Pay hike for marrow biopsy, aspiration makes comeback

Article Overview

This news article discusses a proposed 2005 Medicare physician fee schedule update that would create an additional payment mechanism for certain bone marrow aspiration services performed with biopsy. It is relevant to hematology, oncology, pathology, and medical billing professionals who track CPT and CMS payment policy changes, bundling, and modifier-based reporting. The article also places the proposal in the context of prior coding changes and compares it with another CMS-created add-on code example.