Medical Billing - GU0 Record Fields 38 Through 45

Did you ever play a game of battleship, where you have to blindly plug in little pegs to try to find your opponents ships? Well, medical billing is sometimes like that, especially when you're billing claims electronically and sending a GU0 record, or CMN. The "plug in the values" approach to many of the fields leaves many billers dazed and confused. In this installment we're going to continue our review of the GU0 record, picking up with field number 38.

GU0 field 38, position 124, is Reply ALN L01 N13. This is the response to the thirteenth question on any DMERC certification requiring a one position response. The forms supported are 01, 02 and 07 for responses Y, N or D. Form 03 is reserved for future use. This field covers all generic CMNs.

GU0 field 39, position 125, is Reply ALN L01 N14. This is the response to the fourteenth question on any DMERC certification requiring a one position response. The forms supported are 01 and 07 for responses Y, N or D. Form 03 is reserved for future use. This field covers all generic CMNs.

GU0 field 40, position 126, is Reply ALN L01 N15. This is the response to the fifteenth question on any DMERC certification requiring a one position response. The form supported is 01 for responses Y, N or D. Forms 03 and 04 are reserved for future use. This field covers all generic CMNs.

GU0 field 41, position 127, is Reply ALN L01 N16. This is the response to the sixteenth question on any DMERC certification requiring a one position response. All DMERC forms are reserved for future use. This field covers all generic CMNs.

GU0 field 42, position 128, is Reply ALN L01 N17. This is the response to the seventeenth question on any DMERC certification requiring a one position response. Forms 01 and 03 are reserved for future use. No other forms are used for this question. This field covers all generic CMNs.

GU0 field 43, position 129, is Reply ALN L01 N18. This is the response to the eighteenth question on any DMERC certification requiring a one position response. The form supported is 01 for responses Y, N or D. Form 03 is reserved for future use. This field covers all generic CMNs.

GU0 field 44, position 130, is Reply ALN L01 N19. This is the response to the nineteenth question on any DMERC certification requiring a one position response. The form supported is 01 for responses Y, N or D. Form 03 is reserved for future use. This field covers all generic CMNs

GU0 field 45, position 131, is Reply ALN L01 N20. This is the response to the twentieth question on any DMERC certification requiring a one position response. The form supported is 01 for responses 1, 2 and 3. Form 03 is reserved for future use. This field covers all generic CMNs.

In our next installment of medical billing, we'll be continuing our review of the GU0 record, picking up with field number 46.

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