CoverageEligibilityRequest

The CoverageEligibilityRequest provides patient and insurance coverage information to an insurer for them to respond, in the form of an CoverageEligibilityResponse, with information regarding whether the stated coverage is valid and in-force and optionally to provide the insurance details of the policy.

Schema

Elements

Name	Required	Type	Description
identifier		Identifier[]	Business Identifier for coverage eligiblity request Details A unique identifier assigned to this coverage eligiblity request.
status	✓	code	active | cancelled | draft | entered-in-error Details The status of the resource instance. This element is labeled as a modifier because the status contains codes that mark the resource as not currently valid.
priority		CodeableConcept	Desired processing priority Details When the requestor expects the processor to complete processing.
purpose	✓	code[]	auth-requirements | benefits | discovery | validation Details Code to specify whether requesting: prior authorization requirements for some service categories or billing codes; benefits for coverages specified or discovered; discovery and return of coverages for the patient; and/or validation that the specified coverage is in-force at the date/period specified or 'now' if not specified.
patient	✓	Reference<Patient>	Intended recipient of products and services Details The party who is the beneficiary of the supplied coverage and for whom eligibility is sought. 1..1.
serviced[x]		date, Period	Estimated date or dates of service Details The date or dates when the enclosed suite of services were performed or completed.
created	✓	dateTime	Creation date Details The date when this resource was created.
enterer		Reference<Practitioner | PractitionerRole>	Author Details Person who created the request.
provider		Reference< Practitioner | PractitionerRole | Organization >	Party responsible for the request Details The provider which is responsible for the request. Typically this field would be 1..1 where this party is responsible for the eligibility request but not necessarily professionally responsible for the provision of the individual products and services listed below.
insurer	✓	Reference<Organization>	Coverage issuer Details The Insurer who issued the coverage in question and is the recipient of the request.
facility		Reference<Location>	Servicing facility Details Facility where the services are intended to be provided.
supportingInfo		CoverageEligibilityRequestSupportingInfo[]	Supporting information Details Additional information codes regarding exceptions, special considerations, the condition, situation, prior or concurrent issues. Often there are multiple jurisdiction specific valuesets which are required.
id		string	Unique id for inter-element referencing Details Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.
extension		Extension[]	Additional content defined by implementations Details May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. To make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension. There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.
modifierExtension		Extension[]	Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized Details May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element and that modifies the understanding of the element in which it is contained and/or the understanding of the containing element's descendants. Usually modifier elements provide negation or qualification. To make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension. Applications processing a resource are required to check for modifier extensions. Modifier extensions SHALL NOT change the meaning of any elements on Resource or DomainResource (including cannot change the meaning of modifierExtension itself). There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.
sequence	✓	positiveInt	Information instance identifier Details A number to uniquely identify supporting information entries.
information	✓	Reference<Resource>	Data to be provided Details Additional data or information such as resources, documents, images etc. including references to the data or the actual inclusion of the data. Could be used to provide references to other resources, document. For example could contain a PDF in an Attachment of the Police Report for an Accident.
appliesToAll		boolean	Applies to all items Details The supporting materials are applicable for all detail items, product/servce categories and specific billing codes.
insurance		CoverageEligibilityRequestInsurance[]	Patient insurance information Details Financial instruments for reimbursement for the health care products and services. All insurance coverages for the patient which may be applicable for reimbursement, of the products and services listed in the claim, are typically provided in the claim to allow insurers to confirm the ordering of the insurance coverages relative to local 'coordination of benefit' rules. One coverage (and only one) with 'focal=true' is to be used in the adjudication of this claim. Coverages appearing before the focal Coverage in the list, and where 'subrogation=false', should provide a reference to the ClaimResponse containing the adjudication results of the prior claim.
id		string	Unique id for inter-element referencing Details Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.
extension		Extension[]	Additional content defined by implementations Details May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. To make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension. There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.
