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Question:
Are modifiers required when billing biosimilar products?
Answer:
Beginning on April 1, 2018, modifiers that describe the manufacturer of a biosimilar product (for example, ZA, ZB and ZC) will no longer be required on Medicare claims for HCPCS codes for biosimilars. However, HCPCS code Q5102 and the requirement to use biosimilar modifiers remain in effect for dates of service prior to April 1, 2018. Q5102 will be discontinued on April 1 and replaced with the following:
| Q5102 | Injection, infliximab-dyyb, biosimilar, (inflectra), 10 mg |
| Q5014 | Injection, infliximab-abda, biosimilar, (renflexis), 10 mg |
NOTE: This answer has been corrected in the 3/26/18 Compliance Question of the Week. You can find it here.
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