Claims workbench/CLM-2026-029043

Institutional claim · UB-04 · EDI 837I

CLM-2026-029043

Valley Skin Care Associates, Dermatology. Service 2026-09-19 at outpatient hospital (POS 22). Received 2026-10-01.

Needs review

Billed

$1,823.00

1 line

Allowed

$1,002.65

if approved

Plan pays

—

Needs review

Member owes

—

copay / deductible / 20% coinsurance

Rules engine

Review

CO50

Decided by

Nobody yet

open

Member

Resolved through the identity graph

Member: Mason Reyes
Member ID: UHC-25817-44
Date of birth: 1944-02-19
Identity: Verified2 records, confidence 0.99
Claim record: CLMCLM-417862
Relationship: Child, Las Vegas, NV

Coverage and accumulators

Found by member ID

Plan: - PPO group GRP-0902
Coverage period: 2024-09-01 to present
Deductible: $289.74 of $500.0058%
Out-of-pocket maximum: $272.06 of $1,500.0018%
Copays: office $20.00, specialist $40.00, emergency $150.00
Physical therapy visits: 3 of 20 used

Provider

Billing and rendering

Billing provider: Valley Skin Care Associates
Dermatology · taxonomy 207N00000X
NPI: 2987742436
Network: In network
Rendering NPI: 6082140982
Location: Miami, FL · TIN 36-7948934
Authorisation / referral: PA2025620032 / none

Service lines

UB-04: procedures, modifiers, units, charges and the pricing outcome per line

Line	Code	Description	Mod.	Units	Dx	Billed	Allowed	Member	Plan	Line status
1	70553 rev 0610	MRI brain with and without contrast	—	1	1	$1,823.00	$1,002.65	—	—	Review
Totals						$1,823.00	$1,002.65	—	—

Diagnoses (ICD-10-CM)

1. Z00.00 Encounter for general adult medical examination without abnormal findingsprincipal
2. L30.9 Dermatitis, unspecified

Claim header

Patient account: PA-623069
Frequency code: 1 (original)
Accident: No
DRG: —
Admit / discharge: —
Landed: 2026-10-22 12:44

Rules engine

CLAIMS-ADJ v1: 11 checks, 1 needing attention

Check	Result	Code	Detail
Member identity	Pass		Attached to MBR-022799 (verified, link confidence 0.99).
Eligibility	Pass		Active on 2026-09-19: - (PPO), effective 2024-09-01.
Timely filing	Pass		Received 12 days after service (limit 90).
Duplicate check	Pass		No matching prior claim in the duplicate window.
Prior authorisation	Pass		Authorisation PA2025620032 on file for 70553.
Provider network	Pass		In-network provider Valley Skin Care Associates (2987742436).
Medical necessity	Review	CO50	70553 billed with routine diagnosis Z00.00; clinical notes must support necessity. Not medically necessary per payer policy
Bundling (NCCI)	Pass		No bundling conflicts.
Benefit limits	Pass		No limited benefit on this claim.
Completeness	Pass		Required documentation present.
High-dollar review	Pass		Within the auto-adjudication ceiling.

Evaluated 2026-10-22 12:44 under policy version 1. Left for review: soft signals only, no hard rule fired.

Notes

Provider, system and examiner notes on this claim

ClinicalProvider: Valley Skin Care Associates2026-09-19 17:26
Follow-up for encounter for general adult medical examination without abnormal findings. Plan discussed, medications reconciled. Imaging was ordered because of progressive neurological symptoms and failed conservative therapy over 8 weeks; study is medically necessary to rule out structural cause.
SystemSystem: Claims system2026-10-01 06:38
Clinical edit: advanced imaging billed with a routine examination diagnosis. Sent to nurse review for medical necessity.
AdministrativeExaminer: D. Okafor (Medical Director, MD)2026-10-01 14:40
Escalated to nurse reviewer for clinical opinion.

Attachments

Documents received with the claim

Prior auth letterPA2025620032_approval.pdf2 pages
Utilisation management approval letter for 70553 (MRI brain with and without contrast), valid 2026-09-19 to 2026-12-18.
Itemized billitemized_PA-623069.pdf8 pages
Itemised statement totalling $1823.00 across 1 line.
Medical recordrecords_PA-623069.pdf19 pages
Clinic notes documenting 8 weeks of failed conservative therapy and progressive symptoms.

Claim history

Every event on this claim, sealed in the audit chain

Rules engineReview2026-10-22 12:44
Medical necessity: 70553 billed with routine diagnosis Z00.00; clinical notes must support necessity.

Other claims for this member

Same resolved identity

Claim	Service	Provider	Billed	Status
CLM-2026-025752	2026-03-26	Evergreen Clinical Laboratories	$86.00	Approved

AI recommendation

assist mode · apac.amazon.nova-pro-v1:0

The rules engine left this claim for review. The AI adjudicator can read the evidence pack (lines, notes, attachments, coverage, history) and recommend an outcome with citations.

Examiner decision

Record the final decision; pricing and remittance reasons follow from it

Outcome

Approve and pay as pricedAllowed amount, member responsibility and plan payment are applied to every line.DenyNo payment. Reason codes go on the remittance advice and the member's explanation of benefits.Pend for informationHold the claim; a development letter or confirmation is needed before it can be finalised.Refer to special investigationsRoute to the SIU for a fraud, waste and abuse review. No payment until cleared.

Examiner rationale *

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ExaminerR. Patel (Claims Examiner II)

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Evaluation truth

Hidden label from the synthetic generator; never shown to the model

Approvedscenario: Dx mismatch

Notes document medical necessity.

Review queue Member identity