Institutional (UB) Charge Entry

On the Post Charge screen > Claim Type> choose Institutional (If you do not see the Institutional Option, ask your administrator to do the setup.)

When the screen is Saved, the Add/Modify UB04 screen will display.

Add/Modify UB04 screen

1. Type of Bill

• If the Type of Bill is not available using the Lookup icon, it will need to be added.

• If the Type of Bill is not available, select the Add button.
• Code: Enter the Type of Bill or use the rules below to determine the Type of Bill.
• Description: The description is optional.

• Select Save [F2].

2. COV-D (Covered Charge Amounts): The amount that is covered by the Insurance. (Only necessary if the Payer requires it.)
3. N-C.D. (Non-Covered Charge Amount): The amount that is not covered by Insurance. Patient Responsibility Amount. (Only necessary if the Payer requires it.)
4. Admitted Date and Discharge Information is required on all Inpatient Claims.

5. Condition Codes: Describes any Conditions or Events that apply to the billing period that may affect the processing of the Claim.
6. Occurrence Codes: Identifies a significant event relating to the Claim (Accident, Medical Condition, etc.)

7. Value Codes/Amounts: Establishes the amount of money each Insurance (Primary/Secondary) is required to pay (mainly used on Medicare Claims.)
8. Principal Procedure: The first Procedure Code on the Claim.
9. Treatment Authorization Codes: Mainly used on Home Health Claims.

Edit Institutional (UB04) Fields

To Edit the Institutional Claim after the UB04 screen is saved:

• Page 1 can be edited as usual by selecting the Modify button on the Encounter Dashboard.

• Page 2: Use the UB04 Fields link on the Encounter Dashboard.

Type of Bill Criteria

1st digit - Type of Facility

• 1 = Hospital
• 2 = Skilled Nursing Facility
• 3 = Home Health
• 4 = Religious Non-medical (Hospital)
• 5 = Extended Care
• 6 = Immediate Care
• 7 = Clinic
• 8 = Special facility or hospital

2nd digit - Bill Classification

• 1 = Inpatient/Hospice

• 3 = Outpatient/Ambulatory Surgery

• 4 = Home Health/Other

• 5 = Intermediate Care, Level I

• 6 = Intermediate Care, Level II

• 7 = Intermediate Care, Level III

• 8 = Swing Beds

3rd digit - Frequency

• 1 = 'Admit' through 'Discharge' Claim

• 2 = Interim, First Claim

• 3 = Interim, Continuing Claim

• 4 = Interim, Last Claim

• 5 = Late Charge Claim

• 6 = Adjustment of Prior Claim

• 7 = Replacement of Prior Claim

• 8 = Void/Cancel of Prior Claim

Submit a Corrected Institutional (UB04) Claim

The last digit of the 'Type of Bill' needs to be 7.

The best way to change the last digit to a 7 is to use the 'Claim' dropdown at the bottom of the Modify Encounter screen and select Replacement for claim. 

• The last digit of the Type of Bill is then automatically updated to 7. 
• When the last digit of the Type of Bill is 7, the ICN is sent in 2300 REF F8 on the Institutional Claim - Document Control Number (ICN) UB04 Box 64; Keying the ICN into the ICN field on the Add/Modify Charge screen will display the ICN on the UB04.
• Fields dashboard labeled Medical Rec# Field 80 is for remarks such as Corrected Claim (see screenshot below). This field is found from the UB04 hyperlink on the Encounter Dashboard. It Prints in field 80 on the UB04 and the 2300 NTE segment of Electronic Institutional Claim. The User can press the return/enter key on the keyboard if separate lines are needed, or it will automatically break into a new line after 25 characters.

General Notes Regarding 837I Institutional (Electronic) / UB04 (Print) Claims

Revenue Codes

• Revenue Codes are set up inside of the Procedure Code Library. 
• The Revenue Code tells the Payer whether the Procedure was performed in an emergency room, operating room, or other department.
• Revenue Codes: Box 42 on the UB04, Rev CD.
• Click the link for more information on significance of Revenue Codes: http://valuehealthcareservices.com/education/understanding-hospital-revenue-codes/ (External Link)

Change Units to Days

• See Revenue Codes Library

Difference Between Professional and Institutional Claims

• Revenue Code: The Description of the Revenue Code populates on the UB04 in Box 43.
• 2430 Loop

• Professional Claims: Loop 2430 is present for each Procedure line which contains the Primary Payer's Payment, Adjustment, and Patient responsible information.
• Institutional Claims: Do not have 2430 Loops. All Primary Payer's Payment, Adjustment, and Patient Responsible information is sent at Claim level.

• Providers

• Institutional Claims

• Billing: Loop 2010AA
• Attending: Loop 2310A

• For Institutional Paper Claims, there is a Hidden setting for Attending to print in Box 76.
• For UB ANSI, select the Attending on the Modify Charge screen.

• Referring: Loop 2310F

• Hidden Setting for Referring to display in 2310F and UB Box 78.

• Supervising: Loop 2310D

• Professional Claims

• Referring: Loop 2310A
• Rendering: Loop 2310B
• Supervising: Loop 2310D

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Institutional (UB04) Setup