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| Responsible Owner: Financial Management Work Group | Standards Status : Informative |
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Definition for Code SystemClaimAdjudicationDecisionReasonCodes
{
"resourceType" : "CodeSystem",
"id" : "claim-decision-reason",
"meta" : {
"lastUpdated" : "2023-03-26T15:21:02.749+11:00",
"profile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablecodesystem"]
"lastUpdated" : "2025-11-20T23:56:49.898+00:00"
},
"text" : {
"status" : "generated",
"div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p>This code system <code>http://hl7.org/fhir/claim-decision-reason</code> defines the following codes:</p><table class=\"codes\"><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">0001<a name=\"claim-decision-reason-0001\"> </a></td><td>Not medically necessary</td><td>The payer has determined this product, service, or procedure as not medically necessary.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">0002<a name=\"claim-decision-reason-0002\"> </a></td><td>Prior authorization not obtained</td><td>Prior authorization was not obtained prior to providing the product, service, or procedure.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">0003<a name=\"claim-decision-reason-0003\"> </a></td><td>Provider out-of-network</td><td>This provider is considered out-of-network by the payer for this plan.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">0004<a name=\"claim-decision-reason-0004\"> </a></td><td>Service inconsistent with patient age</td><td>The payer has determined this product, service, or procedure is not consistent with the patient's age.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">0005<a name=\"claim-decision-reason-0005\"> </a></td><td>Benefit limits exceeded</td><td>The patient or subscriber benefit's have been exceeded.</td></tr></table></div>"
"div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: CodeSystem claim-decision-reason</b></p><a name=\"claim-decision-reason\"> </a><a name=\"hcclaim-decision-reason\"> </a><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>http://hl7.org/fhir/claim-decision-reason</code> defines the following codes:</p><table class=\"codes\"><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">0001<a name=\"claim-decision-reason-0001\"> </a></td><td>Not medically necessary</td><td>The payer has determined this product, service, or procedure as not medically necessary.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">0002<a name=\"claim-decision-reason-0002\"> </a></td><td>Prior authorization not obtained</td><td>Prior authorization was not obtained prior to providing the product, service, or procedure.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">0003<a name=\"claim-decision-reason-0003\"> </a></td><td>Provider out-of-network</td><td>This provider is considered out-of-network by the payer for this plan.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">0004<a name=\"claim-decision-reason-0004\"> </a></td><td>Service inconsistent with patient age</td><td>The payer has determined this product, service, or procedure is not consistent with the patient's age.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">0005<a name=\"claim-decision-reason-0005\"> </a></td><td>Benefit limits exceeded</td><td>The patient or subscriber benefit's have been exceeded.</td></tr></table></div>"
},
"extension" : [{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
"valueCode" : "fm"
},
{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
"valueCode" : "informative"
}],
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/claim-decision-reason",
"version" : "5.0.0",
"identifier" : [{
"system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
"value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.2130"
}],
"version" : "6.0.0-ballot3",
"name" : "ClaimAdjudicationDecisionReasonCodes",
"title" : "Claim Adjudication Decision Reason Codes",
"status" : "active",
"experimental" : false,
"publisher" : "HL7 International",
"description" : "This value set provides example Claim Adjudication Decision Reason codes.",
"jurisdiction" : [{
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
"code" : "001",
"display" : "World"
}]
}],
"copyright" : "HL7 Inc.",
"caseSensitive" : true,
"content" : "complete",
"concept" : [{
"code" : "0001",
"display" : "Not medically necessary",
"definition" : "The payer has determined this product, service, or procedure as not medically necessary."
},
{
"code" : "0002",
"display" : "Prior authorization not obtained",
"definition" : "Prior authorization was not obtained prior to providing the product, service, or procedure."
},
{
"code" : "0003",
"display" : "Provider out-of-network",
"definition" : "This provider is considered out-of-network by the payer for this plan."
},
{
"code" : "0004",
"display" : "Service inconsistent with patient age",
"definition" : "The payer has determined this product, service, or procedure is not consistent with the patient's age."
},
{
"code" : "0005",
"display" : "Benefit limits exceeded",
"definition" : "The patient or subscriber benefit's have been exceeded."
}]
}
Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.
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