Add or Remove Patient Discharge Date

This rule will instruct the system when to add or remove the discharge date from the claim.  

Workflow

Let's review how to create a claim rule to add or remove the discharge date from the claim!

• 1. Navigate to Management Center > Claim Rules.
     
     
  2. Click Create Claim Form  Rule.
     
  3. Select the Practice.
     
  4. Next, give the rule a name.
  5. Update the Claim Type to Professional.
     
  6. Select Conditions to create criteria a claim should meet before the rule will apply.
     
  7. Next, click on the Behaviors dropdown.
  8. Select Patient - Discharge Date.
     
     
  9. Next, click Add.
     
  10. Update the dropdown to one of the following choices:
      1. Omit to create the claim without the discharge date. 
      2. Write to Claim to include the discharge date.
         
  11. To create multiple behaviors, repeat steps 7-10.
  12. Click Save to complete the process.
       

Box Number(s)

• UB-04: N/A
• CMS-1500: Box 18 - Hospitalization Dates Related to Current Services

Helpful Hints

• If one of your conditions is payer-based, select Current Sequence Behavioral instead of the Primary Behavioral Payer. This will ensure the rule applies to secondary and tertiary claims when needed. 
• To read more about how to set claim rule conditions and order, see the Claim Rule: Setting Claim Rule Conditions article.
• To read more about how to set up a claim rule to be effective as of a certain date, see the Scheduled Change Sets article.