This resource contains the financial details for provider services for a patient visit or treatment. Healthcare organizations can use this resource to request reimbursement, while payers can review this resource to process claims and respond with the ClaimResponse resource.
You can submit, check, or add to claim information using one of the supported operations.
$submit-preauthorization
Submit a preauthorization request.
You must complete the preauthorization (AKA preapproval or precertification) process to confirm that a payer intends to cover a high-cost service or prescription before providing it to a patient.
cURL request example
Request Body Schema
- resourceTyperequired, string
Identifies the type of the resource
Value:Bundle
- identifierrequired, object
A persistent identifier for the bundle that won't change as a bundle is copied from server to server.
- systemstring
Establishes the namespace for the value - that is, a URL that describes a set values that are unique.
- valuestring
The portion of the identifier typically relevant to the user and which is unique within the context of the system.
- typerequired, string
Indicates the purpose of this bundle - how it is intended to be used.
Value:collection
- timestamprequired, string
The date/time that the bundle was assembled - i.e. when the resources were placed in the bundle.
- entryrequired, Array of Claim, Patient, MedicationRequest, ServiceRequest
An array of FHIR resources. At a minimum, a Claim Request should include the following entries:
- Claim - the main prior auth request resource
- Patient - the patient the claim is about
- Organization - at least one resource representing the party responsible for making the claim. Additional organization resources may carry information such as pharmacy, payor, or policy holder.
- Coverage - the patient's insurance
Additional resources such as MedicationRequest or ServiceRequest may also be included to communicate additional information about the claim.
- resourcerequired, object
A provider issued list of professional services and products which have been provided, or are to be provided, to a patient which is sent to an insurer for reimbursement.
- resourceTyperequired, string
Identifies the type of the resource
Value:Claim
- identifierrequired, Array of object
An identifier - identifies some entity uniquely and unambiguously. Typically this is used for business identifiers.
- valuestring
The portion of the identifier typically relevant to the user and which is unique within the context of the system.
- statusrequired, string
The status of the resource instance.
Value:active
- typerequired, object
Type of claim. Example Codes
The recommended system is
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/claim-type
. Typical values includepharmacy
- Pharmacy claims for goods and servicesprofessional
- Typically outpatient claims such as Psychological, Chiropractor, rehabilitative, consultinginstitutional
- Hospital, clinic and other inpatient claims
- codingArray of object
A reference to a code defined by a terminology system.
- systemstring
The identification of the code system that defines the meaning of the symbol in the code.
- codestring
A symbol in syntax defined by the system. The symbol may be a predefined code or an expression in a syntax defined by the coding system (e.g. post-coordination).
- textstring
A human language representation of the concept as seen/selected/uttered by the user who entered the data and/or which represents the intended meaning of the user.
- userequired, string
A code to indicate whether the nature of the request is: to request adjudication of products and services previously rendered; or requesting authorization and adjudication for provision in the future; or requesting the non-binding adjudication of the listed products and services which could be provided in the future.
Value:preauthorization
- patientrequired, object
The party to whom the professional services and/or products have been supplied or are being considered and for whom actual or forecast reimbursement is sought.
Must be a resource of type
Patient
.- referencestring
A reference to a Patient resource
- createdrequired, string
The date this resource was created.
- providerrequired, object
The provider which is responsible for the claim, predetermination or preauthorization.
Must be a resource of type
Organization
.- referencestring
A reference to an Organization resource
- priorityrequired, object
The provider-required urgency of processing the request. Typical values include:
stat
,routine
, anddeferred
. If sending one of these statuses, use the systemhttp://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/processpriority
- codingArray of object
A reference to a code defined by a terminology system.
- systemstring
The identification of the code system that defines the meaning of the symbol in the code.
- codestring
A symbol in syntax defined by the system. The symbol may be a predefined code or an expression in a syntax defined by the coding system (e.g. post-coordination).
- textstring
A human language representation of the concept as seen/selected/uttered by the user who entered the data and/or which represents the intended meaning of the user.
- insurancerequired, Array of object
Financial instruments for reimbursement for the health care products and services specified on the claim.
