RARC N347: Your claim for a referred or purchased service cannot be paid because payment has already been made for this same service to another provider by a payment contractor representing the payer.

Your claim for a referred or purchased service cannot be paid because payment has already been made for this same service to another provider by a payment contractor representing the payer.

Common CARC pairings

RARC N347 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 N347.

CARC	Meaning
18	Exact duplicate claim/service (Use only with Group Code OA except where state workers' compensation regulations requires CO)
B13	Previously paid. Payment for this claim/service may have been provided in a previous payment.
B20	Procedure/service was partially or fully furnished by another provider.