Transmittals

New Patient Status Discharge Code 70 to Define Discharges or Transfers to Other Types of Health Care Institutions not Defined Elsewhere in the UB-04 (CMS-1450) Manual Code List

National Uniform Billing Committee (NUBC) Update on Revenue Codes and Corrected Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Spell of Illness Chart

October 2007 Integrated Outpatient Code Editor (I/OCE) Specifications Version 8.3

Medicare Fee For Service (FFS) National Provider Identifier (NPI) Final Implementation

2008 Annual Update of HCPCS Codes for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing (CB) for the Common Working File (CWF), Medicare Carriers and Fiscal Intermediaries (FIs)

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Procedures

Claim Status Category Code and Claim Status Code Update

Timeliness Standards for Processing Other-Than-Clean Claims

Additional Common Working File (CWF) Editing for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing (CB)

Revised Information on PET Scan Coding

Date of Service for Laboratory Specimens

Laboratory and Radiology: Adjustment to Common Working File (CWF) Duplicate Claim Edit for the Technical Component (TC) of Radiology and Pathology Laboratory Services Provided to Hospital Patients

Delay of the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program

Use of 9-Digit ZIP codes for Determining the Correct Payment Locality for Services Paid Under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and Anesthesia Services

New Waived Tests

July 2007 Integrated Outpatient Code Editor (I/OCE) Specifications Version 8.2

Reporting Withholding Due to IRS Federal Payment Levy Program (FPLP) on the Remittance Advice

New Deadline for Required Submission of the Form CMS-1500 (08-05)

New 2008 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Payment Rates Effective for Dates of Service July 1, 2008, Through December 31, 2008

2008 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) Establishment of Alternative Reporting Periods and Reporting Criteria