tci Part B Insider - 2015 Issue 9

Part B Coding Coach: Ignore Massive CPT® 2015 Drug Coding Changes for Medicare

Choose from 28 new ‘G’ codes instead. Learning about the CPT® 2015 toxicology overhaul won’t help you if you’re billing for a Medicare beneficiary. That’s because CMS says it needs more time before setting prices for the new CPT® codes, and therefore won’t recognize them this year.  In the meantime, you should turn to the host of stop-gap HCPCS Level II codes to describe your 2015 drug test services for Medicare. Do this: Read on to learn how you’ll code toxicology services for Medicare beneficiaries this year. But keep in mind that...

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