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CMS Pub. 100-05, ch. 6, § 30.3.1
Valid MSP Remarks Codes
MSP
Remark
Code Definition
01 Beneficiary retired as of termination date.
02 Beneficiary's employer has less than 20 employees.
03 Beneficiary's employer has less than 100 employees
04 Beneficiary is dually entitled to Medicare, based on ESRD and Age or ESRD
and disability
05 Beneficiary is not married.
06 The Beneficiary is covered under the group health plan of a family member
whose employer has less than 100 employees.
07 Beneficiary's employer has less than 20 employees and is in a multiple or
multi-employer plan that has elected the working aged exception.
08 Beneficiary's employer has less than 20 employees and is in a multiple or
multi-employer plan that has not elected the working aged exception.
09 Beneficiary is self-employed.
10 A family member of the Beneficiary is self-employed.
20 Spouse retired as of termination date.
21 Spouse's employer has less than 20 employees.
22 Spouse's employer has less than 100 employees.
23 Spouse's employer has less than 100 employees but is in a qualifying multiple
or multi-employer plan.
MSP
Remark
Code Definition
24 Spouse's employer has less than 20 employees and is multiple or multi-employer plan that has elected the working aged exception.
25 Spouse's employer has less than 20 employees and is multiple or multi-employer plan that has not elected the working aged exception.
26 Beneficiary's spouse is self-employed
30 Exhausted benefits under the plan
31 Preexisting condition exclusions exist
32 Conditional payment criteria met
33 Multiple primary payers, Medicare is tertiary payer
34 Information has been collected indicating that there is not a parallel plan that
covers medical services
35 Information has been collected indicating that there is not a parallel plan that
covers hospital services
36 Denial sent by EGHP, claims paid meeting conditional payment criteria.
37 Beneficiary deceased.
38 Employer certification on file.
39 Health plan is in bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings.
40 The termination date is the Beneficiary's retirement date.
41 The termination date is the spouse's retirement date.
42 Potential non-compliance case, Beneficiary enrolled is supplemental plan.
43 GHP coverage is a legitimate supplemental plan.
44 Termination date equals transplant date
50 Employment related accident
51 Claim denied by workers comp
52 Contested denial
53 Workers compensation settlement funds exhausted
54 Auto accident - no coverage
55 Not payable by black lung
56 Other accident - no liability
57 Slipped and fell at home
58 Lawsuit filed - decision pending
59 Lawsuit filed - settlement received
60 Medical malpractice lawsuit filed
61 Product liability lawsuit filed
62 Request for waiver filed
70 Data match correction sheet sent
71 Data match record updated
72 Vow of Poverty correction
History
(Rev. 12078; Issued:06-14-23; Effective: 05-29-23; Implementation: 05-29-23)
Provenance
- Source
- cms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-25
- Edition
- iom-2026-08-25
- Content hash
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