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Look to the Web for Medicare's Physician Fee Schedule

Published on Fri Sep 10, 2004

In the July Orthopedic Coding Alert article "PA Assists at Surgery? 4 Steps Ensure Reimbursement," we referenced column U ("ASST SURG") of the 2004 Physician Fee Schedule. Several subscribers have asked us how they can access this Fee Schedule. You can download it on the CMS Web site at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/providers/pufdownload/rvudown.asp. Click on the first option, "RVU04_C.ZIP." 
 
Once you save it to your computer, the self-extracting file will offer you several files to read. The main Fee Schedule, where you'll find column U, is called "pprrvu04." Alternatively, you can e-mail our editor, Torrey Kim, at torreyk@eliresearch.com, and she will e-mail you a copy of the Fee Schedule.
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