Internal Medicine Coding Alert
Reader question:
Remove J0570 From Your Superbills
Published on Mon Oct 17, 2011
Question:
Tennessee Subscriber
Answer:
Code J0570 (Injection, penicillin G benzathine, up to 1,200,000 units) was deleted on January 1, 2011. It crosswalks to new code J0561 (Injection, penicillin G benzathine, 100,000 units), which you should report instead.Code J7610 (Albuterol, inhalation solution, compound product, administered through DME, concentrated form 1 mg) is still an active code, but Medicare coverage and payment is at the judgment of the Medicare contractor.
Best bet:
Contact your Medicare contractor or other payer to determine whether it will pay for J7610 and, if so, under what conditions.Other Articles in this issue of
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