DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2016 Issue 7 (July)

Brief: Drug wastage coding requirements tightened

A CMS transmittal issued April 29 may change your billing on unused portions of drugs. Starting July 1, all providers must use modifier JW (Drug amount discarded/not administered to any patient) “to identify discarded drugs and biologicals when processing Part B claims for drugs and biologicals, except Competitive Acquisition Program (CAP) drugs and biologicals,” according to change request 9603.

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