07/08/2020
CPT codes for COVID-19 tests. The new COVID-19 codes will be published in the 2021 CPT codebook.
The WCD said it plans to adopt temporary rules that would allow service providers to use the new codes through Sept. 20.
Health care providers have begun to use new CPT codes to bill for COVID-19
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10/11/2006
terminology used in the new fee schedule rule and CPT codes.
The bulletin No. 13 on Rule 18 Medical Fee Schedule can be found under "Interpretative Bulletins" on the division's Web site at
httpwww.coworkforce.comDWC.
Dr. Marty McReynolds manager of the policy research section of the
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03/04/2010
The North Carolina Industrial Commission has approved the 2010 Current Procedural Terminology CPT codes released by the American Medical Association for payments to medical practitioners.
NCIC approved the new CPT codes on Monday but backdated the effective date to Jan. 1 2010.
The new codes
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11/13/2020
The American Medical Association on Thursday announced two Current Procedural Terminology codes for coronavirus vaccines and four new codes for administering the vaccine.
The new CPT codes clinically distinguish each coronavirus vaccine for better tracking reporting and analysis that supports
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04/26/2011
of the Division of Workers Compensation to annually update Current Procedure Technology CPT codes used in the Official Medical Fee Schedule OMFS.
The American Medical Association updates its CPT codes every year to add new procedures and modify others.
California however has not adopted new
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07/29/2012
If you are asking whether the CPT codes are listed in the Official Medical Fee Schedule the answer is no but you probably knew that.
The absence of a CPT code from the OMFS does not mean that the procedure is invalid for WC. The OMFS Committee in 1997 and 1998 selected the CPT codes that were
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10/26/2016
The Louisiana Workforce Commissions Office of Workers Compensation has officially adopted a rule put in place earlier this year as an emergency measure to add CPT codes to its medical reimbursement schedule that were inadvertently omitted.
The rule applies to the portion of Louisiana's
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11/19/2009
Just wondering....do the majority of workers comp payers still require use of the 1997 CPT codes as listed in the California OMFS or have they started to use current CPT codes
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10/14/2016
thousands of current procedure terminology codes along with assigned ratios for 47 hospitals in the state.
WorkCompCentrals review of the 5521 CPT codes listed in the proposed fee schedule found 111 procedures currently billed by report that will either continue to be billed by report or will now
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12/17/2020
Oregons Workers Compensation Division adopted temporary rules implementing new medical billing codes that take effect at the start of 2021.
The division said revised rules adopt the newest American Medical Associations Current Procedural Terminology or CPT codes; Healthcare Common Procedure
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