What goes in Box 15 of the CMS-1500?
A second dated event about the condition, identified by qualifier: an initial treatment date, a last seen date, or similar, used when a payer wants a specific companion date.
What does Box 15 mean for chiropractic billing?
Mostly payer specific. When a payer wants the initial treatment date for a chiropractic episode, this is where it rides, with the right qualifier. Absent an instruction, empty is correct.
The mistakes that turn this box into denials
- ✗Filling it without the qualifier a payer expects
How Cervica fills Box 15
Cervica generates the CMS-1500 and its electronic 837P equivalent from the chart and the payer's own rules: identifiers from the verified insurance record, modifiers and codes per payer, and pre submission scrubbing that flags exactly the mistakes listed above before a claim leaves the building.
Related boxes
- →Box 14 · Date of current illness, injury, or pregnancy
General information for billing teams, not billing advice for any individual claim. The NUCC's 1500 Claim Form instructions and each payer's companion guides control.