Rejection Code Review
Root cause, not surface error.
Appeals · Powered by Parity
Denied isn't final. Appeal with precision.
Most behavioral-health denials can be corrected or appealed once you pin down the real issue, the documentation it needs, and the filing rules. We handle all three levels of appeals, organized inside Parity, our purpose-built appeals workspace. Appeals are included in working with us, at no extra cost.
Included at no extra cost
Why our appeals are different
Every appeal level, built into the engagement
Other billing companies make appeals their entire business and charge for it. We treat appeals as part of the work — each one shaped by the actual denial reason.
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Three levels
Every level of appeal handled — first review, second-level, and external — without a separate invoice.
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Parity-backed
Medical-necessity and behavioral-health-parity arguments argued from what the payer actually said, not boilerplate.
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Deadline-controlled
Every deadline, address, and requirement tracked against the denial letter so nothing lapses.
The three appeal levels
One denial, three chances to make it right
A first denial is rarely the end of the road. We work each level in sequence — escalating with a stronger, evidence-backed case — until the claim is resolved or every avenue is exhausted.
Request a Billing Review →- 01First-level review
- 02Second-level appeal
- 03External / independent review
The appeals workspace
Meet Parity
A guided, eight-step workspace that turns a messy denial into a clean, defensible appeal — every document, deadline, and argument in one private case file.
Not legal or medical advice, and not a substitute for filing. Parity helps our team organize and draft the appeal, and patient data stays in a private case file. Deadlines, addresses, and requirements still get confirmed against the denial letter itself before anything is submitted.
How an appeal comes together
Eight steps, one defensible case file
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Document Library
Denial letter, EOB/EOP, and clinical records in one place — PDFs read automatically.
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Patient Profile
Demographics and plan details, smart-filled from the documents and verified field by field.
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Facility & Provider
NPI, Tax ID, and rendering-provider details aligned to the claim.
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Denial Analysis
Pinpoint the real denial reason and the strongest medical-necessity counter-argument.
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Documentation
Assemble the evidence packet that backs every point in the appeal.
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Submission
Right address, right level, right deadline — confirmed against the denial letter.
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Appeal Letter
A drafted, evidence-backed letter you review and finalize before it goes out.
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Follow-up
Track status to resolution, with an activity log for accountability across your team.
Before you appeal
The 7-Point Diagnostic Framework
We apply seven diagnostic checkpoints to stuck claims to find what actually caused the denial, so the appeal argues the real issue instead of a surface error.
ERA / Remittance
Payment, denial & adjustment analysis.
Claim History
Full submission & response timeline.
Payer Relationship
Network, OON, carve-out & routing.
Provider Enrollment
NPI, Tax ID & submitter authorization.
CPT / Revenue / Taxonomy
Behavioral health code integrity.
Claim Build Integrity
Auth, dates, clinical & preflight check.
Coding, denial, and reimbursement outcomes vary by payer, plan, state, contract, and date of service.
What wins an appeal
A denial is an objection, not a verdict.
Most denials are a specific claim about your documentation. A good appeal answers that claim, in the payer's own language, with the record to back it.
Argue on the payer's yardstick
Payers judge level of care against a named tool: LOCUS for adults, CALOCUS for ages 6 to 18, ECSII for the youngest children, ASAM for substance use. We make the case in the framework the plan actually applies, not a general one.
The six things they score
LOCUS grades six dimensions: risk of harm, functional status, co-occurring conditions, recovery environment, treatment history, and engagement. We tie the record to each one so the level of care holds.
Most denials start upstream
More than a fifth of denials trace back to authorization, and the most common root cause is a benefit that was never fully verified. Those are cheaper to prevent than to appeal, so we catch them first.
Built from three documents
A real appeal is assembled from the denial letter, the plan's Evidence of Coverage, and the payer's own medical-necessity policy. Cigna and Aetna publish theirs online. Parity law backs the argument when a plan treats behavioral health more strictly than medical care.
Answer the objection, on the payer's terms, with the record behind it. That is how denials get reversed. Explore Axis Insights →
Why it matters
What a won appeal actually buys
A denial reversed is a bed that stays filled and a clinician who keeps getting paid to do the work.
That's the work we protect.
Have a stack of denials?
Let's turn them around
Send us the denials that keep coming back. We'll run the diagnostic, pinpoint what went wrong, and build the appeal inside Parity — every level, at no extra cost.
Last updated: July 8, 2026