When re-testing Covid-19 specimens to check for variants, Medicare has indicated you may bill U0004 for the second-run of a high-throughput test. For example, if a specimen tests positive, you may run the sample again to check for variants and bill U0004 (or the same...
The following Covid-19 coding changes are effective as of Jan. 1, 2021: REMOVE: Z20.828 should NO LONGER BE USED for possible or suspected exposure to Covid-19 for dates of service (DOS) on or after Jan. 1, 2021. Z11.52 should NO LONGER BE USED for encounter...
When CMS announced its intent to reduce payments for high-throughput COVID-19 tests next year while offering providers a path to be made whole if they met new turnaround time targets, several questions arose concerning how the agency intended to monitor its new...
As part of a new interim rule issued to clarify COVID-19 data reporting requirements, CMS also outlined the monetary penalties entities that fail to do so may face. As part of the Interim Final Rule published Aug. 24, CMS stated that any healthcare facility (including...
With the nation now slowly recovering from the COVID-19 public emergency, the Vachette team hosted a second free webinar for the laboratory and pathology community to offer updates on the latest billing, payment and coding issues that have arisen in recent months....
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