tci Part B Insider - 2004 Issue 8

Transmittals: Prepare To Lose RVUs When You Perform

Multiple cystourethroscopy procedures receive massive pay cutOnce again, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has muddied the waters on low osmolar contrast material.  After announcing in Transmittal 45 (Jan. 23, 2004) that it was bringing back codes A4644-A4646, CMS has now given those codes a procedure status of "E" for "excluded," meaning Medicare won't cover them after all. Replacement code A9525 has a procedure status of "I," meaning "not valid for Medicare purposes."  These changes, in Transmittal 105, issued Feb. 20, are probably the result of confusion on CMS' part that will be...

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