Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Notes:
Home Health Bundling List Grows By 2 Codes
Published on Fri May 06, 2022
Add two more nonroutine supply codes to the home health consolidated billing list as of July 1: A4436 (Irrigation supply; sleeve, reusable, per month) and A4437 (Irrigation supply; sleeve, disposable, per month). The codes replace A4397 (Irrigation supply sleeve on the home health (HH)), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services says. A link to the recently updated consolidated billing master list is at www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for- Service-Payment/HomeHealthPPS/coding_billing.
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