Medicare Claims Processing Manual (Pub. 100-04), Ch. 23 § 70.1
Record Layout for PEN Fee Schedule
70.1 - Record Layout for PEN Fee Schedule
(Rev. 3350, Issued: 09-11-15, Effective: 01-01-16, Implementation: 01-04-16)
Field Name
Pic
Position
Comment
Year
X(4)
1 - 4
Applicable Update Year
HCPCS Code
X(5)
5 - 9
All current year active and deleted codes
1st Modifier
XX
10 - 11
2nd Modifier
XX
12 - 13
Jurisdiction
X
14
D = DME MAC Jurisdiction
Category
XX
15 - 16
PE = Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition.
HCPCS Action
X
17
Indicates active/delete status in HCPCS
file
A = Active Code
D = Deleted Code, price provided for
grace period processing only
Filler
XX
18 - 19
Value = 00
State
XX
20 - 21
Original Base Fee
9(5)V99 22 - 28
This amount is not used for pricing
claims. It is on file for informational
purposes.
Beginning January 1, 2016, this field
will include the Competitive Bidding
Rural Fee Amount for specific HCPCS
codes. A new indicator field (RURAL
FEE INDICATOR) shall be populated
with a value of “R” when the Rural Fee
is present in this field.
Filler
9(5)V99 29 - 35
This field is zero filled.
Field Name
Pic
Position
Comment
Filler
9(5)V99 36 - 42
This field is zero filled.
Updated Fee Schedule
Amount
9(5)V99 43 - 49
Amount used for pricing.
Gap-Fill Indicator
X
50
0 = No Gap-filling required.
1 = A/B MAC (B) Needs to Gap-fill
Original Base Year Amount.
Pricing Change
Indicator
X
51
0 = No change to the updated fee
schedule amount since previous release.
1 = A change has occurred to the
updated fee schedule amount since the
previous release.
Rural Fee Indicator
X(01)
52
R = Rural Fee is present in the Original
Base Fee field
Filler
X(8)
53 - 60