Transmittals

Revisions to National Coverage Determination (NCD) 240.2 (Home Use of Oxygen) and 240.2.2 (Home Oxygen Use for Cluster Headache)

Common Working File (CWF) Editing - National Coverage Determination (NCD) 270.3 Blood-Derived Products for Chronic, Non-Healing Wounds

April 2022 Update to the Medicare Severity – Diagnosis Related Group (MS-DRG) Grouper and Medicare Code Editor (MCE) Version 39.1 for the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) Diagnosis Codes for 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Vaccination Status and ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (PCS) Codes for Introduction or Infusion of Therapeutics and Vaccines for COVID-19 Treatment

Nursing and Allied Health Medicare Advantage Payment - Revision to CY 2018

Claim Status Category and Claim Status Codes Update

January 2021 Quarterly Update to the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 PPS Pricers

Updates to Medicare Benefit Policy Manual and Medicare Claims Processing Manual for Opioid Treatment Programs and New Modifier for Audio-only Services

Updates to Medicare Benefit Policy Manual and Medicare Claims Processing Manual for Opioid Treatment Programs and New Modifier for Audio-only Services

Quarterly Update for Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (CLFS) and Laboratory Services Subject to Reasonable Charge Payment

Updates to Chapter 4 in Publication (Pub.) 100-08, Including Removal of Requests for Anticipated Payment (RAP) Suppressions and Updates to Exhibit 16 - Model Payment Suspension Letters in Pub. 100-08

ESRD Treatment Choices (ETC) Model Performance Payment Adjustment (PPA) - Facility Component (Implementation CR)

Updating the 32287 Reason Code Edit in the Fiscal Intermediary Shared System (FISS) to Allow Processing of Claims Containing Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Code Q0249

Expedited Review Process for Hospital Inpatients in Original Medicare

New Occurrence Span Code and Revenue Code for Acute Hospital Care at Home

Modify Fiscal Intermediary Shared System (FISS) Existing Logic for Vaccine Administration Codes for Non-outpatient Prospective Payment System (Non-OPPS) Island Providers

Internet-Only Manual Updates for Critical Care Evaluation and Management Services

Prevent Loading of Dental HCPCS Codes in the Fiscal Intermediary Shared System (FISS)

Correction to Processing When Osteoporosis Drugs Are Billed for Other Indications

Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Codes Subject to and Excluded from Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) Edits

Updating the 32287 Reason Code Edit in the Fiscal Intermediary Shared System (FISS) to Allow Processing of Claims Containing Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Code Q0249