Revised and Clarified Place of Service (POS) Coding Instructions for Apr. 2013

Transmittal 2613, dated December 14, 2012, is being rescinded and replaced by Transmittal 2679, dated March 29, 2013, to indicate that clarification on the place of service for pathology and laboratory services will be provided through another Change Request. CMS stated that the April 1 deadline ‘does not extend to pathology and labs,’ and the agency is planning a call with Medicare contractors around April 11 to advise them that POS for pathology and lab should remain the same until the new CR is issued.