AHA Coding Clinic® for HCPCS - 2006 Issue 1; FOR your INFORMATION

Replacement Q-codes for MRI contrast agents

HCPCS codes A4643, Supply of additional high dose contrast material during magnetic resonance imaging, e.g., gadoteridol injection, and A4647, Supply of paramagnetic contrast material (e.g., gadolinium), which represented MRI contrast agents, were deleted December 31, 2005 and replaced with Q codes, effective January 1, 2006. The replacement codes and their descriptors are listed below. Although HCPCS codes Q9952-Q9954 were created in April 2005, they were not recognized for OPPS reporting until January 1, 2006. The following HCPCS codes are effective under OPPS in CY 2006: Code - Code descriptor Q9952 Injection, Gadolinium-based magnetic resonance contrast agent, per...

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