CMS 1500 (08/05) INSTRUCTIONS FOR AMBULANCE AND AIR

AMBULANCE SERVICES

You must write AMB at the top center of the claim form!
Locator # Description Instructions Alerts
1 Medicare / Medicaid Required -- Enter an X in the box You must write
/ Tricare Champus / marked Medicaid (Medicaid #). AMB at the top
Champva / Group center of the
Health Plan / Feca Louisiana
Blk Lung Medicaid claim
form.
1a Insureds I.D. Required Enter the recipients 13
Number digit Medicaid ID number exactly as
it appears when checking recipient
eligibility through MEVS, eMEVS, or
REVS.

NOTE: The recipients 13-digit

Medicaid ID number must be used
to bill claims. The CCN number from
the plastic ID card is NOT
acceptable. The ID number must
match the recipients name in Block
2.
2 Patients Name Required Enter the recipients last
name, first name, middle initial.

3 Patients Birth Date Situational Enter the recipients

date of birth using six (6) digits (MM
DD YY). If there is only one digit in
this field, precede that digit with a
zero (for example, 01 02 07).

Sex Enter an X in the appropriate box

to show the sex of the recipient.
4 Insureds Name Situational Complete correctly if
the recipient has other insurance;
otherwise, leave blank.
5 Patients Address Optional Print the recipients
permanent address.

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6 Patient Relationship Situational Complete if
to Insured appropriate or leave blank.
7 Insureds Address Situational Complete if
appropriate or leave blank.
8 Patient Status Optional.
9 Other Insureds Situational Complete if
Name appropriate or leave blank.

9a Other Insureds Situational If recipient has no

Policy or Group other coverage, leave blank.
Number
If there is other coverage, the state
assigned 6-digit TPL carrier code is
required in this block (the carrier
code list can be found at
www.lamedicaid.com under the
Forms/Files link).

Make sure the EOB or EOBs from

other insurance(s) are attached to
the claim.
9b Other Insureds Situational Complete if
Date of Birth appropriate or leave blank.

Sex
9c Employers Name or Situational Complete if
School Name appropriate or leave blank.
9d Insurance Plan Situational Complete if
Name or Program appropriate or leave blank.
Name
10 Is Patients Situational Complete if
Condition Related appropriate or leave blank.
To:

11 Insureds Policy Situational Complete if

Group or FECA appropriate or leave blank.
Number
11a Insureds Date of Situational Complete if
Birth appropriate or leave blank.

Sex
11b Employers Name or Situational Complete if
School Name appropriate or leave blank.

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11c Insurance Plan Situational Complete if
Name or Program appropriate or leave blank.
Name
11d Is There Another Situational Complete if
Health Benefit appropriate or leave blank.
Plan?
12 Patients or Situational Complete if
Authorized Persons appropriate or leave blank.
Signature (Release
of Records)

13 Patients or Situational Obtain signature if

Authorized Persons appropriate or leave blank.
Signature
(Payment)
14 Date of Current Optional.
Illness / Injury /
Pregnancy
15 If Patient Has Had Optional.
Same or Similar
Illness Give First
Date
16 Dates Patient Optional.
Unable to Work in
Current Occupation

17 Name of Referring Leave blank.

Provider or Other
Source
17a Unlabelled Situational If the recipient is The PCPs 7-digit
linked to a Primary Care Physician, referral
the 7-digit PCP referral authorization authorization
number is required to be entered. number must be
entered in block
17a.
17b NPI Optional. The revised form
accommodates
the entry of the
referring
providers NPI.
Enter the
CommunityCARE
PCPs NPI.

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18 Hospitalization Leave blank.
Dates Related to
Current Services
19 Reserved for Local Leave blank.
Use
20 Outside Lab? Leave blank.
21 Diagnosis or Nature Required -- Enter the most current
of Illness or Injury ICD-9 numeric diagnosis code and,
if desired, narrative description.

22 Medicaid Situational. If filing an adjustment To adjust or void

Resubmission Code or void, enter an A for an more than one
adjustment or a V for a void as claim line on a
appropriate AND one of the claim, a separate
appropriate reason codes for the form is required
adjustment or void in the Code for each claim
portion of this field. line since each
line has a
Enter the internal control number different internal
from the paid claim line as it appears control number.
on the remittance advice in the
Original Ref. No. portion of this
field.

