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AHA Coding Clinic® for HCPCS - 2012 Issue 1; FOR your INFORMATION
New HCPCS Codes and Dosage Descriptors for Certain Drugs, Biologicals, and Radiopharmaceuticals
Effective for January 1, 2012, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) created several new HCPCS codes for the reporting of drugs and biologicals in the hospital outpatient setting. The new codes are listed below:
New CY 2012 HCPCS codes for Certain Drugs, Biologicals, and Radiopharmaceuticals
CY 2012 HCPCS Code
CY 2012 Long Descriptor
A9585
Injection gadobutrol, 0.1 ml
C9287
Injection, brentuximab vedotin, 1 mg
C9366
EpiFix, per square centimeter
J0257
Injection, alpha 1 proteinase inhibitor (human), (glassia), 10 mg
J7180
Injection, factor xiii (antihemophilic factor, human), 1 i.u.
J7326
Hyaluronan or derivative, gel-one, for...
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