tci Part B Insider - 2010 Issue 42

Physician Notes: Look for New CLIA-Waived Tests Thanks to CMS Transmittal

Plus: CMS finds that insufficient documentation and medically unnecessary services are the top errors in 2010.You'll have 14 new tests that you'll be able to report as "CLIA-waived," thanks to a Nov. 5 CMS transmittal on the matter. According to MLN Matters article MM7184, CMS will now consider these tests CLIA-waived. You'll have to append modifier QW (CLIA-waived test) to these codes, which include the following, among others: American Screening Corp. OneScreen Drug Test Cups -- G0430 -- Effective Jan. 1, 2010 BTNX, Inc. Rapid Response Thyroid Stimulating Hormone Test Cassette -- 84443 -- Effective March 4...

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