Appropriate reason codes follow:

Adjustments
01 = Third Party Liability Recovery
02 = Provider Correction
03 = Fiscal Agent Error
90 = State Office Use Only
Recovery
99 = Other

Voids
10 = Claim Paid for Wrong Recipient
11 = Claim Paid for Wrong Provider
00 = Other
23 Prior Authorization Situational Complete if Air Ambulance
Number appropriate or leave blank. Services must be
Prior Authorized
If the services being billed are Air and the 9-digit
Ambulance and must be Prior PA number must
Authorized, the PA number is be entered in this
required to be entered. field.

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Locator # Description Instructions Alerts
24 Supplemental Leave blank.
Information

24A Date(s) of Service Required -- Enter the date of

service for each procedure.

Either six-digit (MM DD YY) or eight-

digit (MM DD YYYY) format is
acceptable.
24B Place of Service Leave blank.
24C EMG Required Enter type of service: Providers may
enter a 9 or Y for
9 or Y Emergency emergency
3 or N Non-emergency services and a 3
or N for non-
emergency
services. Failure
to enter an
indicator will
default to non-
emergency.

24D Procedures, Required -- Enter the procedure

Services, or code(s) for services rendered in the
Supplies un-shaded area(s). Enter the
appropriate modifier if applicable.
24E Diagnosis Pointer Leave blank.
24F $Charges Required -- Enter usual and
customary charges for the service
rendered.

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24G Days or Units Required -- Enter the number of Ensure that the
units billed for the procedure code appropriate units
entered on the same line in 24D or are entered for
the one-way mileage as applicable. the service (i.e.,
1 unit for
transport and the
number of miles
for mileage).

24H EPSDT Family Plan Leave blank.

24I I.D. Qual. Optional. If possible, leave blank The revised form
for Louisiana Medicaid billing. accommodates
the entry of I.D.
Qual.
24J Rendering Provider Leave blank.
I.D. #
25 Federal Tax I.D. Optional.
Number
26 Patients Account Situational Enter the provider
No. specific identifier assigned to the
recipient. This number will appear
on the Remittance Advice (RA). It
may consist of letters and/or
numbers and may be a maximum of
20 characters.
27 Accept Optional. Claim filing
Assignment? acknowledges acceptance of
Medicaid assignment.
28 Total Charge Required Enter the total of all
charges listed on the claim.

29 Amount Paid Situational If TPL applies and

block 9A is completed, enter the
amount paid by the primary payor.
Enter 0 if the third party did not pay.

If TPL does not apply to the claim,

leave blank.

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Locator # Description Instructions Alerts
30 Balance Due Situational Enter the amount due
after third party payment has been
subtracted from the billed charges if
payment has been made by a third
party insurer.
31 Signature of Required -- The claim form MUST
Physician or be signed. The practitioner or the
Supplier Including practitioners authorized
Degrees or representative must sign the form.
Credentials Signature stamps or computer-
generated signatures are
acceptable, but must be initialed by
the practitioner or authorized
representative. If this signature does
not have original initials, the claim
will be returned unprocessed.

Date Required -- Enter the date of the

signature.
32 Service Facility Required Enter: Enter the
Location Information complete
The complete address of origin address of the
of services. origin of
The time of departure from services, the
origin. time of departure
The complete address of from origin
destination. (including a.m. or
The time of arrival at p.m.), the
destination. complete
address of
destination, and
the time of arrival
at destination
(including a.m. or
p.m.)
32a NPI Leave blank.
32b Unlabelled Leave blank.
33 Billing Provider Info Required -- Enter the provider
& Ph # name, address including zip code
and telephone number.

33a NPI Optional. The revised form

accommodates
the entry of the
Billing Providers
NPI.

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33b Unlabelled Required Enter the billing Formerly entered
providers 7-digit Medicaid ID in Block 9 of the
number. Unisys 105 Claim
Form. The 7-
digit Medicaid
Provider Number
must appear on
paper claims.

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SAMPLE AMBULANCE CLAIM FORM