tci Part B Insider - 2003 Issue 31

Coverage: CMS Adds Another Annual Screening Test to Arsenal

Get ready to bill for once-a-year iFOBT testsIt's one thing to add a new CPT code for a technology; it's another thing altogether to reimburse it. Coders have learned this the hard way. Luckily, Medicare has expanded coverage for one crucial benefit.  The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will cover immunoassay fecal-occult blood tests (iFOBTs) available as a screening benefit to Medicare beneficiaries over 50. The new test should help detect colorectal cancer, the fourth most common cancer in men and women in the U.S. and the second leading cause of cancer mortality.  CMS decided...

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