835 / EOB Remittance Balancing
835 / EOB remittance balancing: billed minus paid minus the CO/PR/OA/PI adjustments; flags out-of-balance and the patient responsibility to bill.
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Example
- Billed charge
- 200 $
- Paid amount
- 120 $
- CO contractual-obligation adjustments
- 50 $
- PR patient-responsibility adjustments
- 30 $
Result: Balances: $0.00 residual; post the payment and bill the patient $30.00 (Sigma PR).
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What you enter
- Billed charge
- Paid amount
- CO contractual-obligation adjustments
- PR patient-responsibility adjustments
- OA other adjustments
- PI payer-initiated adjustments
How this is calculated
ASC X12 835 (Health Care Claim Payment/Advice) balancing and the CAS claim-adjustment group codes CO (contractual), PR (patient responsibility), OA (other), PI (payer-initiated): billed = paid + the sum of the adjustments, and patient responsibility = the sum of PR. Read the source ↗
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