Updates from CMS for the Week of September 27

Medicare has released updated articles to reflect the annual ICD-10 update.  These updates are effective on October 1 and change the coding and documentation requirement for many services we provide including:

·  Billing and Coding: Routine Foot Care (A52996)

·  Billing and Coding: Allergen Immunotherapy (A56538)

·  Billing and Coding: Allergy Testing (A56558)

·  Billing and Coding: Ambulance Services (Ground Ambulance) (A54574)

·  Billing and Coding: Assays for Vitamins and Metabolic Function (A56416)

·  Billing and Coding: Bariatric Surgical Management of Morbid Obesity (A56422)

·  Billing and Coding: Biomarkers for Oncology (A52986)

·  Billing and Coding: Controlled Substance Monitoring and Drugs of Abuse Testing (A56645)

·  Billing and Coding: Epidural Injections for Pain Management (A56681)

·  Billing and Coding: Flow Cytometry (A56676)

·  Billing and Coding: Hydration Therapy (A56634)

·  Billing and Coding: Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation for Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (A56938)

·  Billing and Coding: Intravenous Immune Globulin (IVIG) (A56786)

·  Billing and Coding: Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA) (A56805)

·  Billing and Coding: Monitored Anesthesia Care (A57361)

·  Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography (A54095)

·  Billing and Coding: Neurophysiology Evoked Potentials (NEPs) (A56773)

·  Billing and Coding: Oximetry Services (A57205)

·  Billing and Coding: Psychiatric Codes (A57130)

·  Billing and Coding: Pulmonary Function Testing (A57320)

·  Billing and Coding: Scanning Computerized Ophthalmic Diagnostic Imaging (A57600)

·  Billing and Coding: Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (Diagnostic and Therapeutic) (A57414)

Now is a good time to read these articles if you provide any of these services to Medicare beneficiaries.