Inpatient Facility Coding & Compliance Alert

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H Codes for Non-Medicaid Cases

Question: One of our commercial insurers recently denied our claims with HCPCS codes H0035, H0019, and H2036. Our system still lists these as valid codes. What do you think the issue might be?

Delaware Subscriber
Answer: According to CMS, the H code section of HCPCS is to be used by state Medicaid agencies that [...]
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