016-06-07 Ark. Code R. § 56
The Division of Medical Services issued an Official Notice (DMS-2006-A-4, DMS-2006-L-4, DMS- 2006-0-3, DMS-2006-KK-4, DMS-2006-X-1, DMS-2006-R-4, DMS-2006-II-4, DMS- 2006-00-3, DMS-2006-SS-3) dated June 20, 2006 regarding family planning services, including additional procedure codes covered for the effective dates of service on or after February 1, 2006. However, at the time, the system was unable to process the claims for the specific procedure codes and providers were instructed to hold claims until further notice.
The purpose of this Official Notice is to notify providers of the previously added Family Planning Services and that the claims for these services may now be filed. This notice also addresses the billing procedures for those claims that were held and are now past the filing deadline, or will be past the filing deadline in the next 90 days. Claims past the filing deadline must be received by January 31, 2008. Any claims filed that are over two (2) years old after January 31, 2008, will not be paid.
Providers will have until January 31, 2008 to file claims that may be past the twelve (12) month filing deadline or claims for which the filing deadline will fall within this ninety (90) day window. Claims that are past the filing deadline must be submitted as a paper claim to the following address:
EDS/Research Analyst
P.O. Box 8036 Little Rock, AR 72203
NOTE: When submitting these claims that are past the filing deadline as described above, the provider must attach a memo indicating that the claims are impacted by this Family Planning Services Official Notice.
Effective for dates of service on or after February 1, 2006, Lab Procedure codes 87491 and 87591 are available as Family Planning procedure codes.
Professional claims for procedure codes 87491 and 87591 must include modifier FP. Whether a claim is paper or electronic, a family planning diagnosis code must be listed as primary on each detail.
Facilities billing for procedure codes 87491 and 87591 as family planning services must have a primary diagnosis of family planning on the claim, whether billed electronically or on paper.
NOTE: When 99144 and 99145 are billed for family planning, there must be a paid or pending professional claim for 58565 when billing for the same date of service.
Claims for professional services that were provided in an outpatient hospital clinic should not include modifiers. Whether billing electronically or on paper, the primary detail diagnosis for each procedure must be a family planning diagnosis code.
NOTE: Payment of any of these procedure codes requires that 58565 (the Essure procedure) is already a paid or pending claim.
The following instructions apply when procedures 58340 and 58345 are performed in an outpatient clinic associated with a hospital:
Claims for professional services for 58340 or 58345, when provided in an outpatient clinic associated with a hospital, are to be filed with no modifiers. Whether billing electronically or on paper, a family planning diagnosis code must be listed as primary on the claim detail.
Facility claims for 58340 or 58345 also require a primary diagnosis of family planning whether billing electronically or on paper.
Professional claims for procedures 72190, 74740, and 74742 must be filed with modifier FP. Whether billing electronically or on paper, a family planning diagnosis code must be listed as primary on the claim detail.
Claims for the professional component of procedure codes 72190, 74740, and 74742 are to be billed with no modifiers. Whether billing electronically or on paper, a family planning diagnosis code must be listed as primary on each detail.
All visits related to post-Essure services during the 6 months following the Essure procedure are included in the allowable fee for 58565.
All facility fees for the services for J1055, 11976, and 58301 are bundled under 58565 if provided on the same Date of Service as 58565.
Additionally, all other established billing requirements must be met in order for a claim to be approved for payment.
Thank you for your participation in the Arkansas Medicaid Program.
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If you have questions regarding this notice, please contact the EDS Provider Assistance Center at the In-State WATS 1-800-457 -4454, or locally and Out-of-State at (501) 376-2211.
Arkansas Medicaid provider manuals, official notices and remittance advice (RA) messages are available for downloading from the Arkansas Medicaid website: www, medicaid, state, ar. us.
Roy Jeffus, Director
016.06.07 Ark. Code R. § 056