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1 CMS Manual System Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) Pub. 100-04 Medicare Claims Processing Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Transmittal 51 Date: DECEMBER 19, 2003 CHANGE REQUEST 3027 I. SUMMARY OF CHANGES: January Medicare Outpatient Code Editor (OCE) Specifications Version For Bills From Hospitals That Are Not Paid Under the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) NEW/REVISED MATERIAL - EFFECTIVE DATE: Various dates as described in the instruction *IMPLEMENTATION DATE: January 5, 2004 Disclaimer for Manual changes only: The revision date and transmittal number apply only to red italicized material. Any other material was previously published and remains unchanged. II.

2 CHANGES IN Manual INSTRUCTIONS: (N/A if Manual not updated.) (R = REVISED, N = NEW, D = DELETED (Only One Per Row.) R/N/D CHAPTER/SECTION/SUBSECTION/TITLE N/A *III. FUNDING: These instructions should be implemented within your current operating budget. IV. ATTACHMENTS: Business Requirements Manual Instruction Confidential Requirements One-Time Notification X Recurring Update Notification *Medicare contractors only Recurring Update Notification Pub. 100-04 Transmittal: 51 Date: December 19, 2003 Change Request 3027 SUBJECT: January Medicare Outpatient Code Editor (OCE) Specifications Version For Bills From Hospitals That Are Not Paid Under the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) I.)

3 GENERAL INFORMATION A. Background: This Change Request (CR) informs you that the OCE has been updated with new additions, changes, and deletions to Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System /Current Procedural Terminology, Fourth Edition (HCPCS/CPT-4) codes. CMS sent detailed information about these changes in separate communications. See Program Memorandum AB-03-140, dated September 12, 2003. This OCE is used to process bills from hospitals not paid under the OPPS. B. Policy: The following are changes made to version of the non-OPPS OCE: The new HCPCS/CPT codes as described in Appendix A have been added to the list of valid codes for the non-OPPS OCE. The HCPCS/CPT codes listed in Appendices B and C have been deleted from the non- OPPS OCE.

4 The following ASC procedure codes have been added to the list of ASC procedures and payment groups, effective January 1, 2004: Code Payment Group 1. 36555 1 2. 36556 1 3. 36557 2 4. 36558 2 5. 36560 3 6. 36561 3 7. 36563 3 8. 36565 3 9.

5 36566 3 10. 36568 1 11. 36569 1 12. 36570 3 13. 36571 3 214. 36575 2 15. 36576 2 16. 36578 2 17. 36580 1 18.

6 36581 2 19. 36582 3 20. 36583 3 21. 36584 1 22. 36585 3 23. 36589 1 24. 36590 1 The following new procedure codes have been added to the list of procedures for Females Only, effective January 1, 2004: 1. 57425 Laparoscopy, surg, colpopexy 2.

7 59070 Transabdom amnioinfus w/ us 3. 59072 Umbilical cord occlud w/ us 4. 59074 Fetal fluid drainage w/ us 5. 59076 Fetal shunt placement, w/ us 6. 59897 Fetal invas px w/ us The following codes have been added to the list of Non-Covered procedures, effective January 1, 2004: 1. A9280 2. J7303 3. V5362 4. V5363 5. V5364 The following codes have been removed from the list of Non-Covered procedures, effective January 1, 2001: 1. E0740 2. E0760 The following code has been removed from the list of Non-Covered procedures, effective January 1, 2004: 1. G0282 The codes as described in Appendix D have been added to the list of Non-Reportable procedures. 3 The codes as described in Appendix E which are billable only to the DMERC have been added to the list of Non-Reportable procedures.

8 The following code has been removed from the list of Non-Reportable procedures, effective January 1, 2003: 1. G0257 C. Provider Education: Intermediaries shall inform affected providers by posting either a summary or relevant portions of this document on their Web site within two weeks of receiving this instruction. Also, intermediaries shall publish this same information in their next regularly scheduled bulletin. If they have a listserv that targets affected providers, they shall use it to notify subscribers that information about Non-OPPS OCE HCPCS Updates is available on their Web site. II. BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS Shall" denotes a mandatory requirement "Should" denotes an optional requirement Requirement # Requirements Responsibility Shared Systems Maintainers (SSMs) shall install OCE version into their systems.

9 SSMs Fiscal Intermediaries (FIs) shall inform providers of the OCE changes for 2004 detailed in this recurring change notification. FIs III. SUPPORTING INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS A. Other Instructions: X-Ref Requirement # Instructions B. Design Considerations: X-Ref Requirement # Recommendation for Medicare System Requirements C. Interfaces: OCE D. Contractor Financial Reporting /Workload Impact: N/A 4E. Dependencies: N/A F. Testing Considerations: N/A IV. SCHEDULE, CONTACTS, AND FUNDING Effective Date: Various dates as described in the instruction. Implementation Date: January 5, 2004 Pre-Implementation Contact(s): Nicole Atkins (410) 786-8278 Post-Implementation Contact(s): Regional Office These instructions should be implemented within your current operating budget.

10 ATTACHMENTS Appendix ACodeDescriptionEff DateA4570 Splint20011001S9150 Evaluation by ocularist20020401S9484 Crisis intervention per hour20020701S9490 HIT corticosteroid/diem20020701S9900 Christian Sci Pract visit20020701S0104 Zidovudine, oral, 100 mg20021001S0201 Partial hospitalization serv20021001S0207 Paramedicintercep nonhospals20021001S0315 Disease management program20021001S0316 Follow-up/reassessment20021001S0320RN telephone calls to DMP20021001S1040 Cranial remolding orthosis20021001S2262 Abortion maternal indic>=25w20021001S2265 Abortion 25-28wks fetal indi20021001S2266 Abortion 29-31wks fetal indi20021001S2267 Abortion >=32wks fetal indic20021001S3655 Antisperm antibodies test20021001A4580 Cast supplies (plaster)