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In December 2009, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued CR 6740 instructing that as of January 1, 2010, Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) consultation codes 99241-99245 and 99251-99255 are no longer valid for Medicare Part B billing. Because this affects Part A billing as well, CMS will be issuing a separate CR to address Part A billing as it relates to these services. In the interim, hospices should look to CR 6740 for instructions (excluding those related to the use of an "AI" modifier) as to how to bill for these services.
CR 6740 is available at: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/transmittals/downloads/R1875CP.pdf |