COVID19

New HCPCS Codes for COVID-19 Treatments On June 24, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released an Emergency Use Authorization for tocilizumab (Actemra), a monoclonal antibody product used for the treatment of…

ICD-10 may be moving to biannual updates —April 1, in addition to October 1—depending on public comment . CMS and CDC jointly announced that the possibility of a regular April…

The American Medical Association (AMA) today announced that the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set is being updated by the CPT Editorial Panel to include vaccine and administration codes that are unique…

The American Medical Association put forth two vaccine product codes and four vaccine administration codes, which are expected to become effective at a future date. The codes “will be available…

 Summary of the SARS-CoV-2 related CPT codes that have been approved and published for the 2021 CPT code set. Accepted addition of code 87635 to report infectious agent detection by…

CMS announced yesterday that Medicare payment will be available for both the purchase and administration of bamlanivimab, which can be used to treat mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in certain adult and pediatric…

ICD-10-CM Code(s) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), the federal agency responsible for maintaining the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related…

AMA (American Medical Association) has again introduced four new CPT codes for Coronavirus testing. The new codes add to the AMA’s growing list of coronavirus-related CPT codes that have been approved…