tci Part B Insider - 2004 Issue 21

STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY: New Code Reimburses $5,250 - But Only If You Can Navigate New CCI Edits

Stereotactic radiosurgery becomes more difficult after July 1 Now that you've gotten used to those new stereotactic radiosurgery codes, the Correct Coding Initiative will make their use more problematic in July. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services introduced codes G0338-G0340 for 2004 because there were no codes that denoted stereotac-tic radiosurgery using a linear accelerator, as opposed to Cobalt 60-based SRS (covered by codes G0242-G0243). Medicare reimburses roughly $1,450 for G0338 (planning), $5,250 for G0339 (first session or single-session treatment) and $3,750 for G0340 (second through fifth sessions). Now CCI 10.2 will step in...

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