Whenever AA8 is involved, you must inactivate and resubmit.
> Ok, I have a head scratcher here. I was contacted by our billing department
> today in regards to a PPS bill for February. The HIPPS code was 55. Resident
> was skilled at a SE3 through her 5th day. The NAC who did this attempted to
> code a quarterly along with the 5 day. We did a modification to AA8a/AA8b
> and resubmitted it to the state and it was rejected with the reason being
> that AA8a/AA8b can not be modified. Do we need to inactivate the first
> inaccurate assessment(with 5/5) or what? I can't seem to figure it out. Your
> help would be greatly appreciated.
> Pam
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