Important HIPAA 5010 Update information - Jan 19, 2012

Effective December 9, 2011, Medicare FFS turned off the current ASC X12 Version 5010 Common Edit and Enhancements Module (CEM) National Drug Code (NDC) validation edit for Medicare Part B. The specific NDC edit being turned off is the Loop ID 2410 LIN03 and requires that the NDC be validated against the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) NDC code list. A replacement NDC edit will be implemented in the Part B CEM for the January 2012 Shared System Quarterly release which will perform syntactical editing only of the NDC submitted in Loop ID 2410 LIN03.

A similar announcement will be disseminated when the Part A NDC edit is deactivated.