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Active Articles:
A57: Self Administered Drug ExclusionsA294: Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
A321: Mental Health Services (Part A and B) Medicare Payments
A326: Add-On-Codes for Anesthesia
A331: Billing for Compounded Drugs
A336: Ambulance Origin/Destination Modifiers
A342: Deep Brain Stimulation for Essential Tremor and Parkinson’s Disease
A348: Single Drug Pricer (SDP) Clarification
A374: Implementation of the Financial Limitation for Outpatient Rehabilitation Services
A379: Negotiated Rulemaking Act Update
A415: Frequently Asked Questions Medicare Part B Provider
A421: Noncoverage of Multiple Electroconvulsive Therapy (MECT) (Part A and B)
A442: Home Prothrombin Time International Normalized Ratio (INR) Monitoring for Anticoagulation Management (Part B)
A458: Sacral Nerve Stimulation
A482: Reimbursement for Saline with Chemotherapy Limited (Part B)
A490: Hyperbaric Oxygen (HBO) Therapy for the Treatment of Diabetic Wounds of the Lower Extremities
A521: Requirements for Payment of Medicare Claims for Foot and Nail Care Services (Part B)
A531: New Hepatitis B Q-Codes Not Valid for Medicare
A555: Independent Therapists and DME Suppliers – Billing for Services That May Be Part Of A Home Health Stay
A566: Modifiers for Injectable Drugs
A595: Coverage and Billing for Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES)
A602: Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing (CB) Updates for Certain Diagnostic Services Furnished to Beneficiaries Receiving Treatment for End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) at an Independent or Provider-Based Dialysis Facility
A614: Standardizing Prices for Medicare Covered Drugs
A625: Medicare Coverage of Levocarnitine for use in the treatment of Carnitine Deficiency in ESRD Patients
A632: Coverage and Billing Requirements for Electrical Stimulation for the Treatment of Wounds
A640: Frequently Asked Questions Medicare Part B Medical Review
A648: Clarification Regarding Non-physician Practitioners Billing on Behalf of a Diabetes Outpatient Self-Management Training Services (DSMT) (Part A and B)
A658: Psychotropic Drug Use in Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) (Part A and B)
A667: Correct Coding for Influenza Vaccine (Part A and B)
A674: Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Service Claim Requirements Mandated by Negotiated Rulemaking
A680: Questions and Answers Related to Implementation of National Coverage Determinations (NCDs) for Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Services (Part A and Part B)
A687: Payment Policy When More Than One Patient Is Onboard an Ambulance
A696: Coverage and Billing for Percutaneous Image-Guided Breast Biopsy
A701: Adjustment to Common Working File (CWF) Edits for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing (CB) (Part B)
A709: Coding Instructions for IN-111 Zevalin and and Y-90 Zevalin
A713: New Remark Code for Claims of Therapy Services Possibly Subject to Home Health Consolidated Billing
A720: Peripheral Neuropathy Coverage Policy and Billing Requirements Clarified
A726: Coverage and Billing for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Peripheral Neuropathy with Loss of Protective Sensation in People with Diabetes
A738: Coverage and Billing for Intravenous Immune Globulin (IVIg) for the Treatment of Autoimmune Mucocutaneous Blistering Diseases
A744: Coding Changes for Sodium Hyaluronate
A755: Medicare Coverage of Rehabilitation Services for Beneficiaries with Vision Impairment
A814: Requirements for Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scans for Breast Cancer and Revised Coverage Conditions for Myocardial Viability
A838: Additional Clarification for Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) Services
A845: LMRP Consolidation Continues
A857: Medicare Claim Parameters - Still Not Releasable
A866: Payment Policy for Air Ambulance Transportation of Deceased Beneficiary
A877: Administrative Relief from Medical Review and Benefit Integrity in Disaster Situations
A883: Coverage Excluded for Non-Contact Normothermic Wound Therapy (NNWT)
A890: Updated Claim Process for Mammograms
A964: Use of Gamma Cameras and Full Ring and Partial Ring Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scanners for PET Scans (Part A and B)
A973: Companion Code List for Prolonged Services Expanded
A981: Coding for Non-Covered Services and Services Not Reasonable and Necessary (Part B)
A996: ICD-9-CM Coding for Diagnostic Tests (Part A and B)
A1005: Attestation Acceptable from Independent Laboratories Billing for the Technical Component (TC) of Physician Pathology Services to Hospital Inpatients (Part B)
A1011: Revised Claim Submission Requirements for Clinical Trial Routine Care Services (Part A and B)
A1102: Cryosurgery of the Prostate Gland (Part B)
A1113: Billing Audiologic Function Tests for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Patients (Part A and B)
A1123: Coverage and Billing of Biofeedback Training for the Treatment of Urinary Incontinence (Part A and B)
A1129: Coverage Available for Clinical Trials on Carotid Stenting with Category B Investigational Device Exemptions (IDEs) (Part A and B)
A1141: Home Care and Domiciliary Care Visits (Codes 99321-99353)
A1165: Physician Supervision of Diagnostic Tests (Part B)
A1170: Elimination of Time Limit for Immunosuppressive Drugs (Part A and B)
A1176: Physician Assistant Rules Concerning Orders and CMNs (Part A and Part B)
A1182: Apligraf (Graftskin) (Part B)
A1189: Replacement of Prosthetic Devices and Parts (Part A and Part B)
A1193: Physician Certification Requirements for Hospice (Part A and Part B)
A1221: New CPT Code 55873 - Cryosurgery of the Prostate Gland (Part A and Part B)
A1265: Revised Claims Processing Instructions for Medicare Qualifying Clinical Trial Claims for Managed Care (M+C) Enrollees
A1272: Medicare Coverage of Services for Beneficiaries Participating in Medicare Qualifying Clinical Trials
A1296: Letter to ASC Facilities - NTIOL Payment Update
A1786: New Diagnosis Codes for Screening Pap Smear and Pelvic Examinations (Part A and B)
A2242: Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing (CB) Bypass to Allow Separate Payment for Drugs (Part B)
A2257: Magnetic Resonance Angiography Coverage Revision
A4065: Local Medical Review Policies (LMRPs) Retired due to National Coverage Determinations (NCD's)
A4190: Hearing Aid Exclusion Clarified
A4310: New Remark Code for Denials Based on Local Medical Review Policy
A4316: Chiropractor Update
A4339: Pulmonary Rehabilitation Not Covered by Medicare
A4344: Anesthesia for Non-Covered Services
A4352: What Place of Service for CPO?
