This is an automated reply. I will be out of the office from Thurs., 9/13 through Friday, 9/21, and I will not be responding to e-mail. If you need immediate assistance, please contact Steven McGregor at (206) 901-7437, 8-600-7437. rm >>> "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" 09/19/01 13:27 >>> Hello all. We are working on a HIPAA data store and claims processing application. There is a question that has been plaguing our minds here. If you look at the 4010X098 or 4010X096 manuals, there are many fields that state "Not Used." Because these fields are not used, I was under the assumption that we should not store this data. For the majority of these fields, this is a no-brainer. Some of the NM1 loops specifically can hold information that would never pertain to certain entities within the loop. For instance, there is no reason to keep track of NM111(Entity Identifier's) for the submitter loop. Some pieces of data, however, seem to be elements that providers or payers may be keeping track of at the moment. One in particular that we found was the marital status element, which is on a normal UB-92(locator 16), but is listed as not used in the 4010X096 manual. Once we found this difference a number of different questions came up. 1. Do we accommodate for this field because it is on the form, and there might be a chance that this particular data element might be passed through our processing system? 2. If we accommodate for this field, does that make us not HIPAA compliant because we have claims running through the system that contain non-HIPAA compliant data? 3. Should we just accommodate all the possible fields that could appear on a 4010 even though it states in the manuals that they are specifically not used? Once again would we then be not compliant if we did? Any thoughts on these questions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Chris Graff United Wisconsin Proservices (414)226-6022 800-822-8050 x6022 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ********************************************************************** To be removed from this list, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that it may take up to 72 hours to process your request. ********************************************************************** To be removed from this list, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that it may take up to 72 hours to process your request.
