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N472 Remark Code: Payment Issued to Another Provider

N472 means payment for this service has been issued to another provider. The payer already paid someone else for the same service, so it did not pay your claim.

Code: N472 (RARC N472)
Status: Active In use since July 1, 2008.
Code set: Remittance Advice Remark Codes (RARC)
Group codes: CO (Contractual Obligation): The payer considers the service already paid. The amount is not billable to the patient while the payment dispute is between providers.
OA (Other Adjustment): Some payers report it as an other adjustment. Treat it as a question of who should be paid, not as patient responsibility.
Official description: Payment for this service has been issued to another provider.
X12 Remittance Advice Remark Codes, retrieved September 25, 2026
Last verified: September 24, 2026 against the official X12 list.

What N472 means

Payers track which services they have paid for each patient and date. When a second claim arrives for a service the payer already paid, but from a different provider, it may deny the new claim with N472. The payer is not calling it a duplicate from you; it is saying someone else received the payment.

Look for it with CARC B20, B13, or 97.

Common causes

Same group, different NPI. Two providers in your group billed the same service, or the service was billed under the supervising provider and the rendering provider.
Consolidated or bundled billing. The patient was in a facility or program, such as a skilled nursing stay or home health episode, where the facility or agency is paid for the service and outside providers must seek payment from it.
Component split. Professional and technical components were both billed globally by two different entities.
Transfer of care. Two providers each billed for the same global service.

What to do

Ask the payer which type of provider was paid and when.
Check internally for another claim from your organization under a different NPI.
Review the patient’s status on the date of service, such as a facility stay or episode, that shifts billing responsibility.
If another entity is responsible, bill that entity under your agreement with it.
If you should have been paid, submit documentation that you performed the service and ask the payer to review the other payment.

How to prevent it

Verify patient status at scheduling for residents of facilities and patients in home health episodes. Coordinate within your group so only one provider bills each service. Duplicate billing patterns are covered in duplicate claim denials.

Codes that may appear with N472

CO-B20 (Procedure/service was partially or fully furnished by another provider.): The procedure or service was partially or fully furnished by another provider.
CO-B13 (Previously paid.): Previously paid; payment may have been provided in a previous payment.
CO-97 (The benefit for this service is included in the payment/allowance for another service/procedure that has already been adjudicated.): The benefit is included in the payment for another service already adjudicated, possibly billed by another provider.

N70 (Consolidated billing and payment applies.): Consolidated billing and payment applies, so another entity bills for the service.
N538 (A facility is responsible for payment to outside providers who furnish these services/supplies/drugs to its patients/residents.): A facility is responsible for paying outside providers who furnish services to its patients.
OA-18 (Exact duplicate claim/service (Use only with Group Code OA except where state workers' compensation regulations requires CO)): An exact duplicate claim or service, usually from the same provider.

N472 FAQ

How can another provider be paid for my service?

Common reasons include a colleague in the same group billing under their own NPI, a facility that bills for the service under consolidated billing rules, or another provider billing the same component of a split service.

Will the payer tell me who was paid?

Payers may limit what they share for privacy reasons, but they can often confirm whether it was your organization, a facility, or an outside provider.

What if the other provider was paid in error?

Ask the payer how to request review. It may need to recover the payment from the other provider before it can pay you.

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