Telephone contact services will not be paid until the face-to-face contact requirement has been met.
Code type
RARC (Remark)
Category
Medical Necessity
Common CARC pairings
RARC N151 appears with a Claim Adjustment Reason Code (CARC) on the 835 electronic remittance advice and gives more detail about the adjustment. These are the CARCs most often paired with RARC N151.
| CARC | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 272 | Coverage/program guidelines were not met. |
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