The Encounter Keys news letter is published bi-monthly by the AHCCCS Encounter Operations Unit. In each issue you will find information pertaining to policies and procedures as well as other items of general interest to the provider community, health plans, program contractors, and other interested parties..

Issue Date	Contents

November-December 2001 [PDF] HTML version	Unbundling of Prenatal Visits Procedure Code Updates Procedure Codes Daily Maximum Updates and Changes Dilemmas Contractors Alert Providers May Not Bill for Vaccine Administration Under VFC Updates

September-October 2001 [PDF] HTML version	Encounter Replacement Procedures Dilemmas Reference Information AHCCCS System Projects New Rates for Anesthesia, ASC, Nursing Homes and HCBS Hard and Soft Edits Coding Boot Camp1 Comment File Added for Pended Encounters File Audit Trails and File Naming Standards

July-August 2001 [PDF] HTML version	FTP Input Program Change Targeted for October 2001 Welcome Ester! Dilemmas Review of Encounter Adjustment Procedures Error Code Update On-Line Voluntary Deletes Corrected Rate for J2915 UB-92 DATA High Pends for Specific Error Codes Reimbursement Methodology Changed for Air Ambulance Specialty

May-June 2001 [PDF] HTML version	Coding Institute Revisions Reporting AHCCCS Computer Problems American Medical Association Launches CPT-5 Project Dilemmas Quarterly Encounter and HP Planning Meeting Medicare Advance Beneficiary Notice Change for Hammertoes Medicare ASC Release Pancreas Transplant Codes Incorrect Procedure Modifier Pains New Error Code

March-April 2001 [PDF] HTML version	Vaccine Administration Under VFC BIPA Section 532 and HIPAA's Reply Dental Services Rate Schedule on Web Site Age Change for Procedure Code 54520 More Error Codes! Correction of J2792 Staff Changes Report Changes Submitting Third Party Information on Encounters FTP Submission

January-February 2001 [PDF] HTML version	Void/Replace Duplicate Error Problem Log Files January Encounter Cycle Issues Update Dilemmas Revised Encounter Manual Distributed Rate Change for J2792 Correction to the New FTP Address for Provider/Reference Files Dental Forms Being Submitted on HCFA New Error Codes New Record Type Layout for Provider Profile Record Layout for New Type "H4" Updated Record for Type "T9" Encounter File Processing Schedule Internet Address Change

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