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NCD Changes



Tuesday, February 02, 2010


CMS announces the following ICD-9-CM code changes effective January 01, 2007:

V58.83

(Encounter for therapeutic drug monitoring). Added to the list of ICD-9-CM codes covered by Medicare for the Prothrombin Time (190.17) NCD and ICD-9-CM codes covered by Medicare for the Partial Thromboplastin Time (190.16) NCD

783.0 (Anorexia). Added to the list of ICD-9-CM codes covered by Medicare for the Thyroid Testing (190.22) NCD
793.99 (Other nonspecific abnormal findings on radiological and other examinations of body structure). Added to the list of ICD-9-CM codes covered by Medicare for the Thyroid Testing (190.22) NCD
995.20 (Unspecified adverse effect of unspecified drug, medicinal and biological substance). Added to the list of ICD-9-CM codes covered by Medicare for the Fecal Occult Blood Test (190.34) NCD. CR5384 also modified the descriptor for CPT code 87088 in Urine Culture, Bacterial NCD (190.12) to read "Culture, bacterial; with isolation and presumptive identification of each isolates, urine".


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Tuesday, February 02, 2010