Which field allows for reporting multiple health plan identifiers across payer segments A, B, and C?

Which field allows for reporting multiple health plan identifiers across payer segments A, B, and C?

• A. Payer Name
• B. NPI
• C. Prior payments
• D. Health Plan ID

Answer: (D)

Health Plan ID is the field that carries the identifier for the health plan itself. On the UB-04, a claim can involve multiple payer segments (primary, secondary, tertiary), and this field is designed to store the health plan identifier for each of those segments, allowing multiple IDs to be reported across the different payers. The other options don’t serve this purpose: payer name is just the payer’s name, NPI is a provider identifier, and prior payments refers to amounts already paid, not to health plan identification.

Health Plan ID is the field that carries the identifier for the health plan itself. On the UB-04, a claim can involve multiple payer segments (primary, secondary, tertiary), and this field is designed to store the health plan identifier for each of those segments, allowing multiple IDs to be reported across the different payers. The other options don’t serve this purpose: payer name is just the payer’s name, NPI is a provider identifier, and prior payments refers to amounts already paid, not to health plan identification.