Denial · CARC 29
TIMELY_FILING · MERIDIAN HEALTH PLAN
Classification
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Primary CARC | 29 |
| All CARCs | 29 |
| Root cause | TIMELY_FILING |
| Owns the fix | Billing Related |
| Appealable | yes |
| Recoverable | no |
| Recommended action | Filing limit expired. Rarely recoverable; fix the charge lag upstream. |
| Payer | MERIDIAN HEALTH PLAN |
| Denial date | 22 Feb 2026 |
| Appeal deadline | 23 May 2026 |
Denial workflow
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Current status | new |
| Appeal outcome | not recorded |
| Closure reason | not applicable |
What this denial means, and to whom
CARC 29 recurs across 1,345 denials
CARC 29 appears on 1,345 denials in the ingested corpus — 10.4% of 12,891 — carrying $597,375.62 withheld in total. This volume warrants a management investigation across payers, services, locations and evidence results. The shared CARC does not yet establish a shared cause or a single corrective action. Split these cases by evidence result before choosing an intervention, then compare by payer, specialty, location and period.
From: Count and denied value of every denial sharing CARC 29, across the ingested remittances.
Limits: These are counts within the loaded corpus and its reporting period, not the full book of business. A shared reason code is recurrence, not a shared cause: the cases grouped here may arise from different payers, services and failures, and no department is implicated by the count alone.
Adjustments
| Level | Code | Amount | Counts as |
|---|---|---|---|
| line | PI/29 | 375.00 | withheld |