- sequencerequired, number
A number to uniquely identify insurance entries and provide a sequence of coverages to convey coordination of benefit order.
- focalrequired, boolean
A flag to indicate that this Coverage is to be used for adjudication of this claim when set to true.
Value:true
- coveragerequired, object
Reference to the insurance card level information contained in the Coverage resource. The coverage issuing insurer will use these details to locate the patient's actual coverage within the insurer's information system.
Must be a resource of type
Coverage
.- referencestring
A reference to another resource. This is typically either a relative reference which includes the resource type and ID, or an internal reference which starts with
#
and refers to a contained resource.
- itemrequired, Array of object
A claim line. Either a simple product or service or a 'group' of details which can each be a simple items or groups of sub-details.
- sequencerequired, number
A number to uniquely identify item entries.
- productOrServicerequired, object
For prior auth, the requestedService extension carries more information than this field, and this field should just duplicate the product or service code found in that resource.
- codingArray of object
A reference to a code defined by a terminology system.
- systemstring
The identification of the code system that defines the meaning of the symbol in the code.
- codestring
A symbol in syntax defined by the system. The symbol may be a predefined code or an expression in a syntax defined by the coding system (e.g. post-coordination).
- textstring
A human language representation of the concept as seen/selected/uttered by the user who entered the data and/or which represents the intended meaning of the user.
- extensionArray of itemTraceNumber, administrationReferenceNumber, requestedService or Other
A set of additional fields about the item. For medication prior auth, the requestedService extension must be present with a reference to a MedicationRequest resource. For procedures, a ServiceRequest resource is used.
- urlrequired, string
Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.
Value:http://hl7.org/fhir/us/davinci-pas/StructureDefinition/extension-itemTraceNumber
- valueIdentifierobject
Uniquely identifies this claim item
- valuestring
The portion of the identifier typically relevant to the user and which is unique within the context of the system.
Uniquely identifies this claim item. (2000F-TRN)
See http://hl7.org/fhir/us/davinci-pas/StructureDefinition/extension-itemTraceNumber for more information
- informationSequenceArray of number
Exceptions, special conditions and supporting information applicable for this service or product.
- modifierArray of object
Item typification or modifiers codes to convey additional context for the product or service.
- codingArray of object
A reference to a code defined by a terminology system.
- systemstring
The identification of the code system that defines the meaning of the symbol in the code.
- codestring
A symbol in syntax defined by the system. The symbol may be a predefined code or an expression in a syntax defined by the coding system (e.g. post-coordination).
- textstring
A human language representation of the concept as seen/selected/uttered by the user who entered the data and/or which represents the intended meaning of the user.
- quantityobject
The number of repetitions of a service or product.
- valuenumber
The value of the measured amount. The value includes an implicit precision in the presentation of the value.
- _valueobject
This element contains extensions for
value
. Depending on the extensions present it could be used in place ofvalue
or contain additional information aboutvalue
. See theextension
element for more details on the possible extensions being sent.- extensionArray of Precision or Other
A Precision extension allows the communication of values more precise than a JSON number, for example,
3.10
as opposed to just3.1
.- urlrequired, string
Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.
Value:http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/quantity-precision
- valueIntegerrequired, number
Number of significant decimal places after the decimal.
Explicit precision of the number. If the actual value is
3.10
, thevalue
field will contain the number3.1
while the precision extension will contain2
.See http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/quantity-precision for more information
- unitstring
A human-readable form of the unit.
- entererobject
Individual who created the claim, predetermination or preauthorization.
Must be a resource of type
PractitionerRole
.- referencestring
A reference to PractitionerRole resource, which should point to both Practitioner and Organization.
- insurerobject
The Insurer who is target of the request.
Must be a resource of type
Organization
.- referencestring
A reference to an Organization resource
Other claims which are related to this claim such as prior submissions or claims for related services or for the same event.
Reference to a related claim.
Must be a resource of type
Claim
.Contains the resource ID of the original claim that this resource is updating
When modifying a prior claim, set this to
code='prior'
andsystem='http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/ex-relatedclaimrelationship'
A reference to a code defined by a terminology system.
The identification of the code system that defines the meaning of the symbol in the code.
