Difference Between 837 Institutional and 837 Professional

837 Professional

Professional billing is responsible for the billing of claims generated for work performed by physicians, suppliers and other non-institutional providers for both outpatient and inpatient services. Professional charges are billed on a CMS-1500 form. The electronic version of the CMS-1500 is called the 837-P, the P standing for the professional format.

837 Institutional
Institutional billing is responsible for the billing of claims generated for work performed by hospitals and skilled nursing facilities. Institutional charges are billed on a UB-04.
And also Hospital Billing uses Revenue Codes.


Revenue Codes

Revenue codes are 3-digit numbers that are used on hospital bills to tell the insurance companies either where the patient was when they received treatment, or what type of item a patient might have received as a patient. A medical claim will not be paid if this is missing from a bill.

Revenue codes go along with procedure codes. When putting them in a charge master, you would add the correct revenue code to the CPT code you were going to use for a particular department. It's the use of revenue codes which allows hospitals to use the same CPT code in multiple departments because it will show which department the services were provided in.

An easy example to use here would be to match up CPT code 99282, which is for an emergency room visit of low to moderate severity, and revenue code 450, which stands for emergency room. In this case, revenue code 450 is the only code that could be used for this CPT code, thus making this one easy to code.

In short, Revenue Codes are descriptions and dollar amounts charged for hospital services provided to a patient.  The revenue code tells an insurance company whether the procedure was performed in the emergency room, operating room or another department.For example, stitches may be given to a patient in the emergency room, or in a completely different area of the hospital like the maternity ward.


837 Specification

Both sets of 837 specifications are same. The only differences would be claim specific data that pertains to a single transaction. All three transactions contain ISA, GS and ST segments but some data and qualifying codes are specific to the type of 837. Another way to quickly identify which type of 837 is being encountered is by the codes sent in the GS-08 or in the ST-03. Professionals use a 005010X222, Institutional uses a 005010X223 and Dental uses a 005010X224.


837 Institutional Transaction Sample

Data Element

Value

Subscriber:

Clark Kent

Subscriber Address:

123 Fake St.

Pittsburgh, PA 15123

Sex:

M

DOB:

May 3, 2006

Insurance ID#:

000000001-03

Payer ID #:

987654321

Patient:

Clark Kent

Primary Payer:

UPMC Health Plan

Submitter:

Line Medical Center

EDI #:

111111111

Receiver:

UPMC Health Plan

EDI #:

222222222

Billing Provider:

Line Medical Center

Provider #

111111111

Address:

123 Line Blvd.

Pittsburgh, PA 15123

Contact Person and Number

Dr. J, 412-454-1000

Attending Physician:

William J. Line, MD

Attending Physician NPI:

2222222222

UPIN #

P97777

Patient Account Number:

333333

Date of Admission:

04/17/2011

Place of Service:

Hospital

Occurrence Codes and Dates:

41 on 5/1/2010

27 on 7/15/2010

33 on 4/15/2010 C2 on 4/10/2010

Value Code

30

Value Amount

$20.

Condition Codes:

01

ICD-9 Procedure Code and Date:

449.1, 7/30/2010

Principal Diagnosis Code:

250.00

Secondary Diagnosis Codes:

789.01

Revenue Codes

0300 0320 0270

Services:

HC

Institutional Services Rendered:

81000 76092 J1120

Line Item Charge Amounts

$120. $50. $30.

Total Charges:

$200.

 

 

Example 837 Data String
The following transmission sample illustrates the file format used for an EDI transaction, which includes delimiters and data segment symbols. The sample includes the ISA (Interchange Control) and GS (Functional Group) portions of a transmission, and only one ST/SE segment. This sample contains a line break after each tilde to provide an easy illustration of where a new data segment begins.

