What does 60 mean in AAA03?

60 (Date of Birth Follows Date(s) of Service): The member's date of birth is after the service dates in the request — a logical impossibility that almost always means a keying error in either the DOB or the service dates (newborn requests are the classic legitimate near-miss to check).

AAA03 — Reject Reason Code (X12 element 901)

60 — Date of Birth Follows Date(s) of Service

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How 60 is used

Returned in AAA03; verify both dates at intake, with special handling for newborn events where dates cluster tightly.

Example

A DOB keyed as 2026 instead of 1926 triggers AAA03 = 60 on a request for January 2026 services.

Where it lives in the transaction

60 is a value of AAA03 — Reject Reason Code (X12 element 901), carried in the AAA (Request Validation), 278 response — returned at the loop level where the problem was found of the 278 Health Care Services Review — Response (005010X217). For the payer-side view of how PA Bridge normalizes these codes across X12 and FHIR intake, see the articles section.