Extra Credit

Claim Adjustment and Remark Codes (CARC/RARC)

Official docs outline

6 sections
  1. Claim Adjustment Reason Codes

    CARC code list explaining why a claim or line was adjusted.

  2. Remittance Advice Remark Codes

    RARC supplemental explanations and alert codes.

  3. Claim adjustment group codes

    CO contractual, PR patient responsibility, OA other, PI payer initiated and CR corrections.

  4. Claim status codes

    Status codes for 277 responses and denials.

  5. Claim status category codes

    Category codes for 277 responses.

  6. Service type codes

    Service type codes used in 270/271 inquiries.

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