ISA*00* *00* *ZZ*111111111 *33*7306849549*110418*1336*^*00501*000000312*1*P*:~
GS*HC*111111111*7306849549*20110418*1336*312005010X223~
ST*837*0034*005010X223A1~
BHT*0019*00*3920394930203*20100816*1615*CH~
NM1*41*2* LINE MEDICAL CENTER*****46*111111111~
PER*IC*DR. J*TE*4124541000~
NM1*40*2*UPMCHP*****46*222222222~
HL*1**20*1~
NM1*85*2* LINE MEDICAL CENTER*****XX*1111111111~
N3*123 LINE BLVD~
N4*PITTSBURGH*PA*15123~
REF*EI*111111111~
PER*IC*CLARK KENT*TE*00000000101*FX*6145551212~
HL*2*1*22*0~
SBR*P*18*XYZ1234567******BL~
NM1*IL*1*KENT*CLARK*S**MI*00000000101~
N3*123 FAKE ST~
N4*PITTSBURGH*PA*15123~
DMG*D8*19820503*M~
NM1*PR*2*UPMCHP*****PI*222222222~
CLM*333333 *200***13:A:1***A**Y*Y~
DTP*434*RD8*20110417-20110417~
CL1*1*9*01~
REF*F8*ASD0000123~
HI*BK:25000~
HI*BF:78901~
HI*BR:4491:D8:20100730~
HI*BH:41:D8:20100501*BH:27:D8:20100715*BH:33:D8:20100415*BH:C2:D8:20100410~
HI*BE:30:::20~
HI*BG:01~
NM1*71*1*LINE*WILLIAM*AL***34*2222222222~
REF*1G*P97777~
LX*1~
SV2*0300*HC:81000*120*UN*1~
DTP*472*D8*20100730~
LX*2~
SV2*0320*HC:76092*50*UN*1~
DTP*472*D8*20100730~
LX*3~
SV2*0270*HC:J1120*30*UN*1~
DTP*472*D8*20100730~
SE*41*0001~
GE*1*312~
IEA*1*000000312~

 

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    Understanding EDI 835 Electronic Remittance Advice



    First Let us understand the Workflow

    1. Patient Calls / Walks to the Physician(or Doctor or Provider) office to fix an Appointment.     
             
    2. On the Appointment day, patient checked In to the office and give all the demographics information(last name, first name, DOB, address,etc.) and insurance information;

    3. Doctor check the Patient Previous medical record and does the treatment to the patient for the current problem(or Disease);
    4. Each Disease represents by a Code. That code is called ICD. It is also called Dx Codes or Problems or ICD Codes or Diagnosis Codes; So for each patient visit, doctor choose the correct ICD Code;

    5. Each treatment represent a code and that code is called CPT. It is also called Procedure Codes; So for each patient visit, doctor choose the correct CPT Code;

    6. Once all the process are over, now patient leaves the doctor room. Now the doctor office to get paid for the service provided to the the patient;

    7. Since the patient has health insurance, so patient leaves(checked out) the clinic and ask the clinic to get money from the insurance company;

    8. Now the Billing department of the Clinic prepare the Bill(Claim) by entering all the necessary information. This process is called Charge entry or Charge Posting;

    9. Once the Claim is prepared and send to the Insurance company for payment; 

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      EDI 837 Health Care Claim

    11. Once the 837 EDI File is created, then it will be send to the Clearing House.

    12. Clearing House will validate the EDI File and send to the particular insurance company.

    13. Insurance Company Process the Claim and prepare the Check (Cheque) and Statement(This statement is called Explanation of Benefits OR Remittance Advisory (EOB)          
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    14. Insurance company also generates the EDI 835 File using their System. EDI 835 is electronic version of EOB.
      The Electronic Remittance Advice (ERA), or 835, is the electronic transaction which provides claim payment information in the HIPAA mandated ACSX12 005010X221A1   Format. These files are used by practices, facilities, and billing companies to Auto Posting payments into their systems.
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      EDI 835 Health Care Claim Payment/Advice:

    15. Once the Check, Statement (EOB) and ERA File are ready, then insurance company first send the ERA File and EOB to the clearing house.Second , insurance company  will send the Check and copy of the EOB to the billing provider address . Third for each patient in the statement, the copy of the EOB will be emailed.

    16. Now the Billing Team download the EOB and ERA from the clearing house. If the PMS system has Auto Posting Using ERA File, then they will download the EDI File and do auto posting. If there is no auto posting Module, then they will download the EOB PDF and apply posting manually.Remember, some time, ERA/EOB file will be reach the clearing house, even before the insurance company send the payment check to the doctor.


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