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Practices that perform trigger point injections (20552-20553) should read Noridian’s proposed local coverage determination (LCD) for the service. The LCD could be the model for a uniform LCD that several Medicare administrative contractors (MAC) adopt.
 
Practices that perform telehealth services on platforms that are not HIPAA secure have a few hours to switch to a secure platform or stop performing real-time audio/visual telehealth services. The HHS Office for Civil Rights’, enforcement discretion that allowed telehealth via certain platforms that don’t meet HIPAA’s strict standards is set to end at 11:59 p.m. tonight.
 
By now, most practices should be aware of the JW and JZ modifiers, which you are to append to codes for single-dose drug containers that you bill to Medicare Part B.
 
 
The initial proposals for CY 2024 are out, and medical groups should brace for rate cuts: CMS is floating a net 3.4% reduction to the Medicare Part B conversion factor.
 
The agency also provided a sneak peek of an array of new codes, including the return of add-on office visit code G2211, major quality-reporting updates and separate coding opportunities for “community health integration services,” among other changes, according to the proposed 2024 Medicare physician fee schedule released today.
 
 
If you're wondering what diagnosis code to report in support of preoperative Covid-19 screening tests, the FY 2024 ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting has the answer: Assign code Z11.52 (Encounter for screening for COVID-19), the newly updated guidelines instruct.
 

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