A4359: Supervising Physicians in Teaching Settings
A4618: And The Answer Is….
A4632: Modifier Misuse Causes Claim Denials
A4654: Mammograms: Diagnostic or Screening?
A4678: Pap Smear and Exam, Screening Diagnosis Reminder
A4692: Multiple Surgery Overpayments Detected
A6471: 2002 Code Terminations and Grace Period Clarified
A6483: Additional Corrections to the Single Drug Pricer (SDP) Files for January 1, 2003
A6516: National Coverage Determination (NCD) Updates
A6525: Remittance Advice Remark and Reason Code Update
A6530: Additional Documentation Requests (ADR) Requirements for Ordering Providers of Laboratory Services
A6558: ASC Code Selection
A6563: Responding to Medical Record Requests
A6568: Telehealth Update
A6575: National Coverage Determinations Explained
A6599: Radiopharmaceutical and Contrast Pricing
A6748: Notification to Providers of Centralized Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination Billing
A6776: Portable Bone Density Studies Not Covered
A6865: Off-Label Coverage for Non-Oncologic Drugs
A6879: Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing (CB) Coding Information on CMS Web site
A6890: Nutritional Therapy Payment Clarification
A6906: Care Plan Oversight Clarification
A6915: Coverage and Billing of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (ABPM)
A7029: Screening Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Coverage Allowed for Non-physician Specialties
A7035: Fluoroscopy Billing Update
A7053: Hospice Billing Requirement Change
A7065: Payment to Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASC) for Non-Facility Services
A7121: EPO Injections for End Stage Renal Disease
A7132: And The Answer Is…. (02/01/2002)
A7158: Local Medical Review Policy Updates
A7317: Pain Pump Medication Reimbursement
A7322: Correction to Description for G0206
A7347: Payment for Therapy Services Wrongfully Denied
A7368: Documentation Requests from Medical Review
A7396: Trigger Point Payment Modified
A7404: New Patient vs. Established
A7411: Nursing Home and Skilled Nursing Facility Visits - Reminder
A7867: Diagnosis Requirements for Chiropractic Claims Modified
A7911: Hot & Cold Packs Application
A7926: Mandatory Assignment
A7955: Ambulance Billing Reminders
A7963: Billing Post-Anesthesia Care
A7977: Responding to Medicare Documentation Requests
A8362: Medicare Global Surgery Policy
A8368: Billing CPT Code 99211
A8378: Documentation Requirements for Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) Services
A8386: Documentation 101 – Part 2
A8393: Filing Post Operative Visits
A8420: Payment for Services Furnished by Audiologists
A8425: Non-coverage of Perception Sensory Threshold/Nerve Conduction Threshold Test (sNCT)
A8453: Billing for Initial Hospital Care
A8458: Platelet-Derived Wound Healing Formula – Not Covered
A9198: Coding Correction for Intravenous Immune Globulin (IVIg) for the Treatment of Autoimmune Mucocutaneous Blistering Diseases
A9206: Billing Psychiatric Services - Codes 90801 through 90899
A9216: Pathology Consultations: CPT Codes 80500 and 80502
A9221: Billing “Incident To”
A9227: Possible Incorrect Claim Denials for Physician Services Provided in Facility Settings
A9335: Injection Procedures During Cardiac Catheterization (CPT Codes 93539-93545)
A9342: Implementation of Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Services National Coverage Determinations
A9348: EKG Diagnosis Coverage Change
A9353: J2250 Not Payable by Medicare
A9371: Services Rendered to Immediate Relatives or Members of Household are Not Covered
A9432: Billing “Shared” Evaluation and Management Services
A9438: Billing and Calculating Payment for Split Care
A9446: Non-physician Practitioners Billing for Diabetes Outpatient Self-Management Training (DSMT) Services
A9451: ICD-9-CM Code Reminder
A9456: LMRP Update
A9464: Modifier -50 Billing Reminder
A9481: Indications for a Right Heart Catheterization: CPT Code 93501
A9561: Glucose Monitoring
A9570: Draft LMRPs Available Soon on Web!
