by Medical Billing | Dec 27, 2016 | Medicare payment basics
Procedure Codes 93975 Duplex scan of arterial inflow and venous outflow of abdominal, pelvic, scrotal contents and/or retroperitoneal organs; complete study 93976 limited study 93978 Duplex scan of aorta, inferior vena cava, iliac vasculature, or bypass grafts;...
by Medical Billing | Dec 11, 2016 | Medicare payment basics
E. Function-related G-codes There are 42 functional G-codes, 14 sets of three codes each. Six of the G-code sets are generally for PT and OT functional limitations and eight sets of G-codes are for SLP functional limitations. The following G-codes are for functional...
by Medical Billing | Nov 8, 2016 | Medicare payment basics
Billing for Intracoronary Stent Placement Since CY 2003, under the OPPS, we assign coronary stent placement procedures to separate APCs based on the use of nondrug-eluting or drug-eluting stents (APC 0104 (Transcatheter Placement of Intracoronary Stents) or APC 0656...
by Medical Billing | Oct 25, 2016 | Medicare payment basics
Covered HCPCS Procedure Codes For services on or after February 21, 2006, the following HCPCS procedure codes are covered for bariatric surgery: 43770 – Laparoscopy, surgical, gastric restrictive procedure; placement of adjustable gastric band (gastric band and...
by Medical Billing | Oct 24, 2016 | Medicare payment basics
HCPCS for Carriers For services furnished on or after July 1, 2002, and prior to March 19, 2008, the applicable HCPCS codes for this benefit are: G0248: Demonstration, at initial use, of home INR monitoring for patient with mechanical heart valve(s) who meets Medicare...