The New UB-04 and Present-on-Admission Indicator  

Almost concurrent with the update to the CMS-1500 form, facility providers will be implementing a new paper form. Beginning March 1, 2007 providers can start to use the new UB-04 form, which is replacing the UB-92 form. By May 23, 2007, it will be the only form accepted for facility billing. The new form retains the designation CMS-1450 used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The electronic format of the CMS-1450 accommodates more characters than the corresponding form fields, though.

The latest form incorporates the National Provider Identifier (NPI), taxonomy changes, and additional diagnosis and procedure codes. The diagnosis code field size has been expanded to allow for transition to ICD-10 and has a box that providers designate whether they are using ICD-9 or ICD-10. The total number of diagnosis that can be reported has been increased from nine to sixteen....