A9585: Using Modifiers -24 and -25
A9590: New CPT Modifier-60 Not Recognized by Medicare
A9598: Non-Physician Assistant-at-Surgery Services
A9604: Reciprocal Billing Clarification
A9619: Requests for Additional Information
A9685: Colorectal Cancer Screening Benefits and Coverage
A9690: Mandatory Assignment Required for Drug and Biological Coverage
A9695: Coding Local Therapeutic Injections
A9794: Hepatitis B Vaccines
A9867: Transesophageal Echocardiography Update
A9870: CPT 99211 - Improper Billing
A9875: Reminder About Using Modifiers
A9887: Referred Laboratory Billing (A Reminder)
A9895: Surgical Trays
A9901: Verteporfin Coverage
A9907: Levulan Photodynamic Therapy
A9957: HCFA Explains Criteria for Billing Level 2 (ALS-2) Ambulance Services
A9964: Diagnostic vs. Screening Services
A9971: Billing Guidelines for Elective Surgery
A10050: Using Modifier -79
A10057: Billing Radiopharmaceuticals and Related Procedures
A10064: Questions and Answers Regarding Payment for the Services of Therapy Students Under Part B of Medicare
A10074: Intestinal and Multi-Visceral Transplantation
A10130: Ambulance Non-Resident Fees
A10135: And The Answer Is…. (08/01/2001)
A10140: Billing Reminders
A10147: Billing Chemotherapy Administration Services
A10153: DOCUMENTATION 101
A10158: Locum Tenens Q & A
A10164: Modifier QW for Lab Tests
A10182: Occult Blood Test Number of Services
A10190: Revision of Medicare Reimbursement for Telehealth Services
A10198: Using Modifier -58
A10205: A Reminder on the Use of PRN or “Standing” Orders
A10209: ECT Utilization by Psychiatrists (Specialty 26)
A10211: Local Medical Review Policy Updates
A10236: Frequently Asked Questions (10/01/2001)
A10242: Claims Processing Change for Pre-operative Services
A10252: Change in Jurisdiction for Pessary Codes
A10259: Physician Payment for Services Performed in an ASC
A10267: Payment Policies for Pre-operative Services
A10276: Billing for Screening Glaucoma Services
A10284: Therapy Services Billing Reminder
A10288: Transpupillary Thermotherapy Usually Not Covered
A10325: Useful Lifetime Expectancy for Breast Prosthesis Lowered
A10335: Influenza/Pneumococcal Vaccination Billing Reminder
A10340: Local Medical Review Policy (LMRP) Consolidation
A10345: Observation Care
A10351: Pre-operative Service Criteria Clarified
A10358: CPAP vs. BiPAP
A10384: Adult Liver Transplantation Coverage Expanded to Include Hepatitis B
A10389: Nurse Practitioner Qualification Alert
A10396: Preservative-Free Morphine
A10400: Specialists And Sub-Specialists Billing E&M Codes
A11520: Definition of Rural Changed for Paramedic Intercept Services
A11549: Electrical Osteogenic Stimulator Coverage Expanded
A11556: External Counterpulsation for Severe Angina Update
A11561: Billing Hints: Modifier 50/Bilateral Procedures
A11566: Questions and Answers Regarding PPS for Outpatient Rehabilitation Services
A11573: Ambulance Supplier Billing Hints
A11576: Updated Policy for Billing New Patient Visits
A11578: PSA Billing Hints
A11635: Chiropractic Billing Clarification: X-rays
A11670: Role of Physicians in the Home Health Prospective Payment System
A11680: Local Medical Review Policy (LMRP) – Theory And Practice
A11726: Ambulance Billing Reminder: Hospital to Hospital Transports
A11733: Ambulance Modifier -QL -Patient Pronounced Dead After Ambulance Called
A11738: Ambulance Q & A
A11747: Aredia: Pamidronate Disodium, per 30 mg, HCPCS Code J2430
A11755: Questions and Answers about Cancer Screenings
A11765: Billing for Chiropractic Claims Showing Subluxation
A11775: Chiropractic Reminders
A11787: New Changes for the Authorized Centralized Billing Providers Billing Flu and PPV Virus Claims
A11812: Use ICD-9-CM V58.69 for Medication Management
A11818: Injection Administration Reminder
A11823: Medicare to Cover Device for Treating Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis Sufferers
A11828: Clarification: Use of Modifier -25 with Consult Codes
A11834: Payment for New Technology Intraocular Lenses (NTIOLs)
A11845: Non-Coronary Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) and Stenting for the Same Vessel/Same DOS
A11854: Medicare Clarifies Coverage of Non-Invasive Vascular Studies for ESRD Patients
A11860: Medicare Does Not Provide Pre-authorization of Coverage
A11903: Billing Transmyocardial Revascularization (TMR)
A11949: Billing E/M Codes 99214 and 99233 Correctly
A11961: Chiropractic Reminder: Maintenance Therapy Not Covered
A11965: Concurrent Care
A11971: End Stage Renal Disease Services (ESRD) Billing Tips
A11975: Medicare Modernizes the Requirements for Approval of Heart, Liver and Lung Transplantation Centers
A11981: Medicare Patients Responsible for Non-covered ASC Fees
A11986: Venous Access Device Coding Made Simple: Procedure Codes 36489-36535
A12087: Verteporfin Payable by Medicare
A12097: Ambulance Billing Clarification: Transport to Wound Care Centers
A12098: Payments for Stress Tests
A12104: Plethysmography Coverage Clarification
A12130: Documenting Medical Necessity for Services Rendered to Patients in Nursing Facilities
A12141: Reminder: Billing Eye Visits
A12152: Glycated Hemoglobin Denials in Medical Review
A12162: Home Health Prospective Payment System (PPS) Update
A12169: Medicare Coverage of Services for Beneficiaries Participating in Medicare Qualifying Clinical Trials
A12178: Claims Filing Hint: Not Medically Necessary Versus Routine Screening Services
A12184: Prostate Cancer Screening Tests and Procedures
A12190: Screening Pelvic Examination Update
A12195: Billing Multiple and Bilateral Surgical Procedures
A15253: CMS Posts Correct Coding initiative Edits On The Internet (Part B)
A15258: Billing Guidelines for Outpatient Rehabilitation Services (Part A and B)
A15266: Correction to Quarterly Update of HCPCS Codes Used for Home Health Consolidated Billing Enforcement (Part A and B)
A15272: Filing the Request for Payment Update (Part B)
A15277: Guidelines for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing (Part A and B)
A15285: Changes to Code List for Therapy Services (Part B)
A15291: National Coverage Determination -- Implantable Automatic Defibrillators (Part A and B)
A15297: 2004 Annual Update for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing (Part B)
A15302: Guidelines for Medicare Part B Laboratory Testing (Part A and B)
A15308: Coverage of Compression Garments in the Treatment of Venous Stasis Ulcers (Part A and B)
A15314: Pneumococcal Vaccine Payment Increase Effective October 1, 2003 (Part A and B)
A15320: Implementation of the Financial Limitation for Outpatient Rehabilitation Services (Part A and B)
A15405: Mammography billing with CAD Codes (Part A and B)
A15411: Claims Processing and Payment of Incomplete Screening Colonoscopies (Part A and B)
A15417: Hemodialysis Inpatient and Outpatient Services (Part B)
