---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 162.1801"
title: "45"
number: "162.1801"
heading: "Coordination of benefits transaction."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/162.1801"
---

# §162.1801. Coordination of benefits transaction.


The coordination of benefits transaction is the transmission from any entity to a health plan for the purpose of determining the relative payment responsibilities of the health plan, of either of the following for health care:

- (a) **Claims.**
- (b) **Payment information.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1320d—1320d-9 and secs. 1104 and 10109 of Pub. L. 111-148, 124 Stat. 146-154 and 915-917.

### Source

Source: 65 FR 50367, Aug. 17, 2000, unless otherwise noted.