Medicare Claims Processing Manual (Pub. 100-04), Ch. 23 § 40.3
Institutional Claim Record Layout for Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule
40.3 - Institutional Claim Record Layout for Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule
(Rev. 2643, Issued: 01-31-13, Effective: 07-01-13, Implementation: 07-01-13)
The CMS will provide the specific file names when the prices are released. The file name will contain the
label CLAB.
Record Length =
60
Record Format =
FB
Block Size =
6000
Character Code =
EBCDIC
Sort Sequence =
A/B MAC (B), Locality, HCPCS Code
Header Record
Data Element Name
Picture
Location
Comment
1-Label
X(03)
1 - 3
Value = Lab
2-Filler
X(07)
4 - 10
3-Filler
X(08)
11 - 15
4-Filler
X(04)
16 - 22
5-Date Fee Update
X(08)
23 - 30
YYYYMMDD
6-Filler
X(22)
31 - 52
7-Date File Created
X(08)
53 - 60
YYYYMMDD
Data Record
Data Element Name
Picture
Location
Comment
1-HCPCS
X(05)
1 - 5
2-Filler
X(04)
6 - 9
3-60% Fee
9(05)V99
10 - 16
4-62% Fee
9(05)V99
17 - 23
5-Filler
X(07)
24 - 30
6- A/B MAC (B)
Number
X(05)
31 - 35
7- A/B MAC (B)
Locality
X(02)
36 - 37
00 = Single State A/B MAC (B)
01 = North Dakota
02 = South Dakota
20 = Puerto Rico
Data Element Name
Picture
Location
Comment
8-State Locality
X(02)
38 - 39
Separate instructions will be used
for the use of this field at a later
date.
9-Filler
X(02)
40 - 41
10-Effective Date
X(08)
42 - 49
Update effective date
(YYYYMMDD)
11-Filler
X(11)
50 - 60