837 Dental Transaction Mapping Exercise Example
837 Dental Transaction Mapping exercise gives a scenario of working with a 837 Dental Transaction file to complete the claim and send it to processing. 837 Dental Transaction Mapping exercise will be useful for insurance companies, providers and HIPAA specialists.
Scenario: Patient MINI DUCK dependent son of DONALD DUCK goes to the dental office OFFICE OF ANTHONY KRUZ DDS for some dental work. He saw Dr. ANTHONY CRUZ on May 16th, 2018. The doctor performed two services, one with code XXX and another one with code YYY. The office is working with a clearing house to generate a 837 file and assign a claim Number 494672314 for future reference. In this exercise you are going to fill in the blanks (from 1 to 26) to complete the claim, so it can be forwarded to MY BILLING SERVICE for processing.
Information for the 837 Dental Transaction Mapping
- Submitter – PREMIER BILLING SERVICE, Trading Partner ID (ETIN – Electronic Transmitter Identification Number): PBS5747 also GS02 Sender ID
- Receiver – REPRICER XYZ, Trading Partner ID (ETIN): 66783JJT
- Billing Provider – OFFICE OF ANTHONY KRUZ DDS
- NPI: 1122333344
- Required tax ID for 1099 reporting: 111234567
- Subscriber – DONALD DUCK Member ID : 5554421
- Patient/Dependent – MINI DUCK
- Payer for this Claim – BLUE CROSS Payer ID: 741234
- Patient Account Number in the clinic is DDD0221111-02
- Rendering Provider – ANTHONY CRUZ, NPI: 1122333344
- The Invoice Number (or Patient Account Number) for the Claim: A126462967
- Principal Diagnosis Code: K00.1- SUPERNUMERARY TEETH
- Other Diagnosis Code: Z01.20 – ENCOUNTER DENTAL EXAM CLEANING W/O ABNORMAL FIND
Patient is also seen for Orthodontic treatment, scheduled for 24 months, 17 of which have been already consumed
The patient has a missing tooth – Tooth # 8
One of the services is for initial installment of appliance (prosthesis) – Procedure code = 95010
The dentist will be working on the upper right corner (designation of the oral cavity)
Dentist will be also working on TOOTH # 12 on surfaces L (Lingual) and O (Occlusal)
- Date of Service(s): May. 16, 2018
- Services billed:
- ADA procedure code, charge amount, units and diagnosis precedence
- D0120- (Periodic Oral Evaluation – Established Patient – test) $18, 1 unit, diagnosis pointers 1, 2
- D0140- (Limited Oral Evaluation – Problem Focused) $60, 1 unit, diagnosis pointers 1, 2
- Claim total: 0$ – Claim will be adjudicated and will be paid according to the fee for service.
In the following 837D transaction in version 005010X224A2, choose the “Best” answer for the incomplete sections:
ISA*00* *00* *ZZ*364187943 *ZZ*412014834 *160218*0157*^*00501*008817636*0*P*:~
GS*HC*__1__*FACELIFT*20160218*015725*8817636*X*005010X224A2~
ST*837*000000001*005010X224A2~
BHT*0019*00*00001*20160218*015725*CH~
NM1*41*2*PREMIER BILLING SERVICE*****46*__2__~
PER*IC*CUSTOMER SERVICE*TE*8775829188~
NM1*40*2* REPRICER XYZ *****46*__3__~
HL*1**20*1~
NM1*85*2*OFFICE OF ANTHONY KRUZ DDS*****XX*__4__~
N3*1200 E 12 MILE RD~
N4*MADISON*FL*480719998~
REF*EI*__5__~
HL*2*1*22*1~
SBR*P*18**UNION GROVE CAR*****15~
NM1*IL*1*DUCK*DONALD****MI*5554421~
N3*2800 SW 194TH AVE~
N4*PORTLAND*OR*27006~
DMG*D8*19691102*F~
NM1*PR*2*__6__*****PI*__7__~
HL*3*2*23*0~
PAT*__8__~
NM1*QC*1*DUCK*MINI~
DMG*D8*20100411*F~
CLM*__9__*78***11:B:1**C*Y*Y~
DN1*__10__*__11__~ — treatment for orthodontic purposes (24,17)
DN2*__12__*__13__****JP~ — Tooth status (8 and M)
REF*D9*494672314~ — Claim number assigned by Clearing House
HI*ABK:__14__*ABF:__15__~
NM1*82*1*__16__*__17__*N***XX*__18__~
PRV*PE*PXC*1223G0001X~
LX*1~
SV3*AD:__19__*18***__20__*1****__21__~
