AHCCCS Encounter Keys Newsletter

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2011 Editions

November/December 2011 [264KB]

• Hospital Updates
• Category of Service (COS)
• Physician Rate Correction - CPT 93229
• Modifier(s)
• Place of Service (POS)
• Date Change(s)
• Provider Type (PT)

September/October 2011 [120KB]

• Inpatient Rate Information
• Allowable Payments for Emergency Room Care vs. Urgent Care
• Reference Files
• Encounter Monthly Data File
• Encounter Guidelines Added to Community Manager
• Coverage Code
• Limits
• Gender Code Changes
• Age
• Multiple Changes
• Revenue Code
• Place of Service (POS)
• Provider Type (PT)
• Modifiers
• Edits

July/August 2011 [129KB]

• Capturing Covered Days
• Reference Screen
• Encounter Quarterly Data File
• Record Layout
• Limit(s)
• Age Limit
• Revenue Code
• Coverage Code(s)
• Provider Type
• Place of Service Updates
• Date Change(s)
• Modifiers
• Edit Table
• Edit(s)

May/June 2011 [76KB]

• AHCCCS Provider Participation to Be Terminated for Inactivity
• Edit Change
• Category of Service
• Coverage Code
• RF115 Table Updates
• Revenue Codes
• Age Limit
• Procedure Daily Limits
• Provider Type
• Place of Service
• Laboratory Indicator
• Modifiers

March/April 2011 [97KB]

• AZ Continuing Budget Crisis
• Hospital
• Correction
• Provider Type
• Age, Frequency & Limits
• Revenue Codes
• Place Of Service
• Modifiers
• Coverage Codes

January/February 2011 [115KB]

• 2010 Encounter Manual; Encounter Processing Schedule; OPFS; ASC Fee Schedule Rates, Sage Memorial Hospital
• Outpatient Hosp. Fee Schedule; Physician Fee Schedules; Coverage Code & Provider Types
• Modifiers
• Procedure Daily Maximum
• Edits