The National Uniform Billing Committee (NUBC) is the governing body for forms and codes use in medical claims billing in the

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for institutional providers like

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, home health agencies, and other providers. The NUBC was formed by the

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(AHA) in 1975. All the major national provider and payer organizations participate in discussions and decisions on policy and guidelines. In 1982, after much work and debate, the UB-82 emerged as the endorsed national uniform bill. After an 8-year moratorium on change, the UB-82 was replaced by UB-92, and became the standard for billing paper institutional medical claims in the United States, until creation of the UB-04. With the onset of

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and the transition to electronic claims submission for reimbursement, NUBC has become the steward of the related data specifications for medical claims coding on electronic institutional claims.

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