System Calls Â¶. The provides an interface to the operating system services. Application developers often do not have direct access to the system calls, but can access them through an application programming interface (API).
SCCF #. Standard Claims Collection Facility - 17 digit number assigned when a claim enters ITS - 1-3 is the plan code and tells you what state the host is, 4-7 is the year received claim (century date), 8-10 is the mth & day of the julian date, and 11-17 is the sequence suffix the last 2 digits tell you how many times the claim has been adj'd. SF.
CO 253 - Medicare EOB sequestration payment reduction code. New Claim Adjustment Reason Code (CARC) to Identify a Reduction in Payment Due to Sequestration. This article is based on CR 8378 which informs Medicare contractors about a new Claim Adjustment Reason Code (CARC) reported when payments are reduced due to Sequestration. Make sure that your billing staffs are aware of these changes.