Physicians will be able to bill Medicare for HCPCS code J0880 starting Jan. 1, 2003, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services says in a Dec. 24 program transmittal (change request 3037). The code - which is for a 5 mcg injection of darbepoetin alfa - will only be billable, however, when the product is administered in a physician's office to non-end stage renal disease patients who are not on dialysis. In other recent transmittals, CMS:
To see the transmittals, go to http://cms.hhs.gov/manuals/pm_trans/2003/transmittals/comm_date_dsc.asp.