A copy of the introductory chapters of the manual are provided in a text format. To use the data, you must load the data into a microcomputer database. Chapter I. All of the files have been compressed. An asterisk designates rebundled prior to 1996 edits. The fields are the same as above.
All files use the same field layout.
This code may be a column one or column two code. The correct coding file formats have been expanded to include a modifier indicator for both the Mutually Exclusive Code and the Comprehensive Component Code tables. These indicators provide information regarding whether or not the use of a modifier should be added to report a service, since the meaning attached to the modifier adds specificity about the services being billed which helps to differentiate between the services represented by the different codes. Assuming the modifier is used correctly and appropriately, this specificity provides the basis upon which separate payment for the services billed may be considered justifiable. The services represented by the code combination will not be paid separately.