Oncology & Hematology Coding Alert

2010 brings a new code and a new number to meet if you want your bonus. Physicians who adopt e-prescription systems are eligible to earn a bonus of two percent of their total Medicare allowed charges. But the rules on how you'll report your e-prescribing will change for 2010, so take heed. Narrow 2010 Option to G8553 2010: CMS issued a new numerator G code with the following descriptor: • G8553 -- At least one prescription created during the encounter was generated and transmitted electronically using a qualified ERX system. Effective Jan. 1, you'll report an e-prescribing code only when a visit results in an electronic prescription being placed. You'll need to report this code at least 25 times (unique visits) during the reporting period for Medicare to consider you a successful e-prescriber. You also need to be sure that this measure's denominator codes make up 10 percent of the eligible [...]