Kansas Health Data Systems A department within Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas

Valid Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Prefixes

ARX LFS XSA
CBD LSR XSB
FLY NFP XSC
GIB PBT XSE
HEH PHF XSF
ICS PMT XSM*
IPH RAO XSP
KBC TOE XST
KGS TSF XSV
KSE USF  
XSA HEH USF
XSB PMT ICS
XSC FLY GIB
XST PHF LFS
XSF ARX NFP
XSE KSE PBT
XSM* IPH TOE
XSP PBT KGS
LSR KBC  
RAO TSF  
XSV CBD  

Prefix goes in positions 1237-1239 on the file layout.

This list is dynamic. It is recommended that the list be table driven with client/user update capability rather than hard coded into the system.

Federal Blue Cross patients do not have a prefix. Their number begins with an 'R' and is followed by 8 numeric characters, e.g. 'R12345678'. The entire Federal number (including the R) should go in positions 1240-1251.

**Federal Blue Cross patients should be BL pay status in position 153-154.**

RAO is a prefix and should start in position 1237, not 1240.

If a prefix is not in this list and the patient has Blue Cross, the Pay Status needs to be NK.

* XSM can only be a secondary payor ID number. It should never be primary.

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