A symbol in syntax defined by the system. The symbol may be a predefined code or an expression in a syntax defined by the coding system (e.g. post-coordination).
A human language representation of the concept as seen/selected/uttered by the user who entered the data and/or which represents the intended meaning of the user.
- careTeamArray of OverallClaimMember, ItemClaimMember or Other
The members of the team who provided the products and services.
- extensionrequired, Array of careTeamClaimScope or Other
An Extension
- urlrequired, string
Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.
Value:http://hl7.org/fhir/us/davinci-pas/StructureDefinition/extension-careTeamClaimScope
A flag that indicates whether the care team applies to the entire claim or a single item.
See http://hl7.org/fhir/us/davinci-pas/StructureDefinition/extension-careTeamClaimScope for more information
- sequencerequired, number
A number to uniquely identify care team entries.
- providerrequired, object
Member of the team who provided the product or service.
Must reference one of the following types of resources:
Practitioner
Organization
- referencestring
A reference to another resource. This is typically either a relative reference which includes the resource type and ID, or an internal reference which starts with
#
and refers to a contained resource.
- supportingInfoArray of AdmissionDates, DischargeDates, AdditionalInformation, MessageText or Other
An array of supporting information for the claim. Each piece of information is is linked to a claim line item via
sequence
and its type is identified bycategory
- sequencerequired, number
A number to uniquely identify supporting information entries.
- categoryrequired, object
The general class of the information supplied: information; exception; accident, employment; onset, etc.
- codingrequired, Array of object
A reference to a code defined by a terminology system.
- systemrequired, string
The identification of the code system that defines the meaning of the symbol in the code.
Value:http://hl7.org/fhir/us/davinci-pas/CodeSystem/PASSupportingInfoType
- coderequired, string
A symbol in syntax defined by the system. The symbol may be a predefined code or an expression in a syntax defined by the coding system (e.g. post-coordination).
Value:admissionDates
- textstring
A human language representation of the concept as seen/selected/uttered by the user who entered the data and/or which represents the intended meaning of the user.
- timingDaterequired, string
The date when or period to which this information refers.
Only one of
timingDate
,timingPeriod
may be present. - timingPeriodrequired, object
The date when or period to which this information refers.
Only one of
timingDate
,timingPeriod
may be present.- idstring
A sequence of Unicode characters
- extensionArray of object
May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. To make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.
- idstring
A sequence of Unicode characters
- urlstring
String of characters used to identify a name or a resource
- valueBase64Binarystring
Value of extension - must be one of a constrained set of the data types (see Extensibility for a list).
- startstring
A date, date-time or partial date (e.g. just year or year + month). If hours and minutes are specified, a time zone SHALL be populated. The format is a union of the schema types gYear, gYearMonth, date and dateTime. Seconds must be provided due to schema type constraints but may be zero-filled and may be ignored. Dates SHALL be valid dates.
- _startobject
Extensions for start
- idstring
A sequence of Unicode characters
- extensionArray of object
May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. To make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.
- idstring
A sequence of Unicode characters
- urlstring
String of characters used to identify a name or a resource
- valueBase64Binarystring
Value of extension - must be one of a constrained set of the data types (see Extensibility for a list).
- endstring
A date, date-time or partial date (e.g. just year or year + month). If hours and minutes are specified, a time zone SHALL be populated. The format is a union of the schema types gYear, gYearMonth, date and dateTime. Seconds must be provided due to schema type constraints but may be zero-filled and may be ignored. Dates SHALL be valid dates.
- _endobject
Extensions for end
- idstring
A sequence of Unicode characters
- extensionArray of object
May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. To make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.
- idstring
A sequence of Unicode characters
- urlstring
String of characters used to identify a name or a resource
- valueBase64Binarystring
Value of extension - must be one of a constrained set of the data types (see Extensibility for a list).
Additional information codes regarding exceptions, special considerations, the condition, situation, prior or concurrent issues.
- diagnosisArray of object
Information about diagnoses relevant to the claim items.
- sequencerequired, number
A number to uniquely identify diagnosis entries.
- diagnosisCodeableConceptrequired, object
The nature of illness or problem in a coded form or as a reference to an external defined Condition.
