The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has updated the list of ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes that do not require either an HCPCS –QR or –Q0 modifier for implantable cardiac device services provided ...

The update added HCPCS Level II codes to the list, effective for Medicare claims with dates of service on or after January 1. CMS recently added a half dozen codes to the list of services that may be ...

In 2010, CPT guidelines told coders they should report an incomplete colonoscopy with modifier -52, which is a reduced services modifier, according to Mr. Cadorette. In 2011, those guidelines have ...

A new HCPCS modifier takes effect Jan. 1, 2011, for use in cases where a screening colonoscopy or screening flexible sigmoidoscopy was planned, but clinical findings leads to a diagnostic colonoscopy, ...

Prior to the pandemic, Medicaid program coverage of audio-only telehealth services was limited. During the early stages of the pandemic, Medicaid beneficiaries were significantly less likely to ...

Nearly five years have passed since the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the first prescription digital therapeutic (PDT), and nearly another dozen have followed. PDTs are defined as ...

WESTPORT, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lumendi--Effective October 1, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) established C9779 as a new Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) ...