Colorado § 10-16-106.3 - Uniform claims - billing codes - electronic claim forms.
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§ 10-16-106.3. Uniform claims - billing codes - electronic claim forms.
(1) On or before July 1, 2002, all carriers shall accept the claim form adopted by the American dental association for use by all dental providers and carriers in the state, and the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services' claim forms CMS-1500 and CMS-1450, otherwise known as form UB-04, as amended, as the uniform health-care claim forms for use by all other health-care providers and carriers in the state. All carriers shall accept such claim forms from health-care providers in electronic form. A carrier shall not prohibit submission of health-care claims in hard copy form, nor shall a carrier be prohibited from requiring that a claim be submitted in hard copy form. A carrier shall not require submission of a claim on a form other than those set forth in this section, except as provided in subsection (3) of this section.
(2) On or before July 1, 2002, the commissioner shall adopt a uniform list of required elements to be used on the uniform claim forms accepted by carriers pursuant to this section. Such elements shall be used by health-care providers in order for a claim to be considered a clean claim.
(3) Concurrent with the effective date for implementation of the federal "Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996", as amended, and the federal regulations implemented pursuant to such act, as amended, for claims filed electronically, carriers shall require the submission of electronic claims with the elements in the format required by such act and such regulations and shall not require the submission of forms and elements pursuant to subsections (1) and (2) of this section.
Source: L. 2002: Entire section added, p. 312, § 1, effective April 19. L. 2007: (1) amended, p. 921, § 1, effective May 17. L. 2023: (1) amended, (HB 23-1301), ch. 303, p. 1817, § 9, effective August 7.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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