DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2015 Issue 7 (July)

New coding guidance: Stop using J codes for compound drugs, new Q code ends compound confusion

If you have to juggle various codes for compound drugs based on the type of drug and carrier requirements, you’ll get a break July 1. That’s when you’ll begin to report Q9977 (Compounded drug, not otherwise classified) for all unclassified compound drugs, according to manual 100-04, Change Request 9167.

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