Coding Guidelines - American Society for Radiation Oncology

No relative value units or payment has been assigned under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. In the hospital outpatient set-ting, 0197T is considered image guidance and is packaged into the primary service payment. These IGRT codes describe the work performed by the physician and radiation staff prior to therapy to assure accuracy

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Difficult Base of Tongue Cancer Contouring: MD Anderson ...

Difficult Base of Tongue Cancer Contouring: MD Anderson Cancer Center Nikhil G. Thaker, MD Waqar Haque, MD Adam S. Garden, MD Head and Neck Radiation Oncology 2014

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Palliative Radiotherapy for Bone Metastases: An ASTRO ...

Oncology, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts; §§ Department of Radiation Oncology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; ║║ Department of Radiation Oncology, Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Center and the Princess Margaret Hospital, University of …

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Safety is No Accident - American Society for Radiation ...

Daily Morning Huddles 18 3.4.11. Safety Rounds 18 3.4.12. Routine Public Announcements and Updates 18 3.4.13. Incident Learning 18 3.4.14. Quality Assurance Committee 18 3.4.15. Credentialing and Training of Staff 19 3.5. INGRAINING …

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ASTRO Guidance on Supervision of Radiation Therapy ...

The Role of Advanced Practice Providers Advanced practice providers (nurse practitioners and physicians assistants) and other non- ... Requirements of general supervision must be met to support billing of outpatient therapeutic services. Effective January 1, 2020, under the new general supervision ...

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2018 Update on Radiation Treatment for Head/Neck Cancer

head/neck cancer cases (oral cavity, oropharynx, larynx, hypopharynx, nasopharynx, major salivary glands) including the roles of surgery, radiation therapy and use of systemic agents 2. Become familiar with the new AJCC staging system for HPV-associated oropharynx cancers 3. Improve technical competence in planning head/neck IMRT cases 4.

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Medicare’s Physician Supervision Requirements

physician practitioner must be prepared to step in and perform the service, not just respond to an emergency. The supervising physician does not necessarily need to be of the same specialty as the procedure or service that is being performed or …

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Coding Guidance - American Society for Radiation Oncology

SBRT) radiation treatment delivery. CPT® code 77387 (Guidance for localization of target volume for delivery of radiation treatment delivery, includes intrafraction tracking, when performed) is a new code effective January 1, 2015, for use in the hospital setting. CONVENTIONAL RADIATION THERAPY (CPT® CODES 77402, 77407 AND 77412)

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Model Policies - American Society for Radiation Oncology

This Model Policy* addresses coverage for Proton Beam Therapy. DESCRIPTION Proton Beam Therapy (PBT) is a technology for delivering conformal external beam radiation with positively charged atomic particles to a well-defined treatment volume. PBT is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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SBRT for Prostate Cancer - American Society for Radiation ...

– 7-year biochemical relapse free survival (bRFS) was 93.7%, late >=3 GU and GI toxicity rates were 2% and 1.1% ... IJROBP 2019 • King et al – pooled analysis of prospective trials from 8 institutions with a total of 1100 patients – 5-year bRFS was 93% – No difference in outcome with ADT use ... simulation one week after the fiducial ...

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NDC CPT HCPCS Billable Units - BCBSTX

NDC / CPT / HCPCS Billable Units A Division of Health Care Service Corporation, a Mutual Legal Reserve Company, an Independent Licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association Page 2 of 3 Procedure NDC Billable procedure code units per dose Billable NDC units per dose* Effective Date End Date 90700 58160-0810-52 1 1 6/1/12 7/14/12

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160513 ABA CPT coding crosswalk guide

Category III CPT® Codes for Adaptive Behavior Services HCPCS or CPT Code(s) Time/Units Descriptor Code Time/Units Attended By Modifiers commonly used with these codes include HQ/HP for the behavior analyst/QHCP² and HM/HN for the technician. Other modifiers vary by state and/or payer. 1. Source: Behavior Analyst Certification Board (2014).

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15 CPT & Coding Issues for Orthopedics and Spine ASC ...

the procedure code and put a “2” in the Units column on the claim. Be sure if you use this method to double the facility fee. (***Medicare) o 64483 2 Units $1,400.00 ***Billing methods allowed on Medicare ASC claims. ... CPT guidelines are that if a surgical arthroscopy is performed on the same joint when a

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CMS Manual System Department of Health & Human Services

Aug 06, 2008 · C. Counting Minutes for Timed Codes in 15 Minute Units When only one service is provided in a day, providers should not bill for services performed for less than 8 minutes. For any single timed CPT code in the same day measured in 15 minute units, providers bill a single 15-minute unit for treatment greater than or equal to 8 minutes

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CPT Category III Codes - ama-assn.org

CPT Category III codes are not referred to the AMA-Specialty RVS Update Committee (RUC) for valuation because no relative value units (RVUs) are assigned to these codes. Payments for these services or procedures are based on the policies of payers and not on a …

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Procedure Coding for Skin Lesions and Lacerations

CPT®Assistant April 2000 – pages 8-9 • Clinical Vignette #1 identifies use of CPT® codes 13132 and 13133 • Clinical Vignette #2 identifies use of CPT® codes 13101 and 13102 November 2002 – page 5 • Excision of skin lesions • Measuring lesion excision - illustration • Measuring lesions excised • Chemosurgery - Mohs technique

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CPT: Surgery Coding Guidelines - AHIMA

CPT® is Current Procedural Terminology, and was developed by the American Medical Association in 1966. January 1, 2007 effective update for CPT. The most recent version of CPT, contains 8,611 codes and descriptors. 3 Rationale for CPT Surgery Guidance CPT codes define medical and surgical procedures performed on patients.

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CHAPTER II ANESTHESIA SERVICES CPT CODES 00000-01999 ...

Jan 01, 2021 · 1. The CPT codes 00100-01860 specify "Anesthesia for" followed by a description of a surgical intervention. The CPT codes 01916-01936 describe anesthesia for radiological procedures. Several CPT codes (01951-01999, excluding 01996) describe anesthesia services for burn excision/debridement, obstetrical, and other procedures. The CPT codes 99151 ...