tci Part B Insider - 2008 Issue 4

HCPCS CODING: CMS Changes Its Mind, Reinstating Albuterol HCPCS Codes This April

Quarterly update announces additions, revisions, correctionsIn a move sure to surprise some coders and exasperate others, CMS announced last week that it will reinstate four recently deleted HCPCS codes for Albuterol and Levalbuterol.New codes: According to the latest HCPCS quarterly release, you-ll find 15 updates that take effect Apr. 1.Five of these are additions to the HCPCS code set:- K0672--Addition to lower extremity orthosis, removable soft interface, replacement only- Q4096--Injection, Von Willebrand factor complex- Q4097--Injection, immune globulin (Privigen), intravenous, non-lyophilized, 500 mg- Q4098--Injection, iron dextran, 50 mg- S3628--Placental alpha microglobulin-1 rapid immunoassay for detection of rupture of...

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