Medicare Secondary Payer Manual (Pub. 100-05), Ch. 3 § 50
Summary of MSP Data Elements for the Form CMS-1450 (UB-04)
50 - Summary of MSP Data Elements for the Form CMS-1450 (UB-04)
(Rev. 11874, Issued: 02-23-23, Effective: 03-24-23; Implementation: 03-24-23)
The following table identifies the data elements that are submitted on bills to
communicate the status of the primary payer and payment where Medicare is the
secondary payer. See Medicare Claims Processing Manual 100-04, Chapter 25,
"Completing and Processing the Form CMS -1450 Data Set," for a crosswalk to the
electronic data elements or segment names.
Data Element Value for MSP
MSP Situation
Condition Code
02-Employment Related
Workers' Compensation and Black
Lung
05-Lien has been filed
WC, No-fault, Liability,
06-ESRD Patient within coordination
period and covered by GHP
End Stage Renal Disease and covered
by a GHP
08-Beneficiary would not furnish
information concerning other insurance
coverage
All MSP situations
09-Neither patient nor spouse is employed Working Aged, Disability, or ESRD
11-Disabled Beneficiary but no GHP
exists
Disability
Data Element Value for MSP
MSP Situation
28-Patient and/or Spouse's GHP is
Secondary to Medicare
Working Aged
29-Disabled Beneficiary and/or Family
Member's GHP is Secondary to Medicare
Disability
77-Provider Accepts Payment by a
Primary Payer as Payment in Full
All MSP Situations
D7-Claim Change Reason Code for
Adjustment Requests to Make Medicare
the Secondary Payer
All MSP Situations
D8-Claim Change Reason Code for
Adjustment Requests to Make Medicare
the Primary Payer
All MSP Situations
Occurrence Code and Date
01-Auto Accident
No-Fault or Liability
02-No-fault Insurance including Auto
accident/Other
No-Fault
03-Accident/Tort Liability
Liability
04-Accident/Employment Related
WC or BL
05-Other Accident
Liability
18-Date of Retirement
Working Aged, Disability, or ESRD
19-Date of Retirement Spouse
Working Aged, Disability, or ESRD
24-Date Insurance Denied
All MSP Situations
25-Date Benefits Terminated by Primary
Payer
All MSP Situations
33-First day of the Medicare coordination
period for ESRD beneficiaries covered by
GHP
ESRD
A1-Birth date -Insured A
Working Aged, Disability, or ESRD
A2-Effective Date-Insured A Policy
Working Aged, Disability, or ESRD
Data Element Value for MSP
MSP Situation
A3- Benefits Exhausted for Payer A
Working Aged, Disability, or ESRD
B1-Birth date -Insured B
Working Aged, Disability, or ESRD
B2-Effective Date-Insured B Policy
Working Aged, Disability, or ESRD
B3- Benefits Exhausted for Payer B
Working Aged, Disability, or ESRD
C1-Birth date -Insured C
Working Aged, Disability, or ESRD
C2-Effective Date-Insured C Policy
Working Aged, Disability, or ESRD
C3- Benefits Exhausted for Payer C
Working Aged, Disability, or ESRD
Value Codes and Amounts
12- Working Aged Beneficiary/Spouse
Group Health Plan
Working Aged
13-ESRD Beneficiary in a Medicare
Coordination Period with an Employer
Health Plan
ESRD
14-No-fault, including auto/other.
No-Fault
15-Workers' Compensation Six zeros in
the amount field indicates a request for a
conditional Medicare payment.
WC
16-PHS, Other Federal Agency
Other Federal Agency, VA
41-Black Lung Six zeros in the amount
field indicates a request for a conditional
Medicare payment.
Black Lung
42-Veterans Affairs
VA
43-Disabled Beneficiary Under Age 65
with GHP
Disability
44-Amount Provider Agreed to Accept
from Primary Payer as Payment in Full
All MSP Provisions
47- Any Liability Insurance
Liability Provisions
Insured's Name
Data Element Value for MSP
MSP Situation
For Primary Payer Information
All MSP Provisions
Patient's Relationship to Insured
01-Patient is Insured
All MSP Provisions
02-Spouse
All MSP Provisions
03- Natural Child/Insured has Financial
Responsibility
Disability, ESRD
08- Employee
Working Aged, ESRD, Disability
15-Injured Plaintiff
Liability
Certificate/Social Security Number/Medicare beneficiary identifier
The involved claim number for the
primary coverage is shown
All MSP Provisions
Insurance Group Number
Identification number
All MSP Provisions
Employment Status Code
1-Employed Full Time
Working Aged, ESRD, Disability
2-Employed Part-Time
Working Aged, ESRD, Disability
3-Not Employed
Working Aged, ESRD, Disability
4-Self-employed
Working Aged, ESRD, Disability
5-Retired
Working Aged, ESRD, Disability
Employer Name
WC, Working Aged, ESRD, Disability
Employer Location
WC, Working Aged, ESRD, Disability
Payer ID
Data Element Value for MSP
MSP Situation
All MSP Provisions