AHA Coding Clinic® for HCPCS - 2008 Issue 1; FOR your INFORMATION

New HCPCS modifiers for reporting patient care in clinical research studies

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) have created two new HCPCS modifiers to capture investigational and routine clinical services provided to patients in a clinical research study that is approved by Medicare. New HCPCS modifiers Q0, Investigational clinical service provided in a clinical research study that is in an approved clinical research study, and Q1, Routine clinical service provided in a clinical research study that is in an approved clinical research study, were created to replace now discontinued modifiers QA, FDA investigational device exemption, QR, Item or service provided in a Medicare specified study, and QV, Item or...

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