Availity® Health Information Network
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Option 1 Legacy ID Required<br />
Option 2<br />
Option 3<br />
Option 4<br />
Dual ID<br />
NPI per Mandate<br />
NPI per Mandate. Legacy ID also<br />
allowed.<br />
Availity’s NPI Options<br />
NPI allowed<br />
Legacy identifier required<br />
Allows all of the following scenarios:<br />
NPI only<br />
Legacy identifier only<br />
NPI and Legacy identifiers<br />
NPI required as Primary Identifier.<br />
Tax ID required as a secondary identifier on claims in 2010AA or 2010AB.<br />
Only specific non-Legacy qualifiers allowed as secondary identifiers in certain<br />
provider loops.<br />
4 = Option 3 plus:<br />
Any other secondary identifiers as allowed in the Implementation Guide will also be<br />
accepted.<br />
4* = Option 3 plus:<br />
Tax IDs (EI, SY, TJ) as allowed in the Implementation Guide will also be accepted<br />
as secondary identifiers.<br />
4 # = Option 3 plus:<br />
Location Numbers (LU) as allowed in the Implementation Guide will also be<br />
accepted as secondary identifiers.<br />
*A legacy identifier is any identifier that payers used to identify a provider as a health care provider before the NPI mandate. Legacy identifiers<br />
include OSCAR, NSC, PINs, UPINs, Blue Cross provider numbers, and other payer-designated identifiers.<br />
(+) Indicates the payer has requested a front-end taxonomy code edit.<br />
<strong>Availity®</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Information</strong> <strong>Network</strong><br />
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) & Web Solutions Companion Guides<br />
For more information on NPIs and Atypical Providers, click http://www.availity.com/about-availity/what-is-availity/regulatory-compliance/NPI/<br />
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