modifierExtension		Extension[]	Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized Details May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element and that modifies the understanding of the element in which it is contained and/or the understanding of the containing element's descendants. Usually modifier elements provide negation or qualification. To make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension. Applications processing a resource are required to check for modifier extensions. Modifier extensions SHALL NOT change the meaning of any elements on Resource or DomainResource (including cannot change the meaning of modifierExtension itself). There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.
focal		boolean	Applicable coverage Details A flag to indicate that this Coverage is to be used for evaluation of this request when set to true. A patient may (will) have multiple insurance policies which provide reimburement for healthcare services and products. For example a person may also be covered by their spouse's policy and both appear in the list (and may be from the same insurer). This flag will be set to true for only one of the listed policies and that policy will be used for evaluating this request. Other requests would be created to request evaluation against the other listed policies.
coverage	✓	Reference<Coverage>	Insurance information Details Reference to the insurance card level information contained in the Coverage resource. The coverage issuing insurer will use these details to locate the patient's actual coverage within the insurer's information system.
businessArrangement		string	Additional provider contract number Details A business agreement number established between the provider and the insurer for special business processing purposes.
item		CoverageEligibilityRequestItem[]	Item to be evaluated for eligibiity Details Service categories or billable services for which benefit details and/or an authorization prior to service delivery may be required by the payor.
id		string	Unique id for inter-element referencing Details Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.
extension		Extension[]	Additional content defined by implementations Details May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. To make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension. There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.
modifierExtension		Extension[]	Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized Details May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element and that modifies the understanding of the element in which it is contained and/or the understanding of the containing element's descendants. Usually modifier elements provide negation or qualification. To make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension. Applications processing a resource are required to check for modifier extensions. Modifier extensions SHALL NOT change the meaning of any elements on Resource or DomainResource (including cannot change the meaning of modifierExtension itself). There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.
supportingInfoSequence		positiveInt[]	Applicable exception or supporting information Details Exceptions, special conditions and supporting information applicable for this service or product line.
category		CodeableConcept	Benefit classification Details Code to identify the general type of benefits under which products and services are provided. Examples include Medical Care, Periodontics, Renal Dialysis, Vision Coverage.
productOrService		CodeableConcept	Billing, service, product, or drug code Details This contains the product, service, drug or other billing code for the item. Code to indicate the Professional Service or Product supplied (e.g. CTP, HCPCS, USCLS, ICD10, NCPDP, DIN, RxNorm, ACHI, CCI).
modifier		CodeableConcept[]	Product or service billing modifiers Details Item typification or modifiers codes to convey additional context for the product or service. For example in Oral whether the treatment is cosmetic or associated with TMJ, or for Medical whether the treatment was outside the clinic or out of office hours.
provider		Reference<Practitioner | PractitionerRole>	Perfoming practitioner Details The practitioner who is responsible for the product or service to be rendered to the patient.
quantity		Quantity	Count of products or services Details The number of repetitions of a service or product.
unitPrice		Money	Fee, charge or cost per item Details The amount charged to the patient by the provider for a single unit.
facility		Reference<Location | Organization>	Servicing facility Details Facility where the services will be provided.
diagnosis		CoverageEligibilityRequestItemDiagnosis[]	Applicable diagnosis Details Patient diagnosis for which care is sought.
id		string	Unique id for inter-element referencing Details Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.
extension		Extension[]	Additional content defined by implementations Details May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. To make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension. There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.
modifierExtension		Extension[]	Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized Details May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element and that modifies the understanding of the element in which it is contained and/or the understanding of the containing element's descendants. Usually modifier elements provide negation or qualification. To make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension. Applications processing a resource are required to check for modifier extensions. Modifier extensions SHALL NOT change the meaning of any elements on Resource or DomainResource (including cannot change the meaning of modifierExtension itself). There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.
diagnosis[x]		CodeableConcept, Reference<Condition>	Nature of illness or problem Details The nature of illness or problem in a coded form or as a reference to an external defined Condition.
detail		Reference<Resource>[]	Product or service details Details The plan/proposal/order describing the proposed service in detail.

