6.2 PATIENT ACCOUNTING MESSAGE SET
The patient accounting message set provides for the entry and manipulation of information on billing accounts, charges, payments, adjustments, insurance, and other related patient billing and accounts receivable information.
This Standard includes all of the data defined in the National Uniform Billing Field Specifications (as adapted by the National Uniform Billing Commission, May 21, 1982 and revised on November 8, 1984 and 1992). We have excluded state-specific coding and suggest that, where required, it be implemented in site-specific "Z" segments. State-specific fields may be included in the Standard at a later time. In addition, no attempt has been made to define data that has traditionally been required for the proration of charges. The requirement for proration is unique to a billing system and not a part of an interface.
We recognize that a wide variety of billing and accounts receivable systems exist today. Therefore, in an effort to accommodate the needs of the most comprehensive systems, we have defined an extensive set of transaction segments.