TOO*JP*__22__*__23__~ — tooth information 12 and L:O
DTP*472*D8*__24__~
DTP*452*D8*__25__~ —- Appliance placement
LX*2~
SV3*AD:D0140*60**__26__**1****1:2~ — this is the designation of the Oral cavity
DTP*472*D8*20180516~
SE*35*000000001~
GE*1*8817636~
IEA*1*008817636~
For the questions under the designated number in the above information, select one of the answers to be considered the ‘best’ :
1 – Group Sender ID ( GS02)
- PBS5747
- 66783JJT
- 1122333344
- 111234567
- None of the above
2 – Transaction Submitter ETIN (NM109 where NM108 = 46)
- 66783JJT
- 1122333344
- PBS5747
- 111234567
- None of the above
3 – Transaction Receiver ETIN (NM109 where NM108 = 46)
- PBS5747
- 66783JJT
- 1122333344
- 111234567
- None of the above
4 – Billing Provider ID (NM109 where NM108 = XX for NPI)
- 4121212121
- 74123
- 1122333344
- 111234567
- None of the above
5 – Billing Provider’s required tax ID (REF02 where REF01 = EI Employer’s ID number)
- 4121212121
- 74123
- 1122333344
- 111234567
- None of the above
6 – Payer Name (NM103 where NM101 = PR Payer and NM102 = 2 Non-person entity)
- BEN KILDARE
- 74123
- BLUE CROSS
- 111234567
- None of the above
7 – Payer ID (NM109 where NM108 = PI)
- DDD0221111-01
- 1122333344
- 741234
- 111234567
- None of the above
8 – Patient Relationship to Subscriber (PAT02) (Code – Description)
- 18 Self
- 19 Child
- 53 Life Partner
- G8 Other Relationship
- 01 Spouse
9 – Claim Submitter ID (CLM02 also called Patient Account Number)
- 4121212121
- A1264629007
- DDD0221111-02
- 111234567
- None of the above
10 – Treatment for orthodontic purposes
- 1
- 12
- 24
- 36
- None of the above
11 – Remaining months
- 12
- 13
- 17
- None of the above
12 – Tooth Status – Tooth Number
- 5
- 6
- 12
- 8
- None of the above
13 – Tooth Status – Tooth Status Code
- A
- B
- M
- E
- None of the above
14 – Principal Dental Diagnosis Code (HI01-2 where HI01-1 = ABK principle diagnosis code ICD-10)
- 99213
- 74123
- 1
- R21
- None of the above
15 – Other Dental Diagnosis Code (HI02-2 where HI02-1 = ABF diagnosis code ICD-10)
- 99213
- 74123
- Z1159
- 20
- None of the above
16 – Rendering Provider Last Name (NM103 where NM101 = 82 rendering and NM102 = 1 person)
- WELBY
- KILDARE
- ABUNCHA PHYSICIANS
- CRUZ
- None of the above
17 – Rendering Provider First Name (NM104 where NM101 = 82 rendering and NM102 = 1 person)
- WELBY
- KILDARE
- ANTHONY
- BEN
- DOCTOR
18 – Rendering Provider ID (NM109 where NM101 = 82 rendering and NM108 = XX NPI)
- 4121212121
- KILDARE
- 1122333344
- D72365
- Not required
19 – Service Code (SV301-2 where SV301-1 = ADA code on line #1)
- 99213
- 74123
- Z1159
- D020
- None of the above
20 – Prosthesis, Crown or Inlay code
- A
- B
- I – this is the right code as it is related to DTP*452
- R
- None of the above
21 – Diagnosis Code Pointer(s) (SV311) line #1
- 1:2
- 2
- 35
- 2:1
- None of the above
22 – Tooth Information Tooth Number
- 1
- 2
- 12
- 78
- None of the above
23 – Tooth Information – Tooth Surface
- A
- A:B
- L>O – incorrect delimiter
- L:O – correct answer
- None of the above
24– Service Date (DTP03 where DTP01 = 472 service date and DTP03 = D8 CCYYMMDD format)
- 11162015
- 16, 2015
- 101116
- 20180516
- 11/16/2015
25 – Appliance placement Date (DTP03 where DTP01 = 452 qualifier and DTP03 = D8 CCYYMMDD format) – it must be the same date as date of service
- 11162015
- 16, 2015
- 101116
- 20180516
- 11/16/2015
26 – Oral cavities
Possible valid codes:
ORAL_CAVITY_ID | DESCRIPTION |
00 | entire oral cavity |
01 | maxillary arch |
02 | mandibular arch |
10 | upper right quadrant |
20 | upper left quadrant |
30 | lower left quadrant |
40 | lower right quadrant |