A15424: Medical Documentation (Part B)
A15431: October 2003 Quarterly Update for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing (Part A and B)
A15455: Financial Limits on Therapy
A15461: Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scans Expaned Coverage
A15467: Addition of Temporary Codes Q4052 and Q4053 (Part B)
A15472: Stem Cell Transplantation
A15480: Mammography Computer Aided Detection (CAD) Equipment (Part A and B)
A15488: Quarterly Provider Update (Part A and B)
A15503: Diabetes Outpatient Self-Management Training (DSMT)
A15515: Frequently Asked Questions Medicare Part B 5/2/2003
A15522: Medicare Payments for Part B Mental Health Services (Part A and B)
A15543: And The Answer Is….(07/01/2003)
A15548: Submit 87797 for Affirm VP III
A15553: Anesthesia Billing Errors
A15558: Local Anesthesia
A15563: Clarification of Instructions & Updated Allowables for R0070 and R0075
A15568: Comparative Billing Report Reminder
A15586: ICD-9 Coding Requirements
A15600: Incident to Provision for Services and Supplies
A15608: Expanded Coverage For PET Scans
A15614: Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing Reminder
A15626: Podiatry: Q Modifiers Clarified
A15695: 2004 Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Annual Update Reminder
A15702: Adjustment to the Rural Mileage Payment Rate for Ground Ambulance Services
A15710: Annual Update of the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM)
A15718: Chiropractic Therapy
A15726: Evaluation and Management Services Modifiers 24 & 25
A15731: Medicare Announces Final Rule On Hospital Responsibilities To Patients Seeking Treatment For Emergency Conditions
A15736: Medical Documentation Attachment Clarification
A15741: New Diagnosis Code for Influenza Virus Vaccine Claims
A15746: Payment for the Fecal Leukocyte Examination Under a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) Certificate for Provider-Performed Microscopy (PPM) Procedures During CY 2003
A15751: Important Clarification to Providers of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Services:
A15815: Billing Instructions For Claims For Ventricular Assist Devices For Beneficiaries In A Medicare+Choice Plan (Part A and B)
A15822: Modifiers for Transportation of Portable X-Rays (R0075) (Part A and B)
A15831: Modifier GY to Identify Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Services that are Not Covered by Medicare (Part A and B)
A15845: Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
A15853: Critical Care Focus (Part B)
A15859: Ventricular Assist Devices (VADs) for Destination Therapy (Part A and B)
A16309: Annual Update of HCPCS Codes Used for Home Health Consolidated Billing Enforcement
A16314: Payment for the Fecal Leukocyte Examination Under a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 Certificate for Provider Performed Microscopy Procedures Beginning January 1, 2004
A16336: Health And Behavior Assessment And Intervention CPT Codes 96150 – 96155
A16889: New “K” Codes for Spinal Orthotics
A16894: Payment for Ambulance Services Furnished by New Suppliers
A16899: New Basis for Medicare Drug Payment Amounts Under Part B
A16905: Care Plan Oversight Reminders
A16919: Change in Coding on Medicare Claims for Darbepoetin Alfa and Epoetin Alfa For Treatment of Anemia In End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Patients On Dialysis
A16924: Chemotherapy Service Update
A16929: Clarification of Mammography Annual Screening Examination
A16935: Endoscopy Pricing
A16940: Fecal-Occult Blood Tests (FOBT)
A16944: Financial Limitation on Therapy Services
A16950: Provider Alert: Stopping Abuse Of The Power Wheelchair Benefit
A16955: Medicare Coverage of Abortion Services
A16964: Payment Limit for Purchased Services
A16981: Signature Requirements
A16988: New Waived Tests – January 1, 2004
A17005: Xenograft and Oasis Wound Dressing
A17964: Renewed Moratorium on Outpatient Rehabilitation Therapy Caps (Part A and B)
A17969: Correction – Ambulance Night Differential Charges
A18097: New HCPCS Code for Ambulance Night Differential Charges
A18131: Change in Coding on Medicare Claims for Darbepoetin Alfa (trade name Aranesp) and Epoetin Alfa (trade name Epogen, EPO) for Treatment of Anemia in End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Patients on Dialysis
A18137: Treatment of Certain Dental Claims as a Result of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003
A18142: Elimination of Official Level III Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Codes/Modifiers and Unapproved Local Codes/Modifiers
A18162: Correction to January 2004 Annual Update of HCPCS Codes Used for Home Health Consolidated Billing Enforcement
A18182: Coding Change for Ventricular Assist Devices (VADs) for Beneficiaries in an Medicare+Choice (M+C) Plan
A18609: April Quarterly Update to January 2004 Annual Update of HCPCS Codes Used for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing Enforcement – Revenue Code Correction to January Update
A18614: Aranesp and EPO Coding Guidelines – Latest Update
A18626: Cardiac Output Monitoring By Thoracic Electrical Bioimpedance (TEB)
A18631: Claims Processing for Referred Services for an Independent Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory
A18641: Clarification for Saline Infusion for Non Chemotherapy Drug Administration
A18646: Criteria for Using the CB Modifier
A18657: Emergency Correction to Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Codes for Low Osmolar Contrast Material
A18665: Implementation of Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing Edit for Therapy Codes Considered Separately Payable Physician Services
A18671: Intravenous Immune Globulin
A18678: Outpatient Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy or Speech Language Pathology Services Must be Under Care of Physician
A19029: Drug Administration Clarification (Part B)
A19154: Frequency Limitations for Darbepoetin Alfa (trade name Aranesp) for Treatment of Anemia in End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Patients on Dialysis (Part A and B)
A19321: NCD: Current Perception Threshold/Sensory Nerve Conduction Threshold Test (sNCT) (Part A and B)
A19383: Elimination of the 90-day Grace Period for Billing Discontinued ICD-9-CM Codes
A19391: Elimination of the 90-Day Grace Period for HCPCS Codes
A19398: Home Health Certification and Recertification Date of Service
A19403: Outpatient Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Speech Language Pathology Recertification Clarification
A19409: Payment For Services Provided Under a Contractual Agreement
A19414: Pressure-Specified Sensory Device (PSSD)
A19419: New Waived Tests – April 1, 2004
A19450: Updated Policy and Claims Processing Instructions for Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (ABPM) (Part A and B)