- codingArray of object
A reference to a code defined by a terminology system.
- systemstring
The identification of the code system that defines the meaning of the symbol in the code.
- codestring
A symbol in syntax defined by the system. The symbol may be a predefined code or an expression in a syntax defined by the coding system (e.g. post-coordination).
- textstring
A human language representation of the concept as seen/selected/uttered by the user who entered the data and/or which represents the intended meaning of the user.
- accidentobject
Details of an accident which resulted in injuries which required the products and services listed in the claim.
- daterequired, string
Date of an accident event related to the products and services contained in the claim.
- typeobject
The type or context of the accident event for the purposes of selection of potential insurance coverages and determination of coordination between insurers.
- codingArray of object
A reference to a code defined by a terminology system.
- systemstring
The identification of the code system that defines the meaning of the symbol in the code.
- codestring
A symbol in syntax defined by the system. The symbol may be a predefined code or an expression in a syntax defined by the coding system (e.g. post-coordination).
- textstring
A human language representation of the concept as seen/selected/uttered by the user who entered the data and/or which represents the intended meaning of the user.
An entry in a bundle resource - will either contain a resource or information about a resource (transactions and history only).
- resourceTyperequired, string
Identifies the type of the resource
Value:Bundle
- typerequired, string
Indicates the purpose of this bundle - how it is intended to be used.
Value:collection
- timestamprequired, string
The date/time that the bundle was assembled - i.e. when the resources were placed in the bundle.
- entryrequired, Array of ClaimResponse, Patient, Coverage, Organization
An array of FHIR resources including the following:
- ClaimResponse - the primary response resource
- Patient - the patient the claim response is about
- Organization - at least one resource representing the party responsible for making the claim. Additional organization resources may carry information such as pharmacy, payor, or policy holder.
- Coverage - the patient's insurance
The ClaimResponse is the only resource that must be present in the bundle. It references several other of the above resources which should already be known to the requesting system.
However, some workflows may not always persist the information, so it is best practice for the responding system to preserve and re-include all referenced resources in the Claim Response bundle.
- resourcerequired, object
This resource provides the adjudication details from the processing of a Claim resource.
- resourceTyperequired, string
Identifies the type of the resource
Value:ClaimResponse
- statusrequired, string
The status of the resource instance.
Value:active
- typerequired, object
Type of claim. Example Codes
For prescriptions, typically
code='pharmacy'
andsystem='http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/claim-type'
- codingArray of object
A reference to a code defined by a terminology system.
- systemstring
The identification of the code system that defines the meaning of the symbol in the code.
- codestring
A symbol in syntax defined by the system. The symbol may be a predefined code or an expression in a syntax defined by the coding system (e.g. post-coordination).
- textstring
A human language representation of the concept as seen/selected/uttered by the user who entered the data and/or which represents the intended meaning of the user.
- userequired, string
A code to indicate whether the nature of the request is: to request adjudication of products and services previously rendered; or requesting authorization and adjudication for provision in the future; or requesting the non-binding adjudication of the listed products and services which could be provided in the future.
Value:preauthorization
- patientrequired, object
The party to whom the professional services and/or products have been supplied or are being considered and for whom actual for facast reimbursement is sought.
Must be a resource of type
Patient
.- referencestring
A reference to a Patient resource
- createdrequired, string
The date this resource was created.
- insurerrequired, object
The party responsible for authorization, adjudication and reimbursement.
Must be a resource of type
Organization
.- referencestring
A reference to an Organization resource
- outcomerequired, string
The outcome of the claim, predetermination, or preauthoirization processing.
queued
|complete
|error
|partial
Possible Values:queued
,complete
,error
,partial
- requestorobject
The provider which is responsible for the claim, predetermination or preauthorization.
