(a) In addition to the data requirements and standards adopted under §133.500(a) of this title (relating to Electronic Formats for Electronic Medical Bill Processing), all professional, institutional or hospital, and dental electronic medical bills submitted before January 1, 2012, must contain:
  (1) the telephone number of the submitter;
  (2) the workers' compensation claim number assigned by the insurance carrier or, if that number is not known by the health care provider, a default value of "UNKNOWN";
  (3) the injured employee's Social Security number as the subscriber member identification number;
  (4) the injured employee's date of injury;
  (5) the rendering health care provider's state provider license number;
  (6) the referring health care provider's state provider license number;
  (7) the billing provider's state provider license number, if the billing provider has a state provider license number;
  (8) the attending physician's state medical license number, when applicable;
  (9) the operating physician's state medical license number, when applicable;
  (10) the claim supplemental information, when electronic documentation is submitted with an electronic medical bill; and
  (11) the resubmission condition code, when the electronic medical bill is a duplicate, request for reconsideration, or other resubmission.
(b) In reporting the injured employee Social Security number and the state license numbers under subsection (a) of this section, health care providers must follow the data content and format requirements contained in §133.10 of this title (relating to Required Billing Forms/Formats).
(c) In addition to the data requirements contained in the standards adopted under §133.500(c) of this title, all professional, institutional or hospital, and dental electronic medical bills submitted on or after January 1, 2012, must contain:
  (1) the telephone number of the submitter;
  (2) the workers' compensation claim number assigned by the insurance carrier or, if that number is not known by the health care provider, a default value of "UNKNOWN";
  (3) the injured employee's date of injury;
  (4) the claim supplemental information, when electronic documentation is submitted with an electronic medical bill;
  (5) the resubmission condition code, when the electronic medical bill is a duplicate, request for reconsideration, or other resubmission; and
  (6) for a designated doctor and a health care provider performing a test or evaluation as a result of a designated doctor's referral, the assignment number in the prior authorization field.
(d) In addition to the data requirements contained in the standards adopted under §133.500 of this title, all pharmacy electronic medical bills must contain:
  (1) the dispensing pharmacy's National Provider Identification number;
  (2) the prescribing doctor's National Provider Identification number; and
  (3) for a health care provider performing a test or evaluation as a result of a designated doctor's referral, the assignment number in the prior authorization field.
(e) In reporting the resubmission condition code under this section, the resubmission condition codes must have the definitions specified in §133.10(j) of this title.
(f) This section does not apply to paper medical bills submitted for payment under §133.10(b) of this title.
(g) This section is effective for medical bills submitted on or after June 1, 2024, including medical bills submitted as a result of an examination that was ordered or referred as the result of an order issued on or after June 1, 2024.

Source Note: The provisions of this §133.502 adopted to be effective August 1, 2011, 36 TexReg 929; amended to be effective June 1, 2024, 49 TexReg 1478