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How do you complete the Medicare CMS-1450 institutional claim form?

Answered from the public Medicare sources on 2026-09-15. The quoted text is the source; the note beneath it is what our AI found. You decide what applies to your claim.

The rule, word for word

“This section contains Medicare requirements for use of codes maintained by the NUBC that are needed in completion of the Form CMS-1450 and compliant Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12 837 institutional claims. Note that the internal claim record used for processing is not being expanded. Instructions for completion are the same for inpatient and outpatient claims unless otherwise noted. The A/B MAC (A) or (HHH) does not need to search paper files to annotate missing data unless it does not have an electronic history record. It does not need to obtain data that is not needed to process the claim. Effective June 5, 2000, CMS extended the claim size to 450 lines. For the Form CMS- 1450, this simply means that the A/B MAC (A) or (HHH) accepts claims of up to 9 pages. The following layout describes the data specifications Form CMS-1450. FORM CMS-1450 LAYOUT SUMMARY FL Description Line Type Size Buffer Space FL01 [Billing Provider Name] 1 AN 25 FL01 [Billing Provider Street Address] 2 AN 25 FL01 [Billing Provider City, State, Zip] 3 AN 25 FL01 [Billing Provider Telephone, Fax, Country Code] 4 AN 25 FL02 [Billing Provider’s Designated Pay-to Name] 1 AN 25 FL02 [Billing Provider’s Designated Pay-to Address] 2 AN 25 FL02 [Billing Provider’s Designated Pay-to City, State] 3 AN 25 FL02 [Billing Provider’s Designated Pay-to ID] 4 AN 25 FL03a Patient Control Number AN 24 FL03b [...]”
Pub 100-04 Ch 25 § 75, 75 - General Instructions for Completion of Form CMS-1450 for Billing
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What our AI found in the sources

Form CMS-1450 (also known as the UB-04) is completed by entering data into numbered form locators (FLs) according to Medicare requirements and NUBC-approved coding. The form layout includes fields for billing provider information (FL01-02), patient demographics (FL08-11), admission and discharge details (FL12-17), condition and occurrence codes (FL18-34), revenue codes and charges (FL42-48), and payer information (FL50-60), among others. Instructions for completion are the same for inpatient and outpatient claims unless otherwise noted, and Medicare contractors edit all required fields for accuracy before processing. Detailed field-by-field specifications, including data type (alphanumeric or numeric), size limits, and buffer space, are provided in the Form CMS-1450 Layout Summary in Pub 100-04 Chapter 25 § 75, and specific completion requirements for different claim types (home health, hospice, etc.) are addressed in the relevant chapters of the Medicare Claims Processing Manual.

Also cited

Pub 100-04 Ch 25 § 70.1, 70.1 - Uniform Billing with Form CMS-1450
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Pub 100-04 Ch 1 § 80.3.2.2, 80.3.2.2 - Consistency Edits for Institutional Claims
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Pub 100-04 Ch 10 § 40, 40 - Completion of Form CMS-1450 for Home Health Agency Billing
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