On March 6, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a second Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) code that can be used by laboratories to bill for certain COVID-19 diagnostic tests to help increase testing and track new cases. Last month, CMS developed the first HCPCS code (U0001) to bill for tests…
CMS Develops Additional Code for Coronavirus Lab Tests
by Glenn S. Demby | Mar 8, 2020 | Articles, CDC-nir, CMS-lca, CMS-lir, CMS-nir, Coding-lca, DTC-dtet, Emerging Tests-dtet, Lab Compliance Advisor, Laboratory Industry Report, National Lab Reporter, Reimbursement-dtet
