Claim Adjustment Reason Code

This variable is contained in the following files:

Home Health Agency (Fee-for-Service) Hospice (Fee-for-Service) Inpatient (Fee-for-Service) Outpatient (Fee-for-Service) Skilled Nursing Facility (Fee-for-Service)

SAS Name

CLM_ADJUST_RSN_CD

Claim Adjustment Reason Code used to describe why a claim or claim line was paid differently than billed. This field is currently only populated for Direct Contracting (DC), Comprehensive Kidney Care Contracting (CKCC) and Kidney Care First (KCF) model claims.

This is not a comprehensive list of values; refer to website below for current values and descriptions:

Comments

This code set is an external code set maintained by X12 (www.x12.org/codes). This field is not populated prior to 2021.

SOURCE: NCH

Code	Code value
96	Non-covered charge(s). At least one Remark Code must be provided
119	Benefit maximum for this time period or occurrence has been reached
B9	Patient is enrolled in a Hospice