A19503: MMA-Clarifications to Certain Exceptions to Medicare Limits on Physician Referrals (Part A and B)
A19696: Ocular Photodynamic Therapy (OPT) with Verteporfin for Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) (Part A and B)
A19781: Clarifications to Certain Exceptions to Medicare Limits on Physician Referrals
A19788: Manualization of POS Code Set Program Memorandum; Revision to Group Home Code Description
A19793: Podiatrists Billing Electrical Stimulation
A19808: Requirement for Carriers, DMERCs, FIs, and Full PSCs to Encourage Providers to Submit Medical Records to the Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) Contractor for Use in the Nov 2004 Improper Medicare Fee-For-Service Payments Report
A19816: Transfusions, Blood or Blood Components CPT Code 36430
A20214: Electrical Stimulation and Electromagnetic Therapy for the Treatment of Wounds (Part A and B)
A20220: Manualization NCD: Acupuncture for Fibromyalgia/Osteoarthritis (Part B)
A20225: Payment for Chemotherapy Administration Services, Non-chemotherapy Drug Infusion Services, and Drug Injection Services (Part B)
A20233: Arrangements for Physical, Occupational, and Speech-Language Pathology Services (Part B)
A20651: Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing: Services Furnished Under an "Arrangement" with an Outside Entity
A20665: New Requirements for Chiropractic Billing of Active/Corrective Treatment and Maintenance Therapy (Part B)
A20675: Diabetes Self-Management Training Services (Part A and B)
A20681: Change to the Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing Edits for Ambulance Transports to and from an Diagnostic or Therapeutic Site other than a Physician’s Office or Hospital (Part B)
A20768: Implementation of New Medicare Redetermination Notice (MRN) (Part A and B)
A20785: Critical Care Facts
A20885: Change to the Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing Edits for Ambulance Transports to and from a Diagnostic or Therapeutic Site other than a Physician’s Office or Hospital
A20890: New Waived Tests – July 1, 2004
A20931: Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System Corrections Involving 0040T and A9603
A20936: Coding of Subsequent Hospital Care
A21065: Arthroscopic Lavage and Arthroscopic Debridement for the Osteoarthritic Knee (Part A and B)
A21746: NCD: Sensory Nerve Conduction Threshold Test (sNCTs) (Part A and B)
A21754: Medicare Contractor Annual Update of the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) (Part A and B)
A21762: Critical Care Facts (Part B)
A21830: Coding for Mohs Micrographic Surgery
A21881: Nurse Practitioners as Attending Physicians in the Medicare Hospice Benefit (Part A and B)
A21888: Implementation of Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing CWF Edit for Therapy Codes Considered Separately Payable Physician Services (Part B)
A21899: Clarification for Billing Left Ventricular Assist Devices (Part A and B)
A21918: Leuprolide Acetate/Goserelin (Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone Analogs)
A22042: Changes to the Laboratory National Coverage Determination (NCD) Edit Software for October 2004 (Part A and B)
A22053: MSN Messages for Mammography Claims, Pub 100-04, Chapter 18, Section 20 and Chapter 21, Section 50 (Part A and B)
A22062: Referral of Patients for X-rays by Chiropractors (Part B)
A22109: Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing as It Relates to Certain Types of Exceptionally Intensive Outpatient Hospital Services (Part A and B)
A22121: Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing as It Relates to Ambulance Services (Part A and B)
A22136: Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing and Erythropoietin (EPO, Epoetin Alfa) and Darbepoetin Alfa (Aranesp) (Part A and B)
A22144: Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing as It Relates to Dialysis Coverage (Part A and B)
A22152: Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing and Preventive/Screening Services (Part A and B)
A22169: Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing as It Relates to Prosthetics and Orthotics (Part A and B)
A22179: Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act – Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing and Services of Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers (Part A and B)
A22189: Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing as It Relates to Clinical Social Workers (Part A and B)
A22204: Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing as It Relates to Certain Diagnostic Tests (Part A and B)
A22219: Change to Previous Transmittal Regarding the Discontinued Use of Revenue Code 0910 (Part A)
A22268: Standardized Responses to Provider Inquiries Regarding the Negotiated National Coverage Determinations (NCDs) Edit Module (Part A and B)
A22277: Incident to Services
A22415: Quarterly Update to Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) Edits, Version 10.2, Effective July 1, 2004
A22421: Implementation of Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing CWF Edit for Therapy Codes Considered Separately Payable Physician Services; Correction to CR 2944, Transmittal 90, Issued on February 6, 2004
A22425: Prepay Medicare Review Part B Documentation Requirements
A22915: New Waived Tests – October 1, 2004
A22920: OIG Alert about Charging Extra for Covered Services
A22928: Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing
A22933: Billing the -22 Modifier (Unusual Circumstances)
A22941: Autologous Blood-Derived Products for Chronic, Non-Healing Wounds
A22982: Billing Requirements for Islet Cell Transplantation for Beneficiaries in a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Trial
A22988: End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Reimbursement for Automated Multi-Channel Chemistry (AMCC) Tests
A23091: Clarification of Epoetin Alfa (EPO) Billing Procedures and Codes in ESRD (Part A and B)
A23519: Revised Requirements for Chiropractic Billing of Active/Corrective Treatment and Maintenance Therapy, Full Replacement of CR 3063
A23642: Billing Clarification for Chronic Wound Care: Unna Boot vs. Four-Layer Dressing
A23706: Modifier AT - Usage Change
A23916: Coverage by Medicare Advantage Organizations for National Coverage Determination (NCD) Services Not Previously Included in the Medicare Advantage’s Capitated Rates
A23931: Billing Requirements for Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scans for Dementia and Neurodegenerative Diseases
A23938: Billing the -22 Modifier (Unusual Circumstances) Documentation Clarification
A23943: Podiatrists and Optometrists Billing for Nursing Facility Assessments
A23948: Nail Debridement Procedure Code 11721
A23953: Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) for Diagnosing Brain Tumors