Search Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Expression
created	date	The creation date for the EOB	CoverageEligibilityRequest.created
enterer	reference	The party who is responsible for the request	CoverageEligibilityRequest.enterer
facility	reference	Facility responsible for the goods and services	CoverageEligibilityRequest.facility
identifier	token	The business identifier of the Eligibility	CoverageEligibilityRequest.identifier
patient	reference	The reference to the patient	CoverageEligibilityRequest.patient
provider	reference	The reference to the provider	CoverageEligibilityRequest.provider
status	token	The status of the EligibilityRequest	CoverageEligibilityRequest.status

Inherited Elements

Name	Required	Type	Description
id		string	Logical id of this artifact Details The logical id of the resource, as used in the URL for the resource. Once assigned, this value never changes. The only time that a resource does not have an id is when it is being submitted to the server using a create operation.
meta		Meta	Metadata about the resource Details The metadata about the resource. This is content that is maintained by the infrastructure. Changes to the content might not always be associated with version changes to the resource.
implicitRules		uri	A set of rules under which this content was created Details A reference to a set of rules that were followed when the resource was constructed, and which must be understood when processing the content. Often, this is a reference to an implementation guide that defines the special rules along with other profiles etc. Asserting this rule set restricts the content to be only understood by a limited set of trading partners. This inherently limits the usefulness of the data in the long term. However, the existing health eco-system is highly fractured, and not yet ready to define, collect, and exchange data in a generally computable sense. Wherever possible, implementers and/or specification writers should avoid using this element. Often, when used, the URL is a reference to an implementation guide that defines these special rules as part of it's narrative along with other profiles, value sets, etc.
language		code	Language of the resource content Details The base language in which the resource is written. Language is provided to support indexing and accessibility (typically, services such as text to speech use the language tag). The html language tag in the narrative applies to the narrative. The language tag on the resource may be used to specify the language of other presentations generated from the data in the resource. Not all the content has to be in the base language. The Resource.language should not be assumed to apply to the narrative automatically. If a language is specified, it should it also be specified on the div element in the html (see rules in HTML5 for information about the relationship between xml:lang and the html lang attribute).
text		Narrative	Text summary of the resource, for human interpretation Details A human-readable narrative that contains a summary of the resource and can be used to represent the content of the resource to a human. The narrative need not encode all the structured data, but is required to contain sufficient detail to make it "clinically safe" for a human to just read the narrative. Resource definitions may define what content should be represented in the narrative to ensure clinical safety. Contained resources do not have narrative. Resources that are not contained SHOULD have a narrative. In some cases, a resource may only have text with little or no additional discrete data (as long as all minOccurs=1 elements are satisfied). This may be necessary for data from legacy systems where information is captured as a "text blob" or where text is additionally entered raw or narrated and encoded information is added later.
contained		Resource[]	Contained, inline Resources Details These resources do not have an independent existence apart from the resource that contains them - they cannot be identified independently, and nor can they have their own independent transaction scope. This should never be done when the content can be identified properly, as once identification is lost, it is extremely difficult (and context dependent) to restore it again. Contained resources may have profiles and tags In their meta elements, but SHALL NOT have security labels.
extension		Extension[]	Additional content defined by implementations Details May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the resource. To make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension. There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.
modifierExtension		Extension[]	Extensions that cannot be ignored Details May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the resource and that modifies the understanding of the element that contains it and/or the understanding of the containing element's descendants. Usually modifier elements provide negation or qualification. To make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension. Applications processing a resource are required to check for modifier extensions. Modifier extensions SHALL NOT change the meaning of any elements on Resource or DomainResource (including cannot change the meaning of modifierExtension itself). There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.

Usage

The CoverageEligibilityRequest makes a request of an insurer asking them to provide, in the form of an CoverageEligibilityResponse, information regarding: (validation) whether the specified coverage(s) is valid and in-force; (discovery) what coverages the insurer has for the specified patient; (benefits) the benefits provided under the coverage; whether benefits exist under the specified coverage(s) for specified classes of services and products; and (auth-requirements) whether preauthorization is required, and if so what information may be required in that preauthorization, for the specified service classes or services.

The CoverageEligibilityRequest resource is a "event" resource from a FHIR workflow perspective - see Workflow Event.

Additional Information

Additional information regarding electronic coverage eligibility content and usage may be found at:

• Financial Resource Status Lifecycle: how .status is used in the financial resources.
• Subrogation: how eClaims may handle patient insurance coverages when another insurer rather than the provider will settle the claim and potentially recover costs against specified coverages.
• Coordination of Benefit: how eClaims may handle multiple patient insurance coverages.
• Batches: how eClaims may handle batches of eligibility, claims and responses.
• Attachments and Supporting Information: how eClaims may handle the provision of supporting information, whether provided by content or reference, within the eClaim resource when submitted to the payor or later in a resource which refers to the subject eClaim resource. This includes how payors how request additional supporting information from providers.

Relationships

CoverageEligibilityRequest should be used when requesting whether the patient's coverage is inforce, whether it is valid at this or a specified date, or requesting the benefit details or preauthorization requirements associated with a coverage.

The Claim resource should be used to request the adjudication and/or authorization of a set of healthcare-related goods and services for a patient against the patient's insurance coverages, or to request what the adjudication would be for a supplied set of goods or services should they be actually supplied to the patient.

The Coverage resource contains the information typically found on the health insurance card for an individual used to identify the covered individual to the insurer and is referred to by the CoverageEligibilityRequest.

The eClaim domain includes a number of related resources

CoverageEligibilityRequest	Patient and insurance coverage information provided to an insurer for them to respond, in the form of an CoverageEligibilityResponse, with information regarding whether the stated coverage is valid and in-force and optionally to provide the insurance details of the policy.
Claim	A suite of goods and services and insurances coverages under which adjudication or authorization is requested.
Coverage	Provides the high-level identifiers and descriptors of an insurance plan, typically the information which would appear on an insurance card, which may be used to pay, in part or in whole, for the provision of health care products and services.

Referenced By

• CoverageEligibilityResponse