General Question for the Week of October 23, 2017
What is the Medicare Open Payments program?
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What is the Medicare Open Payments program?
What would be the correct CPT® code to bill for an I131 therapy for hyperthyroidism? All we do in this case is dose the patient with the prescribed dose for treatment.
How is the following scenario coded? A patient has a SVG anastomosed to the LC obtuse marginal (OM). Next, this graft “jumps” to the RC posterolateral branch. Through the vein graft, the OM lesion is treated with angioplasty and bare metal stenting and a second lesion in the posterolateral branch of the RC is treated with angioplasty and bare metal stenting.
What code is used for home-ventilation management services?
Would it be a contrast-only MRI/MRA scan if localizer scans only are done pre-contrast and most of the diagnostic imaging is done only after contrast administration? In other words, would a non-contrast followed by contrast scan code only apply if additional imaging beyond localizers was done after contrast?
I understand that the PQRS is being phased out. Is that correct and, if so, when will that occur?
Does Medicare pay pharmacists for hospital professional services?
Is there any word yet from CMS on the new CLFS rates for 2018?
To follow-up on last week’s Q&A re: billing vent management in the ED, how is this billed if provided in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs)?
If a Medicare claim for a lab test is denied due to one of the CCI edits, can it be billed to the beneficiary?
Last week’s answer to pediatric echocardiograms made me wonder what codes would be assigned for the congenital echocardiogram.
Which revenue codes should be used to report vaccines and their administration to Medicare?
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