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Version 3.27.0

PAYMENT-LEVEL-IND

Data Element

DE Number

CIP132

System DE Number

CIP.002.132

File Segment Number

CIP00002

File Segment Name

CLAIM-HEADER-RECORD-IP

Last updated

Definition

The field denotes whether the payment amount was determined at the claim header or line/detail level.
For claims where payment is NOT determined at the individual line level (PAYMENT-LEVEL-IND = 1), the claim lines’ associated allowed (ALLOWED-AMT) and paid (MEDICAID-PAID-AMT) amounts are left blank and the total allowed (TOT-ALLOWED-AMT) and total paid (TOT-MEDICAID-PAID-AMT) amount is reported at the header level only.

For claims where payment/allowed amount is determined at the individual lines and when applicable, cost-sharing and/or coordination of benefits were deducted from one or more specific line-level payment/allowed amounts (PAYMENT-LEVEL-IND = 2), the allowed (ALLOWED-AMT) and paid (MEDICAID-PAID-AMT) amounts on the associated claim lines should sum to the total allowed (TOT-ALLOWED-AMT) and total paid (TOT-MEDICAID-PAID-AMT) amounts reported on the claim header.

For claims where payment/allowed amount is determined at the individual lines but then cost sharing or coordination of benefits was deducted from the total paid/allowed amount at the header only (PAYMENT-LEVEL-IND = 3), then the line-level paid amount (MEDICAID-PAID-AMT) would be blank and line-level allowed (ALLOWED-AMT) and header level total allowed (TOT-ALLOWED-AMT) and total paid (TOT-MEDICAID-PAID-AMT) amounts must all be populated but the line level allowed amounts are not expected to sum exactly to the header level total allowed.

For example, if a claim for an office visit and a procedure is assigned a separate line-level allowed amount for each line, but then at the header level a copay is deducted from the header-level total allowed and/or total paid amounts, then the sum of line-level allowed amounts may not be equal to the header-level total allowed amounts or correspond directly to the total paid amount. If the state cannot distinguish between the scenarios for value 1 and value 3, then value 1 can be used for all claims with only header-level total allowed/paid amounts.

Size X(1)
FLF Start Position 637
FLF Stop Position 637
Segment Key Field Identifier Not Applicable
Coding Requirements

1. Value must be in Payment Level Indicator List (VVL)
2. Value must be 1 character
3. Mandatory

Valid Value Code Set Valid Value Code Valid Value Name Valid Value Description Effective Start Date Effective End Date
DE Number System DE Number DE Name File Segment Number File Segment Name
CLT082 CLT.002.082 PAYMENT-LEVEL-IND CLT00002 CLAIM-HEADER-RECORD-LT
COT068 COT.002.068 PAYMENT-LEVEL-IND COT00002 CLAIM-HEADER-RECORD-OT
CRX058 CRX.002.058 PAYMENT-LEVEL-IND CRX00002 CLAIM-HEADER-RECORD-RX