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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