A23958: Payment for Outpatient End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)-Related Services
A23963: Treatment of Obesity
A23968: Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA)
A24044: Use of Group Health Plan Payment System to Pay Capitated Payments to Chronic Care Improvement Organizations Serving Medicare Fee-For-Service Beneficiaries under Section 721 of the MMA (Part B)
A24051: Nail Debridement Procedure Code 11721
A24056: Service Specific Audit
A24127: Clarification: Modifiers for Transportation of Portable X-rays (R0075)
A24230: Notice of Interest Rate for Medicare Overpayments and Underpayments
A24235: Education Focused on Medical Necessity Denials
A24913: Changes to the Laboratory National Coverage Determination (NCD) Edit Software for January 2005
A24919: Local Coverage Determination Conversion Process
A25058: Coverage of Routine Costs of Clinical Trials Involving Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) Category A Devices
A25077: Cardiovascular Screening Blood Tests
A25085: Emergency Change to Carrier Instructions for the End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) 50/50 Rule Implementation
A25105: Diabetes Screening Tests
A25112: Electrocardiographic Services
A25144: Chemotherapy Demonstration Project
A25150: Payment for Referred Laboratory Automated Multi-Channel Chemistry (AMCC) Tests
A25347: Service Specific Probe – Procedure Codes 97110 and 97530
A25353: Modification to Reporting of Diagnosis Codes for Screening Mammography Claims
A25359: Update to Billing Requirements for Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scans for Dementia and Neurodegenerative Diseases and Update for Special Payment Procedures for all PET Scan Services Performed in Critical Access Hospitals
A25374: Addition of CLIA Edits to Certain Health Care Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Codes for Mohs Surgery
A25522: Correction to January 2005 Annual Update of HCPCS Codes Used for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing (CB) Enforcement
A25538: 2005 Drug Administration Coding Revisions
A25556: Initial Preventive Physical Examination
A25569: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Recovery Audit Contract (RAC) Initiative
A25597: Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing Service Furnished Under an “Arrangement” with an Outside Entity
A25606: Independent Laboratory Billing for the Technical Component (TC) of Physician Pathology Services to Hospital Patients
A25751: CORRECTION TO SEPTEMBER 2004 PROVIDERS’ NEWS ARTICLE TITLED “BILLING CLARIFICATION FOR CHRONIC WOUND CARE: UNNA BOOT VS. FOUR-LAYER DRESSING”
A26183: BILLING FOR REMOTE ELECTRONIC ANALYSIS OF IMPLANTABLE PACEMAKERS AND PACING CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATORS
A26200: Billing for Monochromatic Infrared Photo Energy (MIRE®) Using the Anodyne® Therapy System
A26210: Medicare Coverage of Enteral Nutrition
A26258: Psychotherapy Notes
A26266: Prosthetics and Orthotics Ordered in a Hospital or Home Prior to a Skilled Nursing Facility Admission
A26375: Medical Review (MR) of Rural Air Ambulance Services
A27729: Influenza Treatment Demonstration
A27824: Update to 100-04 and Therapy Code Lists
A33208: Infusion Pumps: C-Peptide Levels as a Criterion for Use
A33216: Updating the Common Working File (CWF) Editing for Pap Smear (Q0091) and Adding a New Low Risk Diagnosis Code (V72.31) for Pap Smear and Pelvic Examination
A33220: Updating the Common Working File (CWF) Editing for Pap Smear (Q0091) and Adding a New Low Risk Diagnosis Code (V72.31) for Pap Smear and Pelvic Examination
A33898: Expansion of Coverage for Chiropractic Services Demonstration
A33904: Expansion of Coverage for Chiropractic Services Demonstration – Information for Outpatient Hospitals and Radiologists
A33917: Billing for HCPCS Code J9017
A33924: Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing (CB) as It Relates to Therapy Services
A33931: Cataract Surgery Postoperative Split Care Billing Correction
A33938: Medical Review – NTE Information
A34461: New Contrast Agents Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Codes
A34473: Billing for Hemophilia Blood Clotting Factors (Medicare Claims Processing Manual (Pub. 100-04), Chapter 17, Section 80.4)
A34489: Billing for Syringes Used in the Treatment of End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Patients
A34495: List of Medicare Telehealth Services
A34502: Probe Review Results of Chest X-Ray Services in Missouri
A34509: Expanded Coverage for PET Scans for Cervical and Other Cancers, New Coding for PET Scans, and Billing Requirements for PET Scans for Specific Indications of Cervical and Other Cancers
A34517: Widespread Probes for Surgical Debridement Codes
A34732: Expansion of Coverage for Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA)
A34739: Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Therapy for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
A34746: Updated Requirements for Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation (AuSCT) for Amyloidosis
A34775: Service Specific Probe – Procedure Code 92225
A34776: Service Specific Probe - Procedure Code 99231
A34777: Service Specific Probe – Procedure Code 99232
A34790: Service Specific Audit - Procedure Code J0128
A35596: Prostate Brachytherapy (CPT Code 55859) at Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASC)
A35604: Xeloda (Capecitabine) in Lieu of 5-FU for Cancer Therapy
A35733: Reminder Regarding Medicare Billing Rules for Ambulance Services Rendered to Medicare Patients during an Inpatient Hospital Stay
A35808: Quarterly Update to Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) Edits, Version 11.2, Effective July 1, 2005
A35861: Coverage and Billing for Ultrasonic Stimulators for Nonunion Fracture Healing
A35878: Revisions to the Medicare Benefit Policy Manual (Pub 100-02), Chapter 15, Sections 220 and 230 Regarding Therapy Services
A36676: Billing for Apheresis Procedures
A36686: Omalizumab (Xolair)
A36697: IBRITUMOMAB TIUXETAN (ZEVALIN) BILLING INSTRUCTIONS
A37226: Multiple Procedures Performed in an Ambulatory Surgical Center
A37254: Coverage and Billing for Ultrasonic Stimulators for Nonunion Fracture Healing
A37265: New Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Drug Codes
A37318: Update to the Place of Service (POS) Code Set to Add a Code for Pharmacy
A37546: Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) Decisions
A37556: Hospice Attending Physician and Billing Clarification
A37582: Refractive Services
A37588: Mailing Medical Records – Helpful Hint
A37621: Non-Physician Practitioner Questions and Answers
A37627: Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage – The Fifth in the Medlearn Matters Series
