AMA RUC recommendations that were not accepted by CMS

Article Overview

This premium article reviews a limited set of new 2009 CPT/physician fee schedule codes for which CMS used its own valuation rather than fully accepting AMA RUC recommendations. It is aimed at coders, billing staff, and reimbursement professionals who track annual fee schedule changes, relative value unit updates, and CMS valuation decisions. The content focuses on a table from the 2009 final physician fee schedule and identifies which newly introduced services were revalued or carrier priced.