tci Part B Insider - 2011 Issue 23

Preventive Service Coding: CMS Sheds Light on Several Preventive Service Coding and Billing Mysteries

The agency won't provide a standard AWV diagnosis code.It has never been simple to navigate the rules and regulations of CMS's preventive service payment structure, but the agency has attempted to simplify the process with a new publication that outlines the ins and outs of collecting for these visits.Although you'll now have access to all of the preventive service specs in one place, it won't be a quick read. The new document, entitled, "The Guide to Medicare Preventive Services," is 298 pages long. To read the complete book, visit www.cms.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/MPS_guide_web-061305.pdf. But in the...

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