AMA CPT® Assistant - 2001 Issue 6 (June)

Changes to Certain HCFA Level II HCPCS "C" Codes for Use with Outpatient Prospective Payment System (June 2001)

June 2001 pages 4-7 Coding Update Changes to Certain HCFA Level II HCPCS "C" Codes for Use with Outpatient Prospective Payment System HCFA recently announced changes to the 2001 Level II HCPCS C-codes for use in conjunction with the reporting of hospital outpatient procedures/services. The following new categories have been established and are effective for services delivered on or after April 1, 2001. According to HCFA, they are expected to remain in effect until January 1, 2003. All of the C-codes included here are used exclusively for services paid under the outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and may not...

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