The Insurance Responsibility Code indicates who has primary financial responsibility for the payment of services associated with the insurance.
Notes:
For more information about insurance responsibility, see How Insurance and the Accept Assignment Determine Billing.
Set this field to P(atient) if the responsibility for payment is private or the patient's responsibility.
Set this field to I(nsurance) if the responsibility for payment is the insurance carrier's. This means charges associated with this insurance appear on the insurance column on inquiries.
Set this field to O(ther) if the responsibility is neither the patient's nor the insurance carrier's, as in the case of workers' compensation charges or charges assigned to collection.
Where-Maintained: Insurance Maintenance
Format: 1 character, P, I, or O