Cardiology Coding Alert

Find out how revised MLN article MM5060 affects you

You don't want to miss this revision to MLN article MM5060, "Additional Requirements Necessary to Implement the Revised Health Insurance Claim Form CMS-1500."

The original article instructed you to use the billing provider's National Provider Identifier (NPI) in certain fields of the new CMS-1500 form. Instead, the article should read, use the "appropriate NPI" on the following items:

• 24J (replacing item 24K, Form CMS-1500 [12-90])

• 17B (replacing item 17 or 17A, Form CMS-1500 [12-90])

• 32a (replacing item 32, Form CMS-1500 [12-90])

• 33a (replacing item 33, Form CMS-1500 [12-90]).

You can download the revised article online at www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/MM5060.pdf.