Tag: HCPCS Codes

Understanding Why 99201 Will be Deleted

Understanding Why 99201 Will be Deleted

An overview of the proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: The proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) rule for 2020 was officially released on Aug. 14, 2019, encompassing various elements. Among these are proposals such as adjusting the PFS conversion factor to $36.09, introducing new HCPCS codes for bundled episode-of-care treatment for opioid use disorders, revising […]
Global Surgery & Related Service

Procedural Codes: Global Surgery & Related Services

Multiple Surgeries Multiple surgeries are separate procedures performed by a physician on the same patient at the same operative session or on the same day. Multiple surgeries are distinguished from procedures that are components of or incidental to a primary procedure. Intraoperative services, incidental surgeries or components of surgeries will not be separately reimbursed. Reimbursement […]
Global Surgery & Related Service

ASC Payment System Update: July 2019 Medicare Billing Changes

The July 2019 Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System update introduced several changes to Medicare billing instructions, including new CPT Category III codes, new HCPCS Level II codes for separately payable drugs and biologicals, a descriptor revision, and a payment-indicator change for an influenza vaccine code. CMS implemented these changes effective July 1, 2019, through […]