology time that will not require all claims to pend, please contract Tracy Reynolds.