DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2013 Issue 4 (April)

Advance preview -- Indicator, descriptor changes highlight first quarter fee schedule update

Catheter placement codes 36222-36228 will see their bilateral indicators changed from 0 (bilateral indicator does not apply) to 1 (150% payment adjustment when billed with modifier 50), a change retroactive to Jan. 1, 2013, CMS announced in transmittal 2677 to the Medicare Claims Processing Manual.

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