Claim Error: Insurance Type Code Missing (2320_SBR_05 Information)
Insurance Type Code is only is required for Medicare as Secondary. For this reason, you should have 2 separate carriers, one for primary and one only for secondary, that have the correct coding.
FIX:
- Check the primary and secondary carriers.
NOTE: If this carrier is really a secondary or if the regular Medicare carrier got added to the patient's Secondary slot by mistake.
- To designate a carrier as a Medicare Secondary, follow these steps:
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Recommendation: Name the carrier with "Secondary" in the common name so that you can easily tell them apart when adding to a patient's case.