tci Part B Insider - 2009 Issue 20

MEDICARE FEE SCHEDULE: CMS Adds 5 New Codes Effective July 1, Changes Bilateral Status

Check out these changes to the 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedules mid-year update. Youll have five new codes to report for your services in just a few short weeks, thanks to an update to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule that takes effect on July 1. The following four new procedure codes carry the status of C,meaning that individual carriers will establish payment amounts: " 0199T -- Physiologic recording of tremor using accelerometer(s) and gyroscope(s), ... including interpretation and report " 0200T -- Percutaneous sacral augmentation (sacroplasty), unilateral injection(s), including the use of a balloon or mechanical device (if utilized)...

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