AMA CPT® Assistant - 2003 Issue 1 (January)

CPT/HCPCS Hospital Outpatient Reporting Part I (January 2003)

January 2003 pages 1-18 CPT/HCPCS Hospital Outpatient Reporting Part I This article is presented as the first part of a multipart series intended to update CMS policy and expand previous CPT Assistant instruction in the use of Medicare's Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) for hospital outpatient reporting. Medicare policy surrounding the use of OPPS represents both legislative requirements and carrier reimbursement policy in evolving clinical surgical/medical/technological practice. Users have sought basic instruction on OPPS policy and its integral use of the two code sets required for Medicare reporting purposes. This part of the article shares both basic and comprehensive...

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