Further Information on Mandatory Reporting of an 8-Digit Clinical Trial Number on Claims

This article is related to CR 8401, which requires, effective January 1, 2014, the mandatory reporting of a clinical trial identifier number on claims for items and services provided in clinical trials that are qualified for coverage. Beginning January 1, 2014, and continuing no later than through December 31, 2014, physicians, providers, and suppliers may instead report an 8-digit, generic number of 99999999. This will allow trial-related claims to process appropriately if they are prepared according to instructions in CR 8401. Trial-related claims will be returned if they do not contain either the actual clinical trial identifier number or the 8- digit generic number 99999999 – you may not leave those indicated fields blank.