CMS-1500 Kind, description of products 1 to 7. Medical Billing Series.

HIPPA mandated electronic transmission for claims. This is called an 837P claim. The details required by 837P is based upon the CMS-1500 claim kind, a paper claim form.

The information on the CMS-1500 form and the electronic transmission (837P claim) are basically the same.

We can use the CMS-1500 claim kind as a way of explaining the information needed to get a claim paid by a payer.

http://medicalbillingcodingonline.org/cms-1500-kind-description-of-products-1-to-7-medical-billing-series/