here.

EA0 field 5, position 24, is the condition accident related field. This is an indicator that tells the payer if the condition diagnosed was caused by an accident. This is again important because there are certain legal issues involved with accident claims that may involve the payment of additional money added on to the cost of

When doing medical billing of claims by electronic means, the EA0 record that gets transmitted is one of the largest records in a claim file, containing 55 unique fields that need to be sent. These fields give the payer information about the claim itself including when the condition was diagnosed to what the condition is, indicated by a number of very cryptic codes. We're going to be starting a multi part series on the EA0 record with this article.

EA0 field 1, positions 1 - 3, is the record type, which needs to be filled with EA0. Anything else in this field and the claim will be denied.

EA0 field 2, positions 4 - 5, is reserved for future use. Like all the other fields in NSF 3.01 specifications, it is unlikely that this field will ever be used if it hasn't by now.

EA0 field 3, positions 6 - 22, is the patient ID number. This number must match the patient ID number transmitted in the CA0, DA0 and all other records being sent that contain patient information.

EA0 field 4, position 23, is the condition employment related field. This is an indicator that tells the payer if the problem with the patient is something that was caused by, or related to work. This is important because if the condition is work related the patient may be entitled to workman's compensation or some other benefits. There may also be legal issues involved here.

EA0 field 5, position 24, is the condition accident related field. This is an indicator that tells the payer if the condition diagnosed was caused by an accident. This is again important because there are certain legal issues involved with accident claims that may involve the payment of additional money added on to the cost of t

er of very cryptic codes. We're going to be starting a multi part series on the EA0 record with this article.

EA0 field 1, positions 1 - 3, is the record type, which needs to be filled with EA0. Anything else in this field and the claim will be denied.

EA0 field 2, positions 4 - 5, is reserved for future use. Like all the other fields in NSF 3.01 specifications, it is unlikely that this field will ever be used if it hasn't by now.

EA0 field 3, positions 6 - 22, is the patient ID number. This number must match the patient ID number transmitted in the CA0, DA0 and all other records being sent that contain patient information.

EA0 field 4, position 23, is the condition employment related field. This is an indicator that tells the payer if the problem with the patient is something that was caused by, or related to work. This is important because if the condition is work related the patient may be entitled to workman's compensation or some other benefits. There may also be legal issues involved here.

EA0 field 5, position 24, is the condition accident related field. This is an indicator that tells the payer if the condition diagnosed was caused by an accident. This is again important because there are certain legal issues involved with accident claims that may involve the payment of additional money added on to the cost of

fields in NSF 3.01 specifications, it is unlikely that this field will ever be used if it hasn't by now.

EA0 field 3, positions 6 - 22, is the patient ID number. This number must match the patient ID number transmitted in the CA0, DA0 and all other records being sent that contain patient information.

EA0 field 4, position 23, is the condition employment related field. This is an indicator that tells the payer if the problem with the patient is something that was caused by, or related to work. This is important because if the condition is work related the patient may be entitled to workman's compensation or some other benefits. There may also be legal issues involved here.

EA0 field 5, position 24, is the condition accident related field. This is an indicator that tells the payer if the condition diagnosed was caused by an accident. This is again important because there are certain legal issues involved with accident claims that may involve the payment of additional money added on to the cost of

he condition employment related field. This is an indicator that tells the payer if the problem with the patient is something that was caused by, or related to work. This is important because if the condition is work related the patient may be entitled to workman's compensation or some other benefits. There may also be legal issues involved here.

EA0 field 5, position 24, is the condition accident related field. This is an indicator that tells the payer if the condition diagnosed was caused by an accident. This is again important because there are certain legal issues involved with accident claims that may involve the payment of additional money added on to the cost of

here.

EA0 field 5, position 24, is the condition accident related field. This is an indicator that tells the payer if the condition diagnosed was caused by an accident. This is again important because there are certain legal issues involved with accident claims that may involve the payment of additional money added on to the cost of the medical procedure itself.

EA0 field 6, position 25, is the symptom indicator. This is a code that describes what symptom the patient is experiencing in relation to their condition. These are just general codes and do not go into specifics.

EA0 field 7, positions 26 - 33, is the accident/symptom date. This is the date that the patient first either started having symptoms of the condition or symptoms from the accident if there was an accident. This date must be in the correct format as specified by the carrier, which can be either yyyymmdd or mmddyyyy.

EA0 field 8, positions 34 - 38, is the external cause of accident. If an accident was involved, this field tells the payer what the cause of the accident was. This is also needed for legal purposes in case of lawsuits.

EA0 field 9, position 39, is the responsibility indicator. This field tells the payer if the accident, if there was one, was caused by a third party. This is again needed for legal reasons.

There is more information that needs to be sent in the case of an accident, which we will cover when we continue this series in our next article picking up with field number 10.