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RARC Code Reference

RARC N826: Patient did not meet the inclusion criteria for the Medicare Shared Savings Program.

Patient did not meet the inclusion criteria for the Medicare Shared Savings Program.

Code type RARC (Remark)
Category Medical Necessity

Common CARC pairings

RARC N826 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 N826.

CARCMeaning
272 Coverage/program guidelines were not met.

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