Must be a resource of type
Organization
.- referencestring
A reference to an Organization resource
- requestobject
A reference to the Claim resource triggering adjudication. This can be either the same
identifier
as the originalClaim.identifier
or elsereference
can point to theClaim.id
value. When sending only thereference
, it is helpful to also include the original Claim resource in the request.Must be a resource of type
Claim
.- referencestring
A reference to another resource. This is typically either a relative reference which includes the resource type and ID, or an internal reference which starts with
#
and refers to a contained resource. - identifierobject
An identifier for the target resource. This is used when there is no way to reference the other resource directly, either because the entity it represents is not available through a FHIR server, or because there is no way for the author of the resource to convert a known identifier to an actual location. There is no requirement that a Reference.identifier point to something that is actually exposed as a FHIR instance, but it SHALL point to a business concept that would be expected to be exposed as a FHIR instance, and that instance would need to be of a FHIR resource type allowed by the reference.
- extensionArray of Boolean, String, CodeableConcept, Coding
May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. To make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.
- urlrequired, string
Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.
- valueBooleanboolean
A single value for the extension.
- usestring
The purpose of this identifier.
Possible Values:usual
,official
,temp
,secondary
,old (If known)
- systemstring
Establishes the namespace for the value - that is, a URL that describes a set values that are unique.
- valuestring
The portion of the identifier typically relevant to the user and which is unique within the context of the system.
- itemArray of object
A claim line. Either a simple (a product or service) or a 'group' of details which can also be a simple items or groups of sub-details.
- itemSequencerequired, number
A number to uniquely reference the claim item entries.
- adjudicationrequired, Array of object
If this item is a group then the values here are a summary of the adjudication of the detail items. If this item is a simple product or service then this is the result of the adjudication of this item.
- categoryrequired, object
Type of adjudication information. Example Codes
- codingrequired, Array of object
A reference to a code defined by a terminology system.
- systemrequired, string
The identification of the code system that defines the meaning of the symbol in the code.
Value:http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/adjudication
- coderequired, string
A symbol in syntax defined by the system. The symbol may be a predefined code or an expression in a syntax defined by the coding system (e.g. post-coordination).
Value:submitted
- textstring
A human language representation of the concept as seen/selected/uttered by the user who entered the data and/or which represents the intended meaning of the user.
- extensionArray of reviewAction or Other
An Extension
- urlrequired, string
Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.
Value:http://hl7.org/fhir/us/davinci-pas/StructureDefinition/extension-reviewAction
- extensionArray of code, number or Other
Details of the review action that is necessary for the authorization, carried in sub-extension properties.
- urlrequired, string
Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.
Value:http://hl7.org/fhir/us/davinci-pas/StructureDefinition/extension-reviewActionCode
- valueCodeableConceptobject
Code indicating the type of action, from the X12 306 code set.
- codingArray of object
A reference to a code defined by a terminology system.
- systemstring
The identification of the code system that defines the meaning of the symbol in the code.
- codestring
A symbol in syntax defined by the system. The symbol may be a predefined code or an expression in a syntax defined by the coding system (e.g. post-coordination).
- textstring
A human language representation of the concept as seen/selected/uttered by the user who entered the data and/or which represents the intended meaning of the user.
The code describing the result of the review.
See http://hl7.org/fhir/us/davinci-pas/StructureDefinition/extension-reviewActionCode for more information
The details of the review action that is necessary for the authorization.
See http://hl7.org/fhir/us/davinci-pas/StructureDefinition/extension-reviewAction for more information
- amountobject
Monetary amount associated with the category.
- valuenumber
Numerical value (with implicit precision).
- currencystring
ISO 4217 Currency Code (e.g. USD for US Dollar)
- valuenumber
Non-monetary value. Used, for example, when the adjudication is a percentage.
- extensionArray of itemTraceNumber, preAuthIssueDate, preAuthPeriod, administrationReferenceNumber
Additional information about the item
- urlrequired, string
Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.
Value:http://hl7.org/fhir/us/davinci-pas/StructureDefinition/extension-itemTraceNumber
- valueIdentifierobject
Uniquely identifies this claim item
- valuestring
The portion of the identifier typically relevant to the user and which is unique within the context of the system.
Uniquely identifies this claim item. (2000F-TRN)
See http://hl7.org/fhir/us/davinci-pas/StructureDefinition/extension-itemTraceNumber for more information
- processNoteArray of object
A note that describes or explains adjudication results in a human readable form.
- textrequired, string
The explanation or description associated with the processing.
An entry in a bundle resource - will either contain a resource or information about a resource (transactions and history only).