tci Part B Insider - 2009 Issue 13

HCPCS: Look for Three New HCPCS Codes Effective July 1

Plus: CMS also introduces five new HCPCS modifiers. CMS has good news to share, and it could affect your reimbursement. Starting July 1, Medicare payers will recognize three new HCPCS codes and five new HCPCS modifiers,according to the July 2009 HCPCS update. The first two HCPCS codes relate to skin substitutes, as follows: " Q4115 -- Skin substitute,Alloskin, per square centimeter " Q4116 -- Skin substitute,Alloderm, per square centimeter Last fall, CMS made some HCPCS code changes to tissue and skin substitute products, moving them from the J code category to the Q codes, Mary Hayter...

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