CARC 10
Diagnosis conflicts with the patient's gender
The diagnosis reported is not one the payer expects for the gender on record.
Why you actually get this
- Gender recorded incorrectly.
- A gender-specific diagnosis edit applied where it is clinically inappropriate.
How to check whether it’s correct
- 01Compare the gender held by you and by the payer.
- 02Confirm the diagnosis is correct as documented.
Usually worth appealing
Correct the data where it is wrong. Where the clinical picture is right, payers generally have an override route — ask for it rather than writing off.
Often arrives with
Seeing a lot of these?
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Claim Adjustment Reason Codes are maintained by X12 as External Code List 139. The official description of this code is theirs and is not reproduced here. Check the authoritative list for current wording and status.