A37637: Message to Nursing Home Administrators on Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage - The Sixth in the Medlearn Matters Series
A37648: Revisions to the Medicare Benefit Policy Manual (Pub 100-02), Chapter 15, Sections 220 and 230 Therapy Services
A37931: Coverage for Interferon
A37951: Coverage for Oprelvekin (Neumega)
A37969: New HCPCS Codes and System Edits for Supplies and Accessories for Ventricular Assist Devices – Full Replacement of CR3761
A37977: Epley Maneuver
A38024: Radiopharmaceutical Diagnostic Imaging Agents Codes Applicable to PET Scan Services Performed on or After January 28, 2005
A38873: Presbyopia - Correcting Intraocular Lenses (IOLs) for Medicare Beneficiaries
A38881: Low Osmolar Contrast Media (LOCM): Payment Criteria and Payment Level
A38889: Medical Nutrition Therapy Services
A38893: Medical Nutrition Therapy Services
A38898: October 2005 Quarterly Update to Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing (CB)
A38911: Wound Care Services - Modifier Q & A
A38916: Signature Requirements - Clarification
A38922: Hospice Coverage
A38928: Revisions to the Medicare Benefit Policy Manual (Pub 100-02), Chapter 15, Sections 220 and 230 Regarding Therapy Services
A38934: Non-Physician Practitioner Questions and Answers
A38947: Filing Post-Operative Visits
A39198: Cessation of Additional $50 Payment for New Technology Intraocular Lenses (NTIOLs)
A39208: Updates to Home and Domiciliary Care Visits Related to CPT Codes 99321 – 99350
A39215: End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Reimbursement for Automated Multi-Channel Chemistry (AMCC) Tests (Supplemental to Change Request 2813); Implementation of Carrier Guidelines
A39264: Probe Review Results of Physical Therapy Services in Missouri
A39288: Chiropractic Services
A40055: Bevacizumab (Avastin) in the Treatment of Neovascular (Wet) Macular Degeneration
A40230: Boniva (ibandronate)
A41439: Enforcement of Hospital Inpatient Bundling: Carrier Denial of Ambulance Claims During an Inpatient Stay
A41466: Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Coverage
A41545: Billing for Apheresis Procedures
A41567: Medical Review Additional Documentation Requests (ADRs)
A41574: Probe Review Results of Wound Care Services in Missouri
A41577: Probe Review Results of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Missouri
A42035: Medical Nutrition Therapy Services Update
A42041: New G Code for Power Mobility Devices (PMDs)
A42107: Physician Voluntary Reporting Program Using Quality G-Codes
A42122: Coverage by Medicare Advantage (MA) Plans for Implantable Automatic Cardiac Defibrillator (ICD) Services Not Previously Included in MA Capitation Rates
A42173: Payment for Office/Outpatient E/M Visits (Codes 99201-99215)
A42230: Probe Review Results of Evaluation & Management, Subsequent Hospital Care Services in Missouri – CPT 99233
A42256: Changes to the Laboratory National Coverage Determination (NCD) Edit Software for January 2006
A42262: Auditory Osseointegrated and Auditory Brainstem Devices
A42269: Coronary Angiography Supervision and Interpretation
A42296: Coding for Implantable Infusion Pumps
A42310: Expansion of Coverage for Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA)
A42323: Coding for Spinal Cord Stimulators
A42336: Coding for Sacral Nerve Stimulation
A42342: Modifier Combinations Required
A42351: Hurricanes Katrina and Rita – Transportation of Evacuees with Medical Needs
A42376: Therapy Caps to Be Effective January 1, 2006
A42389: Probe Review Results of Wound Care Services in Missouri for CPT 11042
A42390: Probe Review Results of Wound Care Services in Missouri for CPT 11043
A42392: Probe Review Results of Subsequent Hospital Care Evaluation and Management Code 99232 in Missouri
A42408: Nursing Facility Services (Codes 99304 - 99318)
A42442: Cardiac Catheterization In Other Than a Hospital Setting
A42453: Expansion of Coverage for Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA)
A42464: Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Advisory Notice Payment of Timed Therapy Services
A42471: Bone Density Study - CPT code 76075
A42486: Myocardial Perfusion Imaging - CPT code 78465
A42498: 2006 Oncology Demonstration Project
A42505: Therapy Caps Exception Process
A42511: Probe Review Results of Psychotherapy Services in Missouri for CPT 90817
A42512: Probe Review Results of CPT 71020, Chest X-ray, Missouri
A42513: Probe Review Results of Subsequent Nursing Facility (SNF) Care Evaluation and Management Services in Missouri (CPT 99311 - 99313)
A42514: Probe Review Results of Evaluation & Management, Initial Hospital Care Services in Missouri (CPT 99222)
A42516: Probe Review Results of Evaluation & Management, Subsequent Hospital Care Services in Missouri (CPT 99231)
A42542: Epley Maneuver Update
A42717: Electromyography Coding Guidelines
A42724: Ibritumomab Tiuxetan (Zevalin) Billing Instructions
A42736: Probe Review Results of Individual Psychotherapy Services in Missouri for CPT 90805
A42744: Clarification of Policy Revision to Routine Foot Care, LCD AC-02-043
A42747: Probe Review Results of CPT 71020, Chest X-ray, Missouri
A42748: Probe Review Results of Subsequent Nursing Facility (SNF) Care Evaluation and Management Services in Missouri (CPT 99311 - 99313)
A42760: Process for the Therapy Cap Exception for Therapy Providers
A42768: Claims Submission with Prior Authorization for Therapy Cap Exceptions for Therapy Providers
A42773: Documentation Requirements for Therapy Services Including Therapy Cap Exceptions
A42873: Nail Debridement (11721) Audit/ Prepay Probe Review of Podiatry Services
A42879: Claims Submission with Prior Authorization for Therapy Cap Exceptions for Therapy Providers
A42892: Provider Specific Probe - Code J1745 – Infliximab (Remicade) Injection
A42893: Revised Coding for Podiatrists for Noninvasice Vascular Studies
A42898: Probe Review Results of Ophthalmology Services in Missouri for CPT 92225
A42910: Avastin (Bevacizumab) J9035 - Update
A42936: Clinical Trial Reminder – Correction
A42942: Consultation vs Referral – What is the Difference?
A42948: Occult Blood Test Number of Services
A42955: Coding of Subsequent Hospital Care
A42961: Subsequent Hospital E&M Services Audit
A42970: Electrical Stimulation – Manual or Unattended (Are you using the correct code?)
A42983: Incorrect Coding for Emergency Department E&M Services (CPT 99281-99285)
A42989: Requirements for Referring Providers - Laboratory Services
A44126: Medicare Coverage of Transmyocardial Revascularization (TMR) for Treatment of Severe Angina
A44135: Medicare Coverage of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
A45397: Reciprocal Billing/ Locum Tenens Arrangements and Use of Q5 and Q6 Modifiers
A45402: Audit guidelines for CPT codes 11040-11043 - Missouri
A45413: Additional Documentation Request (ADR) or CERT Letter - What Do I Need to Send In?
