Payment integrity Reasoning trace
Centene · payment integrity
Reasoning

How this claim reached its determination

Professional claims post-pay review v1.9, signed off 2026-01-14 — 12 nodes, 12 of them resolved without a model, 13 citations. Read top to bottom: eligibility before policy, policy before pricing, and the finding drafted only once everything above it has answered.

PRO-1 Rule on match
Active on the date of service
Coverage ran 2026-01-01 to 2026-12-31; the service on 04 Mar 2026 falls inside it. Re-verified at audit with no retroactive change.
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PRO-2 Rule on match
Covered under the plan
Office visit, in network — covered, no member liability after deductible. Ambetter Silver 70 HMO · Texas.
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PRO-3 Rule on match
Primacy confirmed
This plan is primary. Other coverage: None on file.
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PRO-4 Rule on match
Not required
No prior authorization requirement for this service on this plan.
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PRO-5 Rule on match
No decisive policy
This claim is tested against supporting policies only.
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PRO-6 Lookup on match
Codes valid on the date of service
99213 against I10. Every code was billable on 04 Mar 2026.
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pass [6] ICD-10-CM FY2026 [7] HCPCS / CPT 2026
PRO-7 Lookup on match
Allowable read from the fee schedule
99213 allows $94.22.
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pass [8] CMS Physician Fee Schedule 2026 · TX locality 09 [9] CMS Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule 2026 Q2
PRO-8 Rule on match
No bundling edit applies
No code on this claim is listed in the code-group table as a component of another code billed alongside it.
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PRO-9 Rule on match
Units and modifiers consistent
Every line bills a single unit.
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PRO-10 Formula on match
Paid at the allowable
$94.22 paid against $94.22 allowable = $0.00.
pass
PRO-11 Retrieval on match
Nothing to retrieve against
This claim rests on no single decisive policy, so there is no version to scope a retrieval to. The supporting policies are cited on the claim without being quoted.
On the platform this node is a scoped model call against the indexed policy.
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PRO-12 Drafted on match
Closing letter drafted
No variance to report. The letter states the claim was reviewed and closed with no finding.
On the platform this node is a scoped model call that writes the finding and the letter.
pass
Terminal disposition
Approve APPROVE

Every node resolved and none found a variance. The claim was paid as the record and the fee schedule support. This is the only disposition the agent reaches on its own.

Every check resolved and none found a variance. This is the only disposition the agent decides on its own.

12 nodes
12 deterministic
0 model calls
13 citations
100% of paths resolved