tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 16

COVERAGE: LOCM Get New Code Set

CMS unveiled Q codes in March.Providers who routinely bill for low osmolar contrast material (LOCM) and other contrast agents need to be aware of a series of new codes. Why? In early March, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services introduced the code set Q9945-9957. This code set is for LOCM, gadolinium-based magnetic resonance contrast agent, and several other types of contrast agents. See for yourself: The details are in Transmittal 502, issued March 11. ...

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