Medicare Secondary Payer Manual (Pub. 100-05), Ch. 5 § 50.1.3
Return Codes
50.1.3 - Return Codes
(Rev. 11550; Issued: 08-12-22; Effective: 10-13-22; Implementation:10-13-22)
One of the following codes is returned to the A/B MAC (Part B) system, which
indicates the results from processing secondary payment computation and savings.
These codes are also referenced in the technical documentation released with the
MSPPAY modules.
Return Code
Description
3010
Claim is fully paid
3020
Claim is partially paid
3030
Line of service denied
3500
Invalid MSP value code
3510
Invalid number of other payers
3520
Non-numeric MSP amount
3530
MSP amount equals zeros
3540
Invalid record identification
3545
Non-numeric Gramm-Rudmann-Hollings percent
3560
Non-numeric blood deductible
3570
Non-numeric cash deductible
3700
Non-numeric total coinsurance amount
3730
Non-numeric Medicare primary payment
3780
Non-numeric provider payment amount
3790
Non-numeric patient payment amount
3800
Invalid assignment indicator
3805
Invalid par indicator
3810
Non-numeric other payer allowed amount
3820
Non-numeric charges not subject to deductible and coinsurance
3830
Non-numeric charges subject to deductible
Return Code
Description
3840
Non-numeric psychiatric charges
3880
Invalid "thru-date" of claim
3890
Non-numeric Medicare reasonable charge/fee schedule
3910
Non-numeric obligated to accept
3920
Non-numeric total actual charges
3930
Non-numeric limited fee
3940
Non-numeric limited charge
3950
Limited fee equal zeros
3960
Limited charge equal zeros