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Many of the changes are effective prior to the 2024 publication date. The American Medical Association (AMA) has posted its CPT® early release documentation for Category I immunization codes, Category III codes, and proprietary laboratory analyses (PLA) codes. These code changes will be included in the CPT® 2024 code set, but have various effective dates. […]
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And one new code with an effective date retroactive to April 1. The results of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) first quarter 2023 drug and biological HCPCS Level II code application review cycle is now available. CMS accepted 36 applications for new drugs and biologicals and approved 23. The new codes established […]
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Don’t assume the codes you’ve been using to report drugs and biologicals still apply. The January 2023 update to the HCPCS Level II code file from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) includes 184 new codes for reporting services and supplies. Approximately 36 of the new codes were created to separately identify products […]
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Wondering what the future holds for healthcare? Just scan through the CPT® Category III codes. The CPT® Editorial Panel recently released 20 new Category III codes for emerging technologies, procedures, services, and service standards. The codes go into effect July 1, but you won’t find them in your 2023 code book. In accordance with the […]
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Stop searching for the same codes again and again by creating a handy quick-reference list. Building a Favorite Codes list in Codify gives you one-click access to details about the codes you use most. Here’s how to create and access the list. Note: You can enable or disable the pop-up box any time. On the […]
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A quarterly update to the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (CLFS), issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Aug. 11, includes 23 new CPT® codes for proprietary laboratory analyses (PLA) tests. Medical coding and billing staff processing claims for lab testing should be aware of these code changes that are effective Oct. […]
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Age determines who qualifies for the bivalent formulations from Pfizer and Moderna. On Aug. 31, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) amended the emergency use authorizations (EUAs) of the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines to include updated booster bivalent formulations. These latest formulations include messenger RNA components to help build immunity against both […]
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Is your billing office ready for the 2022-2023 influenza season? For the 2022-2023 influenza season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends everyone 6 months of age and older be vaccinated against the flu “ideally by the end of October.” This advice has not changed from previous years, but the Medicare Part B […]
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The CPT® Editorial Panel approved 2 vaccine codes and 1 lab code. In response to the monkeypox outbreak, the American Medical Association (AMA) has published three new CPT® codes, effective July 26, 2022, to report lab testing and vaccination. Learn the Lab Code Labs should get familiar with 87593 Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid […]
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The effective date for 0081A-0083A and 91308 is June 17, 2022. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted emergency use authorization (EUA) to the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for patients ages 6 months to 4 years. The new CPT® codes for reporting this vacinne are: 0081A Immunization administration by intramuscular injection of severe acute respiratory syndrome […]
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