tci Part B Insider - 2003 Issue 8

CODING: New Codes Mean Changes for Billing Surgical Dressings, Defibrillators

Physicians and suppliers have a host of new "K" codes to get familiar with thanks to a trio of April 11 program memoranda from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Starting in July, you'll bill two new codes for surgical dressings, according to transmittal AB-03-043: K0620 for tubular elastic dressing, any width, per linear yard; and K0621 for gauze, packing strips, non-impregnated, less than or equal to two inches, per linear yard. And CMS also added temporary K codes for dialysis supplies, speech-generating devices, automatic defibrillators and supplies in transmittal AB-03-044. K0610 through K0614 cover dialysis supplies, including...

To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to tci Part B Insider.


Keep pace with evolving Medicare regulations with timely analysis of critical updates interpreted in an easy-to-follow, easy-to-apply format. Your subscription to TCI’s Part B Insider will equip you to navigate code and guideline changes, CCI edits, and revisions to modifiers, the fee schedule, OIG target areas, and more.

  • Current newsletters added each month
  • Fully searchable archives - over 4800 articles
  • ALL years/issues back to 2003 organized by year and issue
  • Codes mentioned in articles are linked to Code Information pages
  • Code Information pages link back to related articles

This feature is currently unavailable for online purchase. For more information, please call 801-770-4203 or Contact Us.

demo
request yours today
 subscribe
start today
 newsletter
free subscription

Thank you for choosing Find-A-Code, please Sign In to remove ads.