A45424: Appropriate Billing with Modifier -59
A45431: Oasis® Wound Matrix - Provider Reimbursement Issues
A45437: Axial Decompression Therapy Systems
A45443: Billing for Monochromatic Infrared Photo Energy (MIRE®) Using the Anodyne® Therapy System
A45445: Probe Review Results of Office or Other Outpatient Evaluation and Management Services in Missouri (CPT 99214), Specialty 41
A45465: Initial Hospital Evaluation and Management Services Guidelines
A45475: Medical Nutrition Therapy Services - Covered only for Diabetes and Renal Disease
A45477: Probe Review Results of Office or Other Outpatient Evaluation and Management Services in Missouri (CPT 99212 - 99213), Specialties 01, 05, and 46
A46232: Medicare Coverage of Cardiac Rehabilitation Services
A46240: Widespread Prepay Probe Planned for Office or Other Outpatient Consultation Codes (99241-99242) for All Specialties in Missouri
A46241: Prepay Probe Planned for Office or Other Outpatient Consultation Codes (99243-99245) for Specialty 11 (Internal Medicine), Specialty 13 (Neurology) and Specialty 33 (Thoracic Surgery) in Missouri
A46277: Required Documentation Advisory
A46283: Assistants at Surgery in Teaching Hospitals
A46289: Medicare Coverage of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
A46306: Probe Review Results of Subsequent Nursing Facility Evaluation and Management Services in Missouri (CPT 99307-99310), Specialty 08 (Family Practice)
A46307: Probe Review Results of 12 Lead ECG Interpretation and Report in Missouri (CPT 93010), Specialties 06 (Cardiology) and 11 (Internal Medicine)
A46320: Notice for Providers billing those codes in the Leuprolide Acetate/Goserelin (Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone Analogs), LCD AC-01-019
A46326: Widespread Probe Review Results of Consultation Services in Missouri (CPT 99241-99242)
A46334: Probe Review Results of 3 Lead ECG Interpretation and Report (CPT 93042), Specialty 93 (Emergency Medicine) in Missouri
A46394: Medicare Coverage of Stem Cell Transplantation for Multiple Myeloma
A46403: Widespread Probe Review Results of Consultation Services in Missouri (CPT 99251-99253) for All Specialties
A46404: Notification of Recoupment for Leuprolide Acetate/Goserelin (Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone Analogs)
A46419: Medical Nutrition Therapy Services – Covered only for Diabetes and Renal Disease - Revised
A46425: General Evaluation and Management Documentation Guidelines
A46431: Probe Review Results of Subsequent Nursing Facility Evaluation and Management Services in Missouri (CPT 99307-99310), Specialty 11 (Internal Medicine)
A46436: Medicare Coverage of Positron Emission Tomography (PET Scans)
A46443: Probe Review Results of Initial Nursing Facility Evaluation and Management Services in Missouri (CPT 99306), Specialty 08 (Family Practice)
A46455: Medicare Coverage of Bioengineered Skin Substitutes
A46469: Probe Review Results of New Patient Office Visit for Evaluation and Management Services (CPT 99204-99205), Specialty 11 (Internal Medicine) in Missouri
A46507: Widespread Probe Review Results of New Patient Office Visits for Evaluation and Management Services in Missouri (CPT 99204) Specialty 02 (General Surgery)
A46508: Probe Review Results for New Patient Office Evaluation and Management (CPT 99204), Specialty 05 (Anesthesiology) in Missouri
A46545: Billing and Coding Clarification for Blood Transfusion Procedures and Products
A46557: Billing Clarification - Low Osmolar Contrast Media (LOCM)
A46615: Clarification of Incident-to and Split/Shared Services by Nonphysician Practitioners
A46631: Leuprolide Acetate, J1950 Clarification
A46637: Critical Care - Local Coverage Determination Retired
A46657: Widespread Probe Review Results of Inpatient Consultation Services in Missouri (CPT 99254-99255) by Specialty 11 (Internal Medicine)
A46659: Probe Review Results of Emergency Department Evaluation and Management Services in Missouri (CPT code range 99283-99284) for Specialty 08 (Family Practice)
A46660: Probe Review Results of Emergency Department Evaluation and Management Services in Missouri (CPT code range 99283-99285) for Specialty 11 (Internal Medicine)
A46672: Bariatric Surgery Billing Requirements
A46677: Concurrent Care - Local Coverage Determination Retired
A46682: Coverage for Outpatient Sleep Studies
A46691: Coverage Changes and Reimbursement Notice of the Least Costly
A46692: Revolving Audit Changes – Office or Other Outpatient Visits (99212-
A46707: 2008 Physician Fee Schedule
A46712: Boniva (ibandronate) (LLC 11/02/2007 – update)
A46717: Q6 Modifier (Locum Tenens) Use Identified in Widespread Probe
A46722: Required Documentation Advisory
A46723: Post-pay Probe Review Results of Modifier Q6 Services in Missouri,
A46724: Probe Review Results of Inpatient Consultation Services in Missouri
A46734: Widespread Probe Review Results of Established Patient Office orOther Outpatient Evaluation and Management Services in Missouri (CPT 99214) for Specialty 41 (Optometrist)
A47427: ICD-9 for Anti-Cancer Drugs Update
A47431: Widespread Probe Review Results of Consultation Services in Missouri (CPT 99243-99245) for SP 11
A47432: Widespread Probe Review Results of Consultation Services in Missouri (CPT 99243-99245) for SP 13
A47503: Triesence (triamcinolone acetonide injectable suspension), 40 mg/mL FDA Approval - Correction
A47507: Avastin (Bevacizumab) for Treatment of AMD – Clarification
A47511: Important Information on Bar Codes - Attention All Providers
A47515: ICD-9 for Anti-Cancer Drugs Update: February 2008
A47829: Submitting Records to Medical Review
A47833: Notification of Overpayments Identified in Arkansas, Louisiana and Rhode Island concerning CPT codes 64470-64476 and 64622-64627
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