Occurrence Code

National Uniform Billing Committee (NUBC) UB-04 Data Specifications Manual, UB form locator 31 - 34, Occurrence Codes and Amounts - code and associated date defining asignificant event relating to the bill that may affect payer processing the claim. The UB-04 Data Specifications Manual with the codes is available by subscription from NUBC at http://www.nubc.org/become.html. Used in HL7 Version 2.x messaging in the OCD segment. Updated by NUBC annually; see the coding instructions for more detail. Note that this content was previously published in HL7 artifacts in violaton of IP restrictions; the content has been removed in version 2.2.0 pending finalization of a republication permission request to AHA/NUBC.