AHA Coding Clinic® for HCPCS - 2015 Issue 2; For Your Information
New device pass-through code
Effective July 1, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will establish one new HCPCS device pass-through category for the outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and the ambulatory surgical centers (ASC). The new HCPCS code and its long descriptor is listed in the following table:
HCPCSLong DescriptorC2613
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