Standards & EDI
UM02 Certification Type Code
Draft — pending verification
This reference entry has not yet been verified against its authoritative source (Original definitions; regulatory facts to be verified against CMS-0057-F (89 FR 8758) and X12/HL7 documentation). Do not rely on it for production configuration until this notice is removed.
In more depth
Certification type is where lifecycle integrity lives in the 278. Systems that mishandle it — submitting extensions as initials, losing the original authorization reference — create duplicate authorizations and reporting distortions that surface later in CMS-0057 metrics.