This e-mail is to alert you to a change effective December 21, 2016 in
the 271, electronic Health Care Eligibility Benefit Response, Loop 2110C, MSG01
segment. An update to the Chapter 300 Companion Guide will be made at a
later date. Providers are encouraged to pass this information on to their
software vendors.
There are now four characters displayed in this segment. Previously,
there were only two. The first two characters following the SEE
COMPANION GUIDE MESSAGE designate the co-payment message number and the
second set of two characters designate the participant’s Title
information.
For example: MSG*SEE COMPANION GUIDE MESSAGE – 10 19
In the above example, the first two characters, 10, designate the
message number and the following two characters, 19, designate Title 19.
The first two characters still correspond to the Special Messages listed in the
270/271
Standard Companion Guide Section 4.3. The
range of options for the second two characters that may display are 19 for
Title 19, 21 for Title 21, and SF for State Funded.
