CMS 1500 - 24 A shaded field importance

DATE(S) OF SERVICE:

Dates: In the bottom, white half of the claim line, enter the begin (“From”) and end (“To”) dates of service in MM DD YY format. If a service was provided on one day only, enter the same date twice.

Physician Administered Drugs: Beginning January 1, 2008, an NDC is required in this field to bill for physician administered drugs.

In the top, shaded half of the claim line, enter qualifier N4 followed by the drug’s 11-digit NDC without any dashes, hyphens or other punctuation. The first, second and third sections of the NDC (separated by hyphens on the container label) must contain 5, 4 and 2 digits, respectively, when entered on the claim form.

To facilitate this, you must add leading zeros to one or more sections of the NDC if the container label does not display:

· 5 digits in the first section of the NDC

· 4 digits in the second section of the NDC

· 2 digits in the third section of the NDC

For example, using the 5-4-2 model described above:

· 34-73-1 on the container label is expressed as 00034007301 on the claim 

· 654-3773-22 on the container label is expressed as 00654377322 on the claim

· 1645-222-65 on the container label is expressed as 16457022265 on the claim

· 12345-6-7 on the container label is expressed as 12345000607 on the claim

· 86541-4885-77 on the container label is expressed as 86541488577 on the claim

For multi-ingredient compounds, list each component separately, on its own claim line with the 11-digit NDC is this field.

For more information and examples on billing physician administered drugs, see the NDC Billing Reference on First Health Services’ website.