Part B News
01/01/2017
by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Chapter VIII
Surgery: Endocrine, Nervous, Eye and Ocular Adnexa, and Auditory Systems
CPT Codes 60000 - 69999
A. Introduction
The principles of correct coding discussed in Chapter I apply to the CPT codes in the range 60000-69999. Several general guidelines are repeated in this Chapter. However, those general guidelines from Chapter I not discussed in this chapter are nonetheless applicable.
01/01/2017
by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Chapter IX
Radiology Services
CPT Codes 70000 - 79999
A. Introduction
The principles of correct coding discussed in Chapter I apply to the CPT codes in the range 70000-79999. Several general guidelines are repeated in this Chapter. However, those general guidelines from Chapter I not discussed in this chapter are nonetheless applicable.
01/01/2017
by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Chapter X
Pathology and Laboratory Services
CPT Codes 80000 - 89999
A. Introduction
The principles of correct coding discussed in Chapter I apply to the CPT codes in the range 80000-89999. Several general guidelines are repeated in this Chapter. However, those general guidelines from Chapter I not discussed in this chapter are nonetheless applicable.
01/01/2017
by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Chapter XI
Medicine, Evaluation and Management Services
CPT Codes 90000 - 99999
A. Introduction
The principles of correct coding discussed in Chapter I apply to the CPT codes in the range 90000-99999. Several general guidelines are repeated in this chapter. However, those general guidelines from Chapter I not discussed in this chapter are nonetheless applicable.
01/01/2017
by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Chapter XII
Supplemental Services
HCPCS Level II Codes A0000 - V9999
A. Introduction
The principles of correct coding discussed in Chapter I apply to HCPCS codes in the range A0000-V9999. Several general guidelines are repeated in this chapter. However, those general guidelines from Chapter I not discussed in this chapter are nonetheless applicable.
01/01/2017
by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Chapter XIII
Category III Codes
CPT Codes 0001T – 0999T
A. Introduction
The principles of correct coding discussed in Chapter I apply to the CPT codes in the range 0001T-0999T. Several general guidelines are repeated in this chapter. However, those general guidelines from Chapter I not discussed in this chapter are nonetheless applicable.
12/19/2016
A new year means new patient deductibles — some of them enormous. And if you wait until January to get ready for patients with unmet deductibles, you’ll take a cashflow hit.
12/19/2016
Don’t panic if you discover the Oct. 1 roll out of new and revised diagnosis codes triggered quality reporting bloopers for one or more providers at your practice. CMS announced in a Dec. 13 email that it will cut those providers a break.
12/19/2016

It’s now more important than ever for physicians to check what pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers have reported about payments made to them. The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) has decided that those payments warrant further scrutiny and has added it as a new topic of investigation to its 2017 Work Plan.

12/19/2016
Hospital billing offices should be careful when reporting claims for stem cell transplants involving CPT codes 38240 and 38241 because many are billed under inpatient status when they should really go to Medicare administrative contractors (MACs) under Part B.

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