tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2012 Issue 18

Industry Notes: CMS Issues New 'Centralized Flu' NPP Specialty Code

If you were beginning to think that CMS had a specialty code for almost everything, here's news that will bolster your suspicions. The agency recently announced that it would be issuing new specialty code 'C1' to designate non-physician practitioners whose primary specialty is centralized flu.Although CMS does not expound on how to use the specialty code, most analysts believe that it will be used by facilities that perform mass flu immunizations. The new code will not be billable until midway through the upcoming flu season, since it takes effect on Jan. 1, 2013